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A Fridge’s Best Friend
Keep the inside of refrigerators fresh and deodorized with odor-munching, mold inhibiting zeolite, a naturally occurring, highly absorbent mineral found in lava rock. Available in granules or chunks, zeolite neutralizes migrating odors and is said to curb staleness and freezer burn. And pure zeolite is rechargeable! Once it has soaked up funky odors and moisture for about a year, it can be laid out in direct sunlight for a day to dry and be ready to work again. Before long, you’ll find other homes for zeolite’s deodorizing power, such as closets, cars, and garbage cans...
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Featured in Cleaning House
Dark Chocolate
Dark chocolate is chock-full of the same flavonoids that make deep-colored fruits and vegetables so rich in antioxidants. It's still a high-fat indulgence, but those flavonoids have been shown to lower blood pressure and cholesterol and protect against heart disease. Sadly, the way most cocoa beans are harvested is a human rights scandal more likely to make your heart sink and your blood pressure rise. Much of the world's cocoa comes from plantations in West Africa, particularly the Ivory Coast, where children, many under the age of ten, are forced to harvest the pesticide-laden crops...
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Featured in Eating Well
Turning Gears Into Games
Let’s face it, the car is among our more recyclable products; even so, human ingenuity is doing a bit more for the cause. Armando Ramirez, for instance, pondered the issue and decided to recycle auto parts into a rather fantastic (and heavy at 20 pounds) chess set, available from novica.com. The chess set turns spark plugs into bishops and gears into castles. Horses' manes are made from galvanized wire; bases from ignition parts...
Best Value in Birding Optics
Sports optics have made great strides since the 1990s, and the absolute proof is the Monarch ATB 8 x 42 binocular from Japanese optics giant Nikon. Its combination of superb optics; top-quality lens coatings; lightweight, ergonomic design; rugged construction; and affordability may make it the best binocular ever for birders looking for excellent value and top performance. The Monarch ATB 8 x 42 (that's 8x - magnification with 42 mm objective lenses) sports a lightweight, roof-prism design and weighs in at just over 21 ounces. Its field of view is 330 feet at 1,000 yards...
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Featured in Greater Outdoors
Let It Rain!
In greenspeak, it's called rainwater harvesting. In plainer language, it's simply a strategy for collecting rainwater so that it may be used for watering plants and other purposes. The components in a small-scale rainwater harvesting system are pretty basic. Your building needs gutters and downspouts to collect rainwater, rain barrels to store it, and some sort of screen or bypass valve to filter out leaves, twigs, and other debris. Companies like Rain Harvest Systems sell all these components...
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Featured in Smarter Shelter
Whole Green Blog
10 Green Beauty Buys on a Budget
- Posted by: RodaleAdmin
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- 09.01.2010
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- 4:40 pm
A green beauty routine doesn’t have to break the bank. We’ve put together a list of some of the most eco-friendly personal care products around—all for under $15 each.
Contributing Experts
Green Power
Brian Clark Howard Environmental Journalist
Brian Clark Howard has been an environmental journalist since 2001, and he has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He served five years as managing editor of E/The Environmental Magazine and is now... Read More
Round Trips
Brook WilkinsonNews Correspondent
Brook Wilkinson always seeks to satisfy both her inner adventurer and environmentalist. As CondéNast Traveler’s consumer news correspondent, she has written the magazine’s World Savers Awards, which recognizes environmentally and socially responsible travel companies, for the past seven years. These assignments... Read More
Greater Outdoors
Jeff SerenaEditor
Jeff Serena started his career writing environmental impact reports for the State University of New York and the University of California. He served as editor at Ragged Mountain Press, acquiring books about the outdoors. He later joined... Read More
In Motion/Closing the Circle
Jim MotavalliAuthor/Editor
Jim Motavalli has written extensively about green autos and recycling for such publications as the Boston Globe, Popular Mechanics, Men’s Journal, Salon, and Grist. He writes on environmental topics for the New York Times, Bnet.com (CBS)... Read More
Playing Clean
Joe GlickmanFreelance Writer/Author
