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April 12, 2016 | | 8 Comments

Want Results? Springboard from Your Passion!

3 Tips for Creating Your Goal If you’ve been following this series and are interested in creating your own community outreach/awareness project, we’re very excited to have you involved with us! By now, you’ve had some time to think about what drives you and what you’re passionate about. Hopefully you’ve written down your passion statement, […]

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Posted in: Amy's Green Blog, Chemicals, Community Project, Conservation, DIY, Environment, Health, Plastic, Reuse Recycle, Water

April 5, 2016 | | 11 Comments

One Poison That’s So Important to Monarchs

What’s Going on in Our Nectar Corridors? “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – John Muir Delicate and beautiful, Monarch butterflies are one of North America’s most beloved natural treasures. And perhaps nothing is more breathtaking than witnessing hundreds of the gently fluttering […]

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Posted in: Amy's Green Blog, Conservation, DIY, Do This Not That, Environment, Food, Health, How You Can Help

March 29, 2016 | | 7 Comments

3 Ways to Be Fashionably Eco-Friendly

Ethical Alternatives to Fast Fashion As an environmental advocate, I know the terms “eco-friendly,” “green” and “sustainability” are used quite often. We hear those terms in regard to everything from recycling to removing the harmful chemicals in our homes, but what about environmentally friendly fashion? You may have noticed that the fashion industry has made […]

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Posted in: Amy's Green Blog, Conservation, Do This Not That, Health, How You Can Help, Reuse Recycle

March 22, 2016 | | 4 Comments

One Person CAN Make an Impact! We Challenge You to Be That Person!

But I’m Just One Person . . . What Can I Do? As I’ve blogged about for the last few months, the U.S. Home Office is on a mission. We’re making plans to help empower our surrounding local community with knowledge about the impact of harmful chemicals in their homes and plastic pollution in the […]

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Posted in: Amy's Green Blog, Chemicals, Community Project, Conservation, DIY, Environment, Health, Plastic, Reuse Recycle, Water

March 17, 2016 | | 20 Comments

One of these 20 simple things takes 600 years to decompose! [Infographic]

Estimated Decomposition Rates of Common Marine Debris Items Did you know that a cigarette butt casually tossed on the beach could last for up to five years in the ocean? Or that a length of broken fishing line can linger up to 600 years? And that’s assuming the fish, birds or other marine life don’t […]

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Posted in: Amy's Green Blog, Chemicals, Conservation, Do This Not That, Environment, How You Can Help, Plastic, Water

March 15, 2016 | | 37 Comments

The 12 Most Astonishing Things that Harm Sea Turtles [Infographic]

12 Major Sources of Plastic Pollution “We throw things away when we don’t know where ‘away’ is.” Angela Pozzi, Founder, The Washed Ashore Project Here’s a riddle for you: What is so incredibly convenient that many don’t seem to care how expensive, ugly or harmful to the environment it can be? That’s right—it’s plastic. Click […]

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Posted in: Amy's Green Blog, Chemicals, Conservation, Environment, Food, Health, How You Can Help, One Less, Plastic, Reuse Recycle, Water