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HERE’S how to make your home more energy efficient, save money and reduce your carbon footprint: 1. Swap lightbulbs REPLACE old-style bulbs with energy-efficient ones. They are more expensive (around pounds 1 each), but can last up to 10 times longer and use far less electricity. 2. Scrape the plate RESEARCH shows that a third [...]

It may be the season of kindness and generosity, but there’s a civil war raging within the Christmas-tree industry. Artificial-tree companies have been known to perpetuate the myth that once-living Christmas trees contribute to deforestation. Tree farmers love to point out that the first artificial Christmas trees resembled large green toilet-bowl brushes. And a third [...]

Grandma – Avoided meat because it was too expensive. – Walked most places. – Bought vegetables and fruits from neighbors’ farms. – Reused tinfoil. – Used vinegar for cleaning because it was cheap and did the trick. Granddaughter – Avoids meat because she’s a vegetarian. – Drives a hybrid car. – Buys locally grown food [...]

The campaign will get rolling on NBC’s pregame show, Football Night in America, which leads into the national broadcast of the Cowboys-Redskins game at 8:15 p.m. NBC Universal will use its NFL franchise to kick off its second annual Green Week, a multiplatform programming and community affairs initiative designed to drive awareness of eco-friendly lifestyle [...]

BRIDESMAIDS’ GIFTS Create a nice basket for the special women in your bridal party with gifts that give back to others and that do not harm our environment. The Organic Babassu Soaps, $18 at Natural Territory, are a fair-trade item made by a cooperative of women in the Brazilian Amazon. World of Good donates 10 [...]