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Green Your Home
The place where we spend time with family, eat meals, and sleep is a special place. Whether you're planning a remodel or just tidying up, incorporate green into your life at home.
The Many Benefits of Backyard Chickens
When Green America member Laura Gidney and her husband John were househunting in New York state, they knew their new home had to be in a neighborhood zoned for backyard chickens. The Gidney family now has ten adult chickens, with 20 newly hatched chicks this spring.
Market your yard sale, grab friends and family, and more!
Exposure to asbestos is a serious risk to your health. But you still might find it in your home.
Look at the benefits and see if you should make your roof green.
5 Reasons to Ditch your Dryer
Every few years, the Pew Research Center asks about 1,000 Americans what they think about various appliances. In 2006, 83 percent of respondents said a clothes dryer was a necessity.
Using these alternatives to commercial cleaners can help you and your family stay healthy.
Reduce trips to the trash can and look at these ways for new life for old clothes.
Follow this guide to keep heat in your house and money in your pocket.
CFLs vs. LEDs: The Better Bulbs
Energy experts agree that the incandescent bulb is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
Eco-Friendly Flooring
EPA studies have shown that indoor pollutant levels can be two to five times higher than they are outside. To find the source of many of these pollutants, just glance down.
Victory
Smuckers removes GMOs and high fructose corn syrup from Uncrustables, its very popular peanut butter and jelly product for kids.
Green America's GMO Inside campaign has mobilized tens of thousands of consumers to ask Smuckers to remove GMOs from its products.
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Through their financing for fossil fuels, banks play a crucial role in climate change. As the biggest funder of fossil fuels – including fossil fuel expansion -- JPMorgan Chase is now the worst bank in the world for people and the planet.
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