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Checking in With The Sisters – Reducing Packaging Waste

by Lolli April 28, 2012 0 comments
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Lolli here… On January 1 of this year, my county instituted a law that all shoppers must come to any type of store with their own shopping bags in hand or have to be charged [...]

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5 Simple Ways Kids Can Help the Environment

by Guest Contributor September 12, 2011 1 comment

Guest contributor, Amanda of High Impact Mom, weighs in on helping kids to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle. You are never too young to be conscious about the effect your decisions make on the Earth [...]

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Green Strollers

by Lolli July 30, 2011 3 comments

A few years ago, if you had asked me what I was doing to go green, I would have responded that I was an avid recycler. The fact is, I didn’t know what steps I [...]

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6 Easy Ways to Make Every Day Earth Day

by Amber Strocel April 22, 2011 16 comments

Hey ladies, this is Amber here. Earth Day falls in April. In honor of the holiday, many of us spend this month thinking green. But living lighter on the planet isn’t just for Earth Day. [...]

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5 Minutes for Going Green Is Back

by Janice September 28, 2009 6 comments

We are blessed to have such a fantastic team of managing editors and writers that work hard to bring you some truly wonderful posts on our sister sites: 5 Minutes for Books, 5 Minutes for [...]

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Checking In With The Sisters

by Stacey May 21, 2009 2 comments

With our ever growing 5 Minutes for Mom family we wanted to take a few minutes to check-in with our sister-sites. Here is just a sampling of some of the amazing posts that have gone [...]

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Checking In With The Sisters!

by Stacey March 14, 2009 0 comments

With another week coming to a close, it is time to check-in with our wonderful Sister Sites to get a sampling of the great writing happening here in the 5 Minutes for Mom family: This [...]

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Checking In With The Sisters

by Stacey March 6, 2009 2 comments

With our ever growing 5 Minutes for Mom family we wanted to take a few minutes to check-in with our sister-sites. Here is just a sampling of some of the amazing posts that have gone [...]

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Win Bummas at Going Green…

by Janice February 28, 2009 7 comments

My babies have extremely sensitive skin. Their little bums rash so easily I have to be extra careful with what products I use. One of the most important ways I keep my babies rash free [...]

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The Cost of Going Green

by Janice September 3, 2008 4 comments

I admit, I would love to purchase all green products for my home, but I am sometimes turned off by products that seem to be absurdly expensive. I think it is important to use all [...]

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