Resources: Sustainable Consumption

Gardening When There’s No Time or Room for a Garden

Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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In a recent Twitter party I attended I tweeted about garden-sharing and was surprised to learn that not many people have heard of this real-life Farmville.  I decided to add some garden-sharing resources and realized there were more than just a couple out there so I thought I’d dedicate an entire post to what exactly [...]

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Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Pocket Guide

Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Pocket Guide is a guide that will help you chose ocean-friendly seafood on-the-go.  There are eight guides total, one for each region of the United States, a national guide and a sushi guide with ranked popular sushi items. The Pocket Guides can be easily printed, cut to size, then folded [...]

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Knittn’ Kitten

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Knittn’ Kitten is a vintage fabric and notions thrift store in the Pacific Northwest.  They offer retro patterns (1960-1970), 1930-2009 notions, previously owned fabric, glass beads, trim, crafting supplies, yarn and much more!

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Less is More!

Friday, November 19, 2010

In my quest to find ways to use less, I’ve been having a hard time figuring out how to replace my disposable cotton makeup remover rounds.  This may seem like something easy to replace (and maybe trivial to some) – just use my washcloth.  But, I’m a girl and I’ve always been told that you’re [...]

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Sustainable Table

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Sustainable Table® celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food. Projects include The Meatrix®, award-winning, humorous animations on industrial agriculture and The Daily Table, their deliciously popular blog. Visit www.sustainabletable.org to help save small family farms!

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Environmental Working Group

Saturday, January 16, 2010

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) works to protect kids from toxic chemicals in our food, water, air and the products we use every day.  They provide reports and tools to help consumers protect themselves against toxins.  They also have a cosmetics database (Skin Deep) that matches over 41,000 personal care products against 50 toxicity and [...]

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ReUseIt.com

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Reuseit.com (formerly ReUseableBags.com) is a place where you will find our family of “best of the best” reusables available in many categories so you can eliminate disposables from every part of your life — from bags and bottles to lunch, household items and beyond. By casting a critical eye and delivering facts & solutions, we continue [...]

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Local Harvest

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Use Local Harvest to find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.  You can search by location, finding sources closest to where you are, as well as by product.

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Greener Choices

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Greener Choices is a Consumer Reports website that provides information about and ratings of green consumer products. They even have an eco-label center where you can “find out what the labels on your favorite products really mean.”

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