Joe Glickman is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer. His articles have Appeared in Outside, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Backpacker, CondéNast Traveler, and the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine. He wrote two dozen "Weekend Warrior" columns for the New York Times, and he is the author of... Read More
Eating Well
Kerry TruemanEnvironmental Activist/Blogger
Kerry Trueman is an environmental activist who has written about edible landscaping and organic gardening for the Financial Times. She served as food editor for lime.com before becoming a sustainability blogger for Participant Media’s Kerry Trueman... Read More
Green Creativity
Louise BuyoEditor
Louise Buyo encourages artists to approach art making with a greater knowledge of the health and environmental implications of their materials, while informing them about alternative supplies and safer studio practices.Read More
Bringing It Home
Kristi WiedemannSustainability Specialist/Writer
Kristi Wiedemann is a sustainability specialist and nationally published writer who has traveled the globe analyzing the supply chains of consumer products. For nearly a decade, Ms. Wiedemann’s work has focused on exploring the impacts of... Read More
Doing Well & Good
Marshall Glickman Author
Marshall Glickman graduated from college and went to Wall Street with a plan: work for three years or until saving $100,000, then quit and do more rewarding work. He reached his goal at age 24 with $135,000 saved, and he moved to Vermont. In 1990, he started... Read More
Green Pet Care
Dr. Michael W. FoxVeterinarian/ Author
Dr. Michael W. Fox, a veterinarian who also has doctoral degrees in medicine and animal behavior/ethology from London University, England, has been a pioneer advocate for integrative holistic medicine for animals with an emphasis on emotional wellbeing, healthful environments, and... Read More
Whole Green Catalog
Michael RobbinsEditor
Michael Robbins, Editor, Whole Green Catalog, is the former editor-in-chief of Audobon magazine. Author of Brooklyn: A State of Mind, The Hiking Companion, and other books, he has written articles for such publications as New York, Discover, Mother Jones, Plenty, and Popular Science. Winner of... Read More
Cleaning House/Ready to Wear/Natural Beauty
Renée LouxAuthor
Renée Loux ("Cleaning House," "Ready to Wear," "Natural Beauty") has been a trendsetter and eco-barometer in the burgeoning environmental movement for more than a decade. Dubbed the "Queen of Green" and often called a green guru, Loux is an author, eco-consultant, TV personality, chef, restaurateur, and columnist... Read More
Working Green
Robert McGarveyAuthor
Robert McGarvey is a frequent contributor to many national publications, including Reader’s Digest, Playboy, the New York Times, and the Harvard Business Review. He has reviewed office equipment and design for many years as a frequent columnist for... Read More
Natural Healing
Sara AltshulAuthor
Sara Altshul has covered natural medicine for almost 20 years. She was Prevention magazine’s alternative medicine editor for six years, and in 2001, she was invited to testify as an expert before the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine... Read More
Growing Greens
Scott MeyerOrganic Gardening Expert/Author
Scott Meyer was editor of Organic Gardening magazine and OrganicGardening.com from 2002 to 2009. Prior to that, he held a variety of positions with the brand, including product reviewer and Website producer. He has appeared as an organic gardening expert... Read More
Eco-Technology
Ted SamsonSenior Analyst
Ted Samson is a senior analyst for InfoWorld, a leading business technology Web destination for information technology decision makers and enthusiasts. He authors a popular Web blog titled "Sustainable IT," in which he delivers in-depth coverage... Read More
Next Generation
Theresa Foy DiGeronimoWriter
Theresa Foy DiGeronimo is a veteran writer in the field of parenting. Many of her 60 nonfiction books and numerous magazine articles have focused on her adventures raising her own three children from pregnancy and childbirth through toilet training, disciplining, schooling... Read More
Smarter Shelter
Tim SnyderJournalist
Tim Snyder learned some early lessons in sustainable living from his grandfather, who managed a wealthy landowner’s farm and estate. He was amazed at the abundance of food that his grandfather harvested from the orchards and vegetable gardens on the property. After Snyder graduated from... Read More
Whole Green Catalog
Wendy PalitzArt Director
Wendy Palitz, Art Director, Whole Green Catalog, is an experienced art director who has worked for such magazines as New York, Savvy, Self, Travel Holiday, Victoria, and Brooklyn Bridge. She has designed award-winning books on a wide range of subjects including cooking, travel, gardening, landscaping, travel... Read More
