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Every year when the holidays roll around, we're reminded about the sheer amount of trees sacrificed for wrapping paper. Not to be all bah humbug, but there are plenty of creative means of wrapping gifts without having to spend money and the Earth's resources on wrapping paper. Here are 25 such ideas (just to prove how easy it is, and because we like to show off). [......]

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The Budget Fashionista - Women's Budget Fashion, Style Advice, Designer Coupons

What: Fashioning Change helps us green our fashion this spring with some eco-friendly tips. What They Say: “Green fashion is about being conscious of our connection between something we buy, the environment from which it came, and the people involved in the manufacturing process,” said Fashioning Change Founder and CEO Adriana Herrera.  “This Spring we’re happy to help bring awareness to the simple things that can be done to green personal style.” [......]

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Most of us just pour our leftover beer down the sink. However, there are several useful (and eco-friendly) ways to put that unwanted beer to use. 10 Things to do with Beer (other than drink it):

• As an Organic Pest Killer. OK, it sounds morbid, but slugs are an organic gardener's arch nemesis. Rather than hunt the little suckers down and burn them with salt (very gross to watch), give 'em a cool, refreshing one and they'll at least die happy. Take a jar (spaghetti sauce jar or something similar with a pinched mouth that won't allow a small amount of beer to spill out when lying on its side) and pour in a small amount of beer. In the garden, put the bottle on its side so that the mouth is accessible to the slugs.
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Most people equate environmentally-friendly products with EXPENSIVE. Not true (well, not always, but that's the same for any type of product, right?). The great thing about green is that oftentimes it can be equated with FREE, and how many products can claim that? Free…as in recycled, as in DIY, as in re-purposed, reused and environmentally-savvy. Here are five great sites that put the "friendly" in eco-friendly. [......]

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