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Tips on Dumpster Diving [Infographic]

July 15July 23Posted in Food, Sustainable GuideTagged consumption, diving, dumpster, eco, ecological, food, footprint, freegan, freeganism, hunger, infographic, lifestyle, money, movement, production, resources, sustainable, tips, trash, Waste, water5 Comments

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While some people spend the early morning hours asleep, partying, or getting ready for work, other people around the world pursue a slightly less conventional activity: digging through trash.

Why, you might ask, would someone enthusiastically subject themselves to the often disgusting sights and smells on the inside of a dumpster or in the middle of a trash heap? Turns out, these intrepid dumpster divers are on to something. Read on to learn what dumpster diving is all about and how you can take advantage of the wonderful treasure that is other people’s trash.

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Scientifically Proven Ways To Be Happier

March 18March 30Posted in HealthTagged alcohol, buy, complain, confidence, diet, drink, eat, exercise, expectations, experience, fake, feel, flowe, focus, forgive, friends, fun, grateful, happiness, happy, Health, healthy, help, imagine, journal, learn, listen, living, meditate, money, moving, music, negative, no, optimism, optimistic, outdoors, outside, partner, pet, plant, play, posture, proven, psychology, pursuit, risk, science, scientifically, share, sleep, smile, storage, supplements, take part, talk, tea, time, tips, trip, true, try, ways, work, writeLeave a comment

Originally Published on psysci.co

It’s easy to become obsessed with the pursuit of seeking happiness, but the truth is we can all do a little something to feel a bit happier. Often ‘a bit’ happier is all it takes to feel significantly better, the journey to happiness is more of an accumulation of marginal gains rather than one big thing suddenly making us happier.

Some of these ways will be more useful to certain people than others and for that reason they are in no particular order.

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Go Green and Save Money [Infographic]

February 27March 27Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged accessories, agriculture, Apple, appliances, awareness, bike, bills, brands, budget, burts bees, car, cfl, climate change, consumer, consumption, cooling, cost, daily, dove, electricity, energy, energy-efficient, environment, expensive, factors, fitness, food, go green, green, groceries, Health, heating, household, incandescent, industries, leftovers, lifestyle, light bulb, lights, long run, maintenance, microsoft, money, monitor, organic, personal care, planning, plastic bags, premium, products, Recycling, renewable, restauran, reusable, review, save up, saving, sc johnson, seventh generation, shower, small changes, solution, spend, spending, summer, sustainable, switch off, tap water, tech, thermostat, tips, toms of maine, top ten, trader joes, unplug, upcycle, walt disney, water, whole foods market, winter, worthLeave a comment

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Cost-Efficient Ways to make your Home more Eco-Friendly [Infographic]

February 20March 27Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged aerosol, air quality, air-dry, airlfow, alternative, appliances, avoid, bake, bamboo, bath, bathroom, bedroom, big difference, blinds, bugs, bulbs, carbon footprint, carpets, ceramic, cfl, chemicals, clean, clothes, coffee, cold, compost, concentrated, conventional oven, cookware, cool, cost, cuddle, daylight, detergent, dishwash, eco, eco friendly, efficient, energy, energy star, energy-efficient, environmentally, essential oils, extension leads, fertilizer, fire pit, fix, flush, food, full load, garden, generate, glass, green, grow, heater, Home, homemade, houseplants, kitchen, laundry, leaks, light, living room, logs, low energy, low-flow, mattress, microwave, money, multitask, native landscaping, non-toxic, open, organic, paints, pesticide, plant, polyester, pre-rinsing, razor, recycled, reduce, refrigerator, repurpose, responsible, roast, room, save the earth, sawdust, scents, scraps, shave, showerhead, silicone, small things, soap nuts, spider plant, standby, sunlight, tap, temperature, thermostat, tips, toilet, toilet paper, transport, turn off, tv, unplug, vinegar, warm up, warmth, wash, water, ways, windows, winter, wood, woolLeave a comment

Originally Published on Huffington Post

Let’s face it: Reducing your home’s negative impact on the planet will likely require a huge amount of work.

But solar panels and temperature-regulating walls aren’t the only ways to help your household adopt more eco-friendly practices. There are a ton of easy — and fun — ways to conserve energy.

Luckily for us, UK-based magazine Good To Be Home has some clever ideas on other ways to do it.