articles by: Kelly Magill

Homemade Bath Bombs

Makes 4 bath bombs DRY INGREDIENTS 2 cups baking soda 1/2 cup corn starch 1/2 cup epsom salt 1 cup citric acid (get this online) WET INGREDIENTS 1 tbsp. hempseed oil 1 tbsp sunflower oil …

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Green Tea May Protect From Alzheimer’s

Research with green tea and Alzheimer's continues to show that the antioxidant properties in green tea (Camellia Sinensis) may in fact have the ability to decrease production of beta-amyloid, which is…

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What Plastics Do to Your Body

News of possible health threats associated with plastic bothered Jeanne Haegele of Chicago so much that she has quit using plastic. The 28-year-old marketing coordinator chronicles her efforts online …

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Disposing of Old Paint

One of the best ways to give your home and your spirits a lift is to repaint your space and with all of the low and no-VOC paint options, as well as natural clay plasters, this little pick-me-up is mo…

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Hummers vs. Hybrids

Plenty of ink and megapixels were dedicated last year to a study that purported to expose the true cost--in environmental terms--of a Prius and concluded that it was really no more "green" than a Humm…

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Bottled Water vs. Filtered Tap Water

Chances are that by now you know just how harmful bottled water is to the planet, and yet some people still find it difficult to give up those portable, easily purchased, calorie-free thirst-quenchers…

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Want Sustainable Energy? Tell Your Power Company

Telling your electricity company to purchase electricity from sustainable sources instead of coal and nuclear power plants is the single most effective, cost efficient and fastest way to make a differ…

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The Good, the Green and the Ugly: Laundry Detergents

The laundry room was once my Waterloo. Faced with three infants who refused bibs yet ate with gusto, an ancient machine that seemed to wash dirt into clothes, and brightly-colored somethings that inev…

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Clean Coal’s Dirty Secret

It's dark. You turn on a light. It's cold. You turn on the heat. Need to cook dinner? Turn on the stove. Don't want to miss your favorite show? Turn on the TV. Piles of laundry? Throw them in…

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Top 10 Eco-Tips for the Holidays

‘Tis better to give than to receive, but with all the season’s generosity of spirit, the environment often pays the price. During the holidays, we travel more, our purchasing increases, we use more e…

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Kelly Magill is founder and publisher of Positively Green, a quarterly women's magazine that covers every aspect of green from eco-friendly vacations to green fashion to green health.

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