August 3rd, 2009 | Posted in
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Have you been to the market lately? I just went earlier and the prices drove me up the wall! Even though I bought a lot of vegetables, which are supposed to be cheaper than meat products, I still ended up spending more than I wanted to. This got me to thinking that [...]
July 19th, 2009 | Posted in
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Being conscious about the environment is the “cool” thing to be these days, isn’t it? More than the “coolness” factor though, living a green life really does mean something to a lot of people – and it seems that the First Family belongs to this group.
If you think about it, the Obamas are not [...]
My husband is a BIG coffee drinker, so we always have a lot of used coffee grounds at the end of the day, which would normally be chucked in the bin. That was before I found out that used coffee grounds are an excellent recycling product!
I actually first discovered this at my local Starbucks, [...]
With Halloween come and gone, we shouldn’t forget that we have now an opportunity to show some more green savvy. How? Well, the most important thing is the Jack-O-Lantern. Before going green , I shamefully admit that at our household we just tossed poor old Jack into the trash. But that was before [...]
September 2nd, 2008 | Posted in
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Welcome to Yurto, the blog about eco-friendly living in the home. Inspired by the yurt, an ancient circular dwelling place built in tune with nature, we hope to explore the ways we can all make a change for the better in the world that we live in – beginning from our homes.
Why is it so [...]