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How to Green Your Cleaning Routine

How to Green Your Cleaning Routine

Cleaning products are everywhere in our homes and offices: on dishes, countertops, furniture, clothes, floors, windows, and floating through the air. In our war on dirt and germs, we may often actually be making things worse. Most of the conventional cleaning products we all grew up with are petroleum-based and have dubious health and environmental implications. Instead of opting for cleaning products that…

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Gregory Kloehn Repurposes Trash Into Vibrant Houses for the Homeless

Gregory Kloehn Repurposes Trash Into Vibrant Houses for the Homeless

The necessity to shelter the homeless is a prevalent and widespread reality in many urban areas, including Oakland, California, the hometown of American artist Gregory Kloehn who is using his creative capacity as an action for change. As the founder of the ‘homeless homes project‘ — a community-driven initiative — Kloehn has realized a low-cost, practical, and imaginative solution for the construction of habitable…

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Old Red Goes Green: Recycled Wall Brick Built to Save Water

It might look like your typical old red clay house-building brick on one side, but turn it over and there is a shift that hints at a deeper design change – one that is eco-friendly but also expressive in a way that most walls or brick are not. Designed by Jin-young Yoon to be made from recycled plastic and decomposed leaves, this brick…

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Coca-Cola Invents 16 Crazy Caps to Turn Empty Bottles Into Useful Objects with ‘2nd Lives’

Rejoice, happy-go-lucky and environmentally conscious Coca-Cola lovers. Thanks to this new "2nd Lives" kit from the brand, you can now transform your empty bottle of Coka-Cola into something even more delightful. Is that just an empty bottle? Nope, it's a squirt gun. Useless piece of trash? Nope, it's a pencil sharpener or the perfect rattle for your baby. Make your children happy. Give…

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