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Unplug Your Kids

In the winter months it can be hard to think of fun, inexpensive ways to keep your children active and engaged, but it is not winter yet and there is still time to think seriously about how to unplug your children. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average child spends nearly 42 hours a week in front of a television or computer screen. These same children are probably also spending a few more hours each week playing hand held video games. These same numbers are echoed by the Amer...

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Rebekah Konn

Rebekah Konn believes that being green isn’t so much a choice as a series of choices we make every day. At the age of nine Rebekah began her environmentalism and vegetarianism when she learned that a whole family could be sustained for a lifetime on the same size plot of land that one beef steer could be reared. Her greatest joy is finding new ways to repurpose old things so that they escape the trash and bring new pleasure. She’s always on the lookout for smarter products that produce less waste and looks forward to bringing simple ideas...

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Garden State Urban Farms

Lorraine Gibbons, Founder of Garden State Urban Farms (GSUF) works with non profit organizations, schools and government groups to provide affordable ...

Patricia Gaylor Inter...

Complete interior design services for residential homes. We offer a full range of services for remodeling, new construction and renovation, with gree...

Harvest Table

Harvest Table offers fresh and healthy food, just the way you like it. Our "Create Your Own" concept lets you invent any combination of salad or sandw...

Salon Organic

Anne Hall, proprietor, serves a unique and eco-friendly blend of services for her environmentally-conscious clients, including:

Organic Colour Syst...

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