Green Living

Confused about what green means? Find out how your personal choices can affect the world we live in. Whether you're dining or driving, we'll show you how to be more eco-friendly.

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10 ways you can keep watersheds clean are explained in this article. Learn about 10 ways you can keep watersheds clean.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

Don't kill spiders and instead keep them around your house. Find out why you shouldn't kill spiders.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

From the Easiest and Least messy, to the Get down and Dirty Last Resorts! Learn more about these seven green methods to unclog a toilet.

By Eric J. Leech, Planet Green

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Hate flies? Keep them away with these herbs. Learn more about these seven herbs that deter flies naturally.

By Marye Audet, Planet Green

Stencils, if you ask me, are a beautiful thing. Learn more about making stencils from used cardboard.

By Elizabeth Seward

Make them yourself for convenient diaper changes. Learn more about homemade cloth baby wipes are easy and cheap.

By Marye Audet, Planet Green

Got bugs in your garden? Here's how to make your own organic gardening sprays that are easy on the environment and tough on pests.

By Colleen Vanderlinden

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Putting tinfoil on the wall behind your radiator will get more heat where it needs to go. Learn more about increasing your radiator's effectiveness with tinfoil.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

Reduce runoff and reduce soil loss. Learn more about nine inexpensive ways you can prevent erosion.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

Those attractive sliding glass doors are a source of heat loss. Learn more about insulating sliding glass doors.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

Bubble wrap is a cheap and easy way to green your windows for winter. Learn more about insulating your windows in under a minute with bubble wrap.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

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If you're filling the scoop or the cap, you probably are. Learn more about not using too much laundry detergent.

By Cara Smusiak, Planet Green

Kiss expensive, toxic crystalline-silica-containing play sand goodbye: Podcasting mamas Vickey and Jen (of VickeyandJen.com fame) have a recipe for making your own play sand for the kiddies. Learn more about making your own sand.

By Jasmin Malik Chua, Planet Green

Mixing DIY chicken feed is easy and economical to do yourself. Learn how to make homemade, organic chicken feed for your flock with this recipe.

By Marye Audet, Planet Green

It's possible that poinsettias get the bummest rap in the plant world. They have a reputation as deadly beauties, but is the ubiquitous holiday plant actually one of the flowers poisonous to cats?

By Melissa Breyer & Austin Henderson

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Say goodbye to paraffin candles this holiday season. Learn more about 10 reasons soy candles are better for your holiday feast.

By Cara Smusiak, Planet Green

Teflon has been linked to infertility in women. Learn more about recycling teflon cookware.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

Learn more about the impact of recycling. Learn more about if recycling really makes a difference.

By Collin Dunn, Planet Green

It beats VOC loaded furniture polish hands down. Learn more about refinishing wood furniture with olive oil.

By Sara Novak

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Luckily, your paint spills do not have to taunt you forever. Here are a few easy methods to remedy that painting accident on your hardwood floors.

By Elizabeth Seward & Yara Simón

Keep on rockin' in the green world. Learn more about these five reuses for guitar strings.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

These treatments work way better than any pesticide ever could. Learn more about riding your yard of fleas organically.

By Sara Novak

So you have a bunch of green tomatoes. Here's how to ripen them indoors. Learn more about how to ripen green tomatoes.

By Colleen Vanderlinden, Planet Green

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If you're a transient apartment dweller, these 22 tips will show you movable methods of apartment modification. Learn ore about these 22 ways to save energy and water in an apartment.

By Josh Peterson, Planet Green

From apples and figs to bananas and guavas -- and hops. Learn more about 66 things you can grow at home.

By Rachel Cemansky