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No-Impact: Glass in the Bath

From right: cotton pads in little salsa jar, coffee grounds (for facial scrubbing) in a tall jar, q-tips in a spice jar

So, we’ve talked about reusing glass containers, but how about in your bathroom? Use a glass herb container for q-tips or a small salsa jar for cotton pads? This can save you money and give your bath a chic, expensive look.

No-Impact: Baby Food Jars vs Ziplocks

From right: 8oz baby jar with nuts, 4oz jar with walnut oil for salad, 4oz jar for all natural peanutbutter

Ziplocks cost money. Every bag you use and throw away is about 7 cents/bag. That bag goes to the landfill and is never used again. When I was growing up my mother used to wash ziplock bags by hand and reuse each one about 10 times before throwing it away. I’ll give her brownie points for effort, but there is a simpler and healthier way to say goodbuy to needless plastic baggies. Baby food jars! READ MORE…

Honey Extraction How-to Video

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Border Collies help keep up solar farms.

Sheepdogs may now be considered an important part of green energy. Solar farms in Europe have begun keeping sheep in the pastures beneath solar array farms. The sheep are a green way to keep the weeds and grasses from blocking the sunlight. A fence around the solar farm keeps the sheep in and the people out. Sheepdogs like Border Collies have hit the spotlight helping to move the sheep around. The sheep cut the grass for free and provide wool.

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