ORGANIC VEGGIE AND HERB GARDENING

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 Spring is the perfect time to plant a healthy bounty of vegetables and culinary herbs for your summer table.   A vegetable/herb  garden can be a beautiful and fragrant addition to your landscape . Whether planted in a raised bed, on a plot of land, or in an attractive container, a vegetable garden brings color, texture and most importantly, heath to your home and family.  Designs and … [Read more...]

Santa Barbara Film Festival – Green Director's Lounge

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Livingreen was honored to be asked  to furnish and stage the Director's Lounge for the  Santa Barbara International Film Festival.   Our goal was to create a cozy, comfortable, beautiful "green" lounging space for  participants to  rest and regenerate during the two week festival.  We brought in a variety of favorite sustainable furniture and accessories from our three stores and … [Read more...]

Saving Energy in Your Orange County Home

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With the economic situation that most households are facing today, cutting back on energy usage is one way you can save money.  Regardless of whether or not you are building a new home, there are things you can do to make your home more energy efficient.  Every resident can work on saving energy in their Orange County home. If you are building a new home or if you need new appliances, be sure … [Read more...]

What You Need to Know About Organic Food

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With the growing polemic of health issues that are caused by the chemicals and pesticides being used on vegetables and fruits, more and more people are turning to organic food.  Women across America are looking for ways to protect themselves and their families.  Here are some important things you need to know. The United States Department of Agriculture now uses a seal that is placed on all … [Read more...]

How to Reuse Items Instead of Throwing Them Away

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Waste is a big problem in households across America.  Because of the economic problems people are facing and the growing concern about the environment, it is a problem that must be dealt with.  The easiest way to do that is to learn how to reuse items instead of throwing them away. Plastic Soda Bottles In many towns these bottles can be taken to a recycling plant and sold for money.  There are … [Read more...]

Green Design Ideas for Your Home

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Eco-friendly, healthy living and energy efficient are words that when combined together equal green design.  As the idea of green living grows, many homeowners are doing what they can to build in a manner that will not harm the environment.  If this is a relative new idea for you, this article will whet your appetite to start incorporating green design into your home. The first step in green … [Read more...]

Green Living LA – Save Water Resources, Drink Beer!

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Beer is one of the most refreshing drinks in the Universe; it relaxes you, lubricates your social skills, and just think of the water we would save, if we all drunk beer instead. Of course you know I am only joking, and anyhow it also takes water to make beer. In fact the better the water is, the better the beer will be. But by the same token, it is a natural product and if you don't buy it to … [Read more...]

Green Living – Buy Organic, You Should

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I have a standing argument with my brother, he says if you buy organic, it makes very little difference nutritionally, I always tell him that there is more to organic than food and health, it is about our entire eco-system. He argues organic is more expensive, I argue sure it is, at what cost to destroy the world – do you want to make sure your grandson, has no world to live on in the future? He … [Read more...]

Eco-Friendly Alternatives

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Some easy tips to live more green: Eco-Friendly Alternatives From our friends at CulverCity.org Got a tip? Click here to send us your tip. A Green Ending Green funerals don’t just mean a woodland burial. Very few people actually know about the green alternatives to steel or hardwood coffins. May private funeral homes present green alternatives to traditional coffins, including wicker … [Read more...]

A Spoonful Of Vodka Helps the Medicine Go Down

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The citizenry of Los Angeles and the world over have been long acquainted with the popular consumption of vodka either shaken or stirred. Not to cast any aspersions; but particularly those members of the movie fraternity during its heydays. While people were drinking this high-alcohol content grog as a popular method for social lubrication, who knew that vodka had many organic medicinal … [Read more...]

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