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Gardening Nude is an inspirational blog built by Shawna Coronado to encourage greening and community improvement. It's ideas and lessons are simple; improving health, lifestyle greening, and building community will enable readers to live well and hap
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Harry the Pug Says Save Money! Here Are Five Tips for Reducing Indoor Water Usage
Did you know the average American uses almost 100 gallons of water per day? This includes drinking, washing clothes, washing dishes, flushing toilets, food preparation, bathing, as well as watering lawns and gardens. Surprisingly, the United State...
Save Money My Top Ten Tips for Reducing Energy Usage In Your Home!
According to a 2009 report from McKinsey & Company, Americans are wasting $130 billion annually on energy. This means we are spending way too much money due to inefficiency in our homes. During a difficult economic time, watching our utility u...
Green and Simple Tip Reuse or Recycle Your Paper Napkins From the Car
In a perfect world we would be utilizing paper napkins that are made from 100% post consumer waste (PCW) and are processed chlorine-free (PCF) (which means no bleach will get into our water systems after the product is thrown out......
Green and Simple Tip With 26 Billion Toilet Paper Rolls Produced Yearly Harry the Pug Says Lets Recycle
Harry the Pug is bringing you a green and simple tip today – from the toilet. See the toilet roll by his paw? That little cardboard is the bi-product of a toilet paper roll – and usually the average American......
Car Trash What Do You Do With It? Heres a Green Recycle Tip!
See the photo above – that would be me at least 50% of my life – in the car. Just call me “The Taxi” It’s true; Americans spend a lot of time in their cars due to our hectic modern......
BE AWARE - - Wash Produce With Soap and Water - - How Many Pesticides Do YOU Consume Every Day?
At a recent green conference I was handed a little magnetic guide for my refrigerator. It listed which fruits and veggies have tested the highest in pesticides straight off the shelf and which ones are the lowest. Awesome! This guide......
GREEN AND SIMPLE TIP: Harry the Pug says, Wash Your Laundry In Cold Water!
Harry the Pug says, “Wash your laundry in cold water!” What a great tip to conserve energy. That’s just the beginning of how you can save energy AND MONEY when doing laundry. Front-loading washing machines use 40% less water than......
GREEN AND SIMPLE TIP: Guest Puggy Sully says, Get Outside and Enjoy Nature For Better Health!
Louise O'Callaghan, quite an incredible photographer from England, recently introduced me to her all-to-adorable pug, Sully. You can see him below romping in England's recent heavy snow. And YES - I am madly in love with Sully - look at......
GREEN AND SIMPLE TIP - Guest Puggy Winston says Be Green on Super Bowl Sunday!
Our favorite guest puggy, Winston, once again graces our Green and Simple Tip page in celebration of this annual football event. His tip this week is all about Super Bowl recycling - "Football season is almost over and the Super......
GREEN AND SIMPLE TIP - Stop Living a Lie: Global Warming Exists, Recycling Can Help, and Obama Speaks the Truth
I am the first to admit that while watching President Obama's Inauguration I cried like a baby. Change is exciting and frightening, but change can also be good. President Obama seems confident in his expression of certain truths; publicly revealing.....
Green and Simple Tip - Guest Puggy says, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Little Pugsley Ratter Salwitz is our guest green puggy today. Pugsley Ratter's owner, Christina Salwitz is very green conscious. Recently her family lost all recycling and garbage pick up due to the snow storm deemed "Snowmageddon 2008” in Washingt...
Green and Simple Tip - Guest Puggy Says Recycle Your Christmas Trees
Today I am kicking the New Year in with a Green and Simple Tip. Guest puggy, Winston, Green Super Dog and rescuer of fair maidens says, "Check with your local waste authority about proper disposal or recycling of your live......
Get Yo Green On Tuesday - A Green Teen Activity During Winter Break - Recycle and REMIX!
It is Winter Break - that dreaded time when all parents sigh a collective groan. How do you keep your kids busy for two weeks of no-school-snow-day-filled holiday? I have the answer: RECYCLE! Teens and pre-teens are all about self-expression.......
