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Diane MacEachern

Best-selling author, green business guru, green living and shopping, expert, successful eco-entrepreneur,

Interests: Sustainability, green business, using consumer clout to protect ourselves and the planet, the relationship between the health of the environment and our own health, green living, green shopping, responsible consumerism, simplicity

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Rebuild Sustainably After Natural Disasters Strike

If there's any silver lining in the dark weather clouds hanging over most of the country right now, it's in the opportunity they're creating to transform our cities and towns into the energy-saving, water-saving, safe and healthy communities they should... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Insulate Now to Reduce High Air Conditioning Costs

Most people don't think about insulating their homes until the fall. With winter looming, consumers know that higher heating costs will hit them right where it hurts - in their pocket books. But guess what? As climate change increases, it... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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In My Element at Element Hotel in NYC

If you're looking for an eco-friendly hotel for business travel or vacation, put the Element chain at the top of your list. I recently was offered the chance to spend three nights at the Element Times Square West in New... Continue reading

Posted May 29, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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EcoCentric Mom Box Review: Ooh, Aah, and Yum

Every Ecocentric Mom Box comes packed with a selection of interesting, useful