posted by
Annie B. Bond May 7, 2008 9:00 am
Less can be more using these nine inspiring guidelines for right-sized living.
Our houses are bulking up. In 1970, the average new U.S. home was about 1,500 square feet. By 2001, it had grown to more than 2,300 square feet, even as the average number of people per househo
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posted by
Kelly Magill May 1, 2008 7:00 am
I have a small kitchen. My house was built in the '60s, when storage space was still considered a luxury not a necessity. Bec
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posted by
Annie B. Bond Apr 28, 2008 5:00 am
There are great reasons to line-dry clothes. The sun can kill dust mites, the sun can whiten and deodorize, there is no elect
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posted by
Annie B. Bond Apr 22, 2008 9:00 am
Our Care2 focus for Earth Day 2008 is water. Fresh water. Blue gold. Only 2.5 percent of the planet's water is fresh, and les
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posted by
Annie B. Bond Apr 22, 2008 7:00 am
So often, the obvious solution is right at our fingertips, but
it looks so simple that we fail to notice. Generations of
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posted by
Melissa Breyer Apr 17, 2008 6:00 am
Have you ever wondered whether dishtowels are better for the environment than paper towels, or if cloth napkins are greener
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posted by
Melissa Breyer Apr 15, 2008 6:00 am
I recently considered the post-dinner party mess in my kitchen and wondered if tossing that mountain of food-glooped dishes
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posted by
Annie B. Bond Apr 13, 2008 2:29 pm
The salubrious effects of green tea are well known—tea leaves pack a whopping punch of antioxidants making their brew one of
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posted by
Annie B. Bond Apr 11, 2008 1:45 am
We can conserve gas with some car maintenance steps. For example, we can get 6 to 20 percent higher mpg with a properly tun
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posted by
Annie B. Bond Apr 6, 2008 7:07 pm
We like to pretend the most responsible car wash is no car wash at all, but that's because we're lazy sods. In truth, kee
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