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The Art of Thrifting

May 3, 2013
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The Art of Thrifting

      There is an art to thrifting? Yes kimosabe, there is and I will show you how. Time of Year/Day Whether you’re looking for home items or vintage fashion (Mad Men inspiration!), depending on when you go to thrift you may spend all your time picking through the…

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Welcome to a Gluten Free World: Frannie’s Muffins

May 1, 2013
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Welcome to a Gluten Free World: Frannie’s Muffins

I’ll admit, I had never heard of sorghum flour, never mind that it is one of the top five cereal crops in the world. My mind has been blown. Background After discovering that she has several food allergies, Frances Shaw began experimenting in the kitchen to be able to enjoy…

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Ladies, What’s Really in Your Tampons/Pads?

March 26, 2013
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Ladies, What’s Really in Your Tampons/Pads?

Girl talk! Do you ever think about what’s in your tampons or pads? For starters, tampons and pads aren’t just cotton. They’re also the pesticides used to grow the cotton, the bleach used to whiten it, and any fragrance used to mask unwanted smells. This may not sound like such…

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Google’s Upcycling Genius

March 20, 2013
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Google’s Upcycling Genius

Let’s all take a page out of Google’s book. Google’s East Coast Headquarters in Chelsea, Manhattan features a wonderful piece of upcycled furniture in an office space designed to look like an apartment. This once-bathtub-couch would look wonderful with some blue pillows, or even separate blue, green, and red mammogramed pillows…

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On Juicing

March 18, 2013
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On Juicing

Do you juice? The juicing crave was at it’s height when I was tween. I remember seeing the newly bought juicer on my grandmother’s kitchen table along with recipe books and pounds of fresh vegetables and thinking that this was about the stupidest diet I could think of, before running…

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In Other Green News

March 5, 2013
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In Other Green News

The U.S.D.A may approve horse slaughtering which makes me wonder if the same thing that happened in the U.K will happen here (I suspect no one wants to eat horse meat)   A baby born with HIV is reported to have been cured!!   The NY Times concludes that sugar,…

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Green(ish) High Fashion; Duro Olowu for JCPenny!!

February 12, 2013
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Green(ish) High Fashion; Duro Olowu for JCPenny!!

And by green, I mean cheap(er), everything is priced between $10-$100! Duro Olowu is a very prominent Nigerian designer based in London. Pieces from his collection can run into the thousands of dollars, so this is a big deal. His spring collection for JCPenny is the store’s first designer collaboration, and it will be available…

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Homogenized Milk; What’s The Big Deal?

February 6, 2013
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Homogenized Milk; What’s The Big Deal?

  What Is It? When raw milk is left to do its own thing, the fat molecules in the milk will float to the surface. This leads to a harmless layer of cream on top that many consumers find disgusting. The Process Because of consumer dislike of the layer of…

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The Environmental Connection

January 21, 2013
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Until recently, whenever I heard of someone getting diagnosed with cancer I immediately thought of how unlucky things turned out for that person. And I’m willing to bet that many of you do the same. It wasn’t until my boyfriend told me that where he comes from (Kenya) cancer is…

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In Other Green News

December 29, 2012
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In Other Green News

A chicken farm in Fredericksberg , Pa is trying oregano as a substitute for antibiotics.   “Credit scores are like the dating equivalent of a sexually transmitted disease test,” according to this New York Times article. Apparently, green now factors in to dating decisions.   The House Senate (finally) passes the fiscal cliff…

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