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IdealBite.com Daily Tips
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Ideal Bite offers bite-sized ideas for light green living.
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Chemical (In)dependence - Resolutions Week
Are you addicted to some not-so-healthy chems? - Break free. In '09, resolve to get the five most common (but avoidable) beauty baddies - coal tar, fragrance, parabens, petrochemicals, and triclosan - out of your regimen. Step-by-step program optional.
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Fashion Plates - Resolutions Week
Always on top of the latest eco-trends? - Dandy: This year, switch out your disposable foodware habit for a reusable one to save resources and cash, and you'll be in vogue for 2009.
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Wet Blankets
Mind if someone slobbers on your blanket? - Not if you were getting rid of it anyway, right? Take used items such as towels or Granny's fur coat to a nearby animal shelter, where cats, dogs, rabbits, and other animals can use them as bedding. You save landfill space and get closer to losing your buzz-kill reputation.
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Post-party Mix
Wanna turn(the)tables on your hangover? - Put your needle on a bottle of natural morning-after drink mixer made with no synthetic ingredients. Come New Year's Day, the hair of the dog'll help you keep the party going without dropping a beat.
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What’s in the Cards for You?
What's the fate of 2008's holiday cards? - Their future holds reuse as gift tags. Call us psychic, but we're betting you're not planning to reread every single card you receive this season, so instead, grab some scissors and turn them into to-from tags. It's their destiny.
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