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Do it Yourself: 28 Great Articles For a Greener Life

Making and doing things for yourself is a great start to living greener. These helpful links will help start you down the path to a more eco-friendly life.

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The Grass Is Always Greener: 16 Home Greenifying Tips

If your new year's resolution involved reducing your environmental footprint or your energy bills, these 16 home improvement tips will get you started on both.

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Get Outta Town! 10 Super Helpful Eco-Travel Links

Now is the time to start planning for spring and summer vacations. These eco-travel links will help you travel a little lighter on the earth this year.

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Don't Panic: Last-Minute Green Holiday Gift Ideas

The winter holidays are here - are your presents? If not, don't worry. Here are a some ideas to get the last few green-loving people crossed off of your list.

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18 Clever Christmas Trees Created With Recycled Materials

One person's trash is another's treasure. Before tossing out your trash, take a look at these 18 creative and clever Christmas trees made with recycled materials.

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Water On Lens: Underwater Stage Filming and Photography

Here are 23 images taken from Pinewood Studios underwater movie shoots like The Da Vinci Code and Casino Royale, as well as some extra underwater stage filming photos.

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Nature's Halloween Tricks: 31 Scary Deep Sea Monsters

From vampire squid and fangtooth to viperfish and blobfish, nature is full of deep sea monsters that are perfect for inciting a scare on Halloween.

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Geeks, Gamers, Gory Flicks: 114 Cool Pumpkin Art Carvings

A Halloween tribute to geeks, gamers, and gory flicks. Here are 114 treats, or cool pumpkin art as jack-o-lanterns with intricate carvings from freaky to geeky.

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Easy, Fast & Cheap DIY Process to Compost Plastic

Plastic bags clog our oceans, pollute our land, kill animals and take up landfill space the world over - but one teen has discovered an amazing secret.

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Grow Easy: 15 Foolproof Vegetables for Organic Gardens

These vegetables and herbs can be grown organically by novice gardeners

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15 Awesome Alternative Ways to Reuse Shipping Containers

Once their conventional usefulness is up, shipping containers can be transformed into spectacular, modern buildings like hotels, museums, homes and shops.

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How to Guerrilla Garden: Tips and Hacks for Guerrilla Gardening and Urban Renewal

How to Guerrilla Garden: Tips and Hacks for Guerrilla Gardening and Urban Renewal for Urbanism and Gardening Fans.

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7 Steps to a More Eco-Friendly Office

These 7 products can help transform your office into a greener, more eco-friendly and energy efficient office in no time flat!

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Clever Composting Tips for Urban Dwellers

Composting tips and how to compost in an apartment, urban dwelling or city setting. Save money by gardening, composting, growing your own food.

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15 Innovative Eco-Friendly DIY Projects

Transform useless junk into brand new eco-friendly shoes, coin purses and furniture with these 15 eco-DIY tutorials.

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