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6 Sustainable New Year’s Lifestyle and Home Design Resolutions

6 Sustainable New Year’s Lifestyle and Home Design Resolutions Fresh ideas often arise out of New Year’s resolutions, and sustainability is no exception. What starts as a simple pledge to reuse old stuff can turn into a commitment to a more sustainable lifestyle, which could include changes to your living space or energy use.If you …

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How to Have a Sustainable, Cruelty Free Holiday Celebration

How to Have a Sustainable, Cruelty Free Holiday Celebration The holiday season should be a time to relax and celebrate, but it should also be a pause for reflection about our habits throughout the year. Holiday cheer can have unfortunate environmental consequences due to overconsumption at the holiday season. Holiday celebrations create an enormous amount …

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6 Vegan, Non-Toxic Eco-Friendly Interior Paints To Make Your Home More Beautiful

6 Vegan, Non-Toxic Eco-Friendly Interior Paints To Make Your Home More Beautiful  Creating a beautiful home goes beyond just aesthetics; it’s about making conscious choices that align with your values and promote a healthier environment. If you’re looking to refresh your living space with a new coat of paint, why not opt for vegan, non-toxic, …

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7 Eco Friendly Upgrades for a Cruelty-Free, Sustainable Bathroom

7 Eco Friendly Upgrades for a Cruelty-Free, Sustainable Bathroom    Working your way around the rooms of a typical house, you’ll find plenty of fixtures and materials that are ready for an eco conscious upgrade. If you’re embarking on a home remodel or even just a redesign of one key room in the home such …

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4 Natural Insulation Materials for Your Home Build or Home Remodel Project

4 Natural Materials for your Home Build or Home Construction Project Home construction and home design materials have come a long way from the toxic and polluting options that people have relied on in the past. There’s a growing range of home building and construction materials that are produced in sustainable ways that don’t harm …

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5 Ways to Incorporate Biophilic Design Into a Small Space

5 Ways to Incorporate Biophilic Design Into a Small Space Biophilic design is not just a new buzzword, it’s an intentional and scientific way of bringing nature indoors to promote healing and greater alignment with the natural world. Biophilia simply means the “love of life,” and biophilic design can be enacted on the macro as …

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4 Ways Your Home Can Be in Harmony With the Environment

4 Ways Your Home Can Be in Harmony With the Environment Are you building a new home, renovating a home, redesigning your interior space or building a new addition? Before you get started, you should be aware that most traditional building and design processes are harmful to the environment.  What about planting a garden? That …

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6 Steps to Creating a Convenient and Compact Kitchen Garden

La Jolla Back-Door Kitchen Garden Creation If you want to really elevate your plant-based (vegan) cooking, you will need access to fresh herbs, vegetables and fruit. A well-kept secret is that you don’t even need a big allotment or large vegetable patch to do this. For many people living in suburban and urban areas, backyard …

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