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Our Everyday Earth is a green blog with a difference, we are a regular family living in Texas writing about going green, recycling, composting, green education and other family friendly green tips.



Recycled Jeans Made Cool by RECO

Reco Jeans

Attention all fashion forward, eco-conscious folks! If you’re looking for a new pair of jeans (or two) and want to do your part in reducing your eco footprint, check out RECO Jeans. RECO Jeans are made from 100% recycled designer blue-label denim and are also 100% vegan and animal friendly. You can buy your new [...]

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How to Greenify Your Love Life

Getting back on the dating scene after a long absence is hard enough in and of itself, but when you’re a self-proclaimed greenie looking for love, it can be even more difficult to find a suitable partner that won’t pollute the planet in the process of wooing you. Luckily, there are a number of ways [...]

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The Major Benefits of Holistic Medicine

In today’s world it’s all too easy to pop pills to achieve whatever you’re hoping whether it’s lose weight, control pain, control blood pressure, or keep an active sexual life. Modern western medicine heavily focuses on treating the symptoms and not the cause. Holistic medicine, contrary to popular opinion, is not voodoo medicine or even [...]

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Eco Friendly Window Treatment Options for Your Home

When you’re looking to make some green improvements to your home, changing your window treatments is an easy, fast, and relatively cheap option to rejuvenate your home’s look and eco-friendliness. Here are just a few of the many options available. Eco-friendly blinds can be eco-friendly in two ways: their material and through reducing your home’s [...]

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How to Decode Eco-Friendly Food Labels

Nearly everyone can get on board with the idea of eco-friendly food, if only for the fact that polluting our bodies with the very items that are supposed to nourish them is abhorrent. Okay, there’s no denying that chips, sodas, and so on are delicious (fats, sugars, and chemical preservatives see to that). But if [...]

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How the Military Is Going Green

The military complex may seem like a mess of inefficiency and overspending at times, but some would say whatever the price is for protecting our nation, it’s worth paying. In any case, our military is a product of our nation, and as such it often reflects the ideals of our culture at any given point [...]

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The Top 5 Beauty Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar

All of us have seen commercials for a cosmetic brand that is advertised as being a “miracle in a bottle”. But when it comes to the numerous benefits of apple cider vinegar, you can definitely believe the hype. The main ingredient in it is acetic acid, but it’s also filled with lots of vitamins, amino [...]

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Easy Ways to Boost Your Home’s Energy Efficiency

With weather reports predicting this to be one of the hottest summers in decades, you know what that means, right? If ever there was a time that we’ll want to put our central air on full blast, it would be now. And you know what that means, right? If there was ever a time that [...]

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How and Where to Recycle Your Old TV Set

Solid State

Those who have been recycling for a while likely realize that there are all kinds of household objects that can have a second life somewhere else so long as they are not sent to the trash heap. In the beginning you may be content to put your soda cans and bottles in the bin and [...]

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Top 5 Eco-Friendly Recording Artists

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds

There’s more to going green when it comes to music than simply unplugging the amps and performing an acoustic set in a small outdoor venue. And while many artists and bands opt to go all out with sky-high monitors, lights galore, and amps stacked floor to ceiling, all of them sucking up enough electricity to [...]

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Fun and Green Weekend Family Activities

Eco Friendly Family Activities

It’s not like we can’t (and shouldn’t) be eco-friendly all year round, but it’s during the spring and summer that it can be the most fun. Especially when it comes to coming up with fun and green family activities to do over the weekend. Are you looking for some? Here are seven.

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Green and Budget Conscious Travel Tips

410 Bright Angel Trail - Plateau Point View

Traveling, while important to foster an open mind and empathetic personality is an important part of life, it’s rarely easy on the environment or your budget. Luckily, there are ways you can travel and produce a smaller carbon footprint and without breaking the bank.

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How to Organize an Eco Club on Your College Campus

Students on college campuses across the country are looking for ways to contribute to supporting and saving our environment. Personal conservation only goes so far; to really make an impact on things environmental sustainability must be embraced by a community. Starting an eco club at your school is a great way to do something practical [...]

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LittleLife Freedom Child Carrier Review

littlelife_freedom_child_carrier

Have you been searching for a dependable, comfortable and safe child carrier to use on long walks or hikes? We had been looking for several weeks when we stumbled across the wonderful LittleLife Freedom Child Carrier. LittleLife are a UK based company but their products are sold globally; We took our son for a hike [...]

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Eco Dorm Decorating Essentials

Desk Plants 1

When it comes to dormitory living, a lot of times people don’t put a lot of thought into how they want to decorate their rooms. Usually if there’s a bedspread, some family pictures on the desk and a rug on the floor, they’re pretty good to go. Yet, when you think about it, perhaps more [...]

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What to Look for in Eco-Friendly Appliances

Preparation is Key to Preventing Leaks

Keeping your home green isn’t always easy, especially when so many modern conveniences are made with materials and manufacturing processes that are less than eco-friendly, to say the least. And when it comes to replacing your old, broke-down appliances with new ones, you might be stymied by the lack of products on the market that [...]

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Eco-Friendly Apartment Decorating Tips

Ecobuild by Painting With Low VOC Paints

Whether you’re getting your first apartment, upgrading to a larger space, moving to a new city, or giving up the hassles of maintaining a house and yard that is simply too big for you now that the kids are gone, you may have it in mind to make over your space in a way that [...]

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How College Students Can Stay Green on Campus

UAB Campus Rec Center

Students heading off to college for the first time certainly have a lot on their minds. They’re facing living away from home for the first time, leaving old friends behind and having to meet a whole new group of people, not to mention the expanded course load and financial needs. With all that going on, [...]

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Green Computing on College Campuses

Kaplan International College Bournemouth, computer room

Technology has made so many things simple in our lives it’s sometimes too easy to take it for granted. But as the health of our world becomes more and more a focus of energy and attention, it’s more important than ever to make technology work towards sustainable goals. You have to make sure that while [...]

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Eco Summer Camps for Kids

Go GReen Summer Camp

Summer camps have been a great way for kids to spend their summers for decades now. They meet new friends, learn valuable life skills, and have fun! Nowadays, a new kind of summer camp is gaining popularity: eco summer camps. At these various camps across the country, kids learn a range of aspects about conserving [...]

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