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Eco-Friendly Living

Firm Decisions for 2010…

December 31, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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“People are so worried about what they consume between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they consume between the New Year and Christmas.” —Unknown

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Top 10 Small Footprint Posts of 2009

December 29, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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In keeping with the end-of-the-year trend in the blogosphere, I’ve made a list of Small Footprint Family’s top ten posts of 2009. These are the articles that you, my dear readers, searched for and visited more than any others on my site. 

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Small Footprint Holidays

December 22, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Americans throw away a million extra tons of garbage each week, including holiday wrapping and packaging, according to Robert Lilienfeld. Lilienfield is co-author of the book Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are. Here are eight ways to reduce your environmental footprint this holiday season. 

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Leasing the Sun

December 14, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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Installing solar panels to generate your home electricity has many benefits:  

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Keep It Simple, Silly

December 8, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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When the continuous operation of a system relies on a long and complex chain of crucial suppliers and resources, all running smoothly, that’s pretty much a textbook example of an unsustainable system. Put another way, the systems we take for granted to deliver everything from plasma-screen TV sets to store-bought apple pie are more vulnerable [...]

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Waste Not, Want Not

December 1, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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There are consequences to our national habit of sending food to landfills. American food waste has significant environmental, economic, and cultural ramifications. On average, Americans waste 40 percent of our food supply, which is more than 1400 calories of food per person per day, reports a new study by a team of National Institute of [...]

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