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Quick and Easy Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
In honor of Earth Day, we recently held a contest asking you, our earth friendly readers, to share your tips for going green. We were shocked by all the amazing ideas you ladies shared with us so we thought we'd reduce, reuse and recycle them into a handy list for everyone to use.
What Is Your College Campus Doing to Reduce its Carbon Footprint?
Between the electricity, food, water, and everything else college students use and toss, colleges waste a lot. Just think of all the lights that are constantly on in every building or the cafeteria food that doesn't get eaten at the end of the day. There are so many wasted resources on college campuses and until recently, that was just the name of the game.
From CollegeFashion: A Quick Guide to Eco-Friendly Shopping
It’s undeniable: the eco-friendly fashion movement is growing stronger every day. From Harry Potter’s resident fashionista Emma Watson designing her own collection of magical duds for British brand People Tree to Seattle’s hosting of the first ever Eco-Chic Expo in April, sustainable style is spreading like wildfire.
Gifts For The Tree Hugger In Your Life
We all have that super-environmentally conscious person in our life, lovingly (most of the time) referred to as the Tree Hugger. While they're always giving back to Mother Earth by reminding you to recycle, to take shorter showers or turn off the lights, they are not so easy to give to.
The Green Girl’s Guide to Winter Produce
If you ask any environmentalist what you should eat to go green, they almost always will mention in-season produce. I, like most of us, love the idea of eating fresh vegetables that haven’t been genetically modified to grow year round.
The Know: Be Kind To Mother Earth… And Your Body
Did you know that those white plastic bags currently housing beer cans and so-dirty-and-covered-in-dust-bunnies-that-they-can't-be-salvaged beer pong balls take a thousand years to biodegrade, if ever? Didn't think so.
You Can Recycle More Than Just Beer Cans
We live in a world of disposable everything. Cups, plastic bags, razors, boyfriends; you name it, you can find it in a disposable form. And although this makes our lives terribly easy, it also makes our landfills terribly full. By just being a tad more conscious of your recycling options, you can make a huge difference with relatively minimal effort.
Smart, Savvy, and Sustainable Shopping
As you may have gathered from my previous articles, I am a shopaholic. Even if I have no money, I can’t help but scour the internet for deals at the online sample sales (seriously, check out Ideeli, it’s amazing). And even though I can’t always buy sustainable products, I still try to buy in sustainable ways.
The Know: Be Green, Fabulous and Full
Guffly.com: We all are trying to be green: wear more green, eat more green, recycle more green, earn more green. But sometimes it’s hard because we don’t know where to look for the best products. And let’s face it - some of those eco-friendly fashions have been hit with the ugly stick one too many times.
Wardrobe Wish List: Freitag Bags
I first learned about Freitag, a Swiss company, and its products while flipping through a magazine during a flight. What kept me reading the whole article instead of turning up the volume on my headphones to whatever random movie was playing on that mini screen 10 rows up was how they made their products. This wasn't just another ho-hum ad for a travel bag; Freitag was born from something bigger.
Go Green and Win Some Green. Hollerrrr.
Are you committed to living green? Are you committed enough to work at making your school devoted to becoming green, as well? Do you like moolah? Keep on reading, ladies. Keep on reading.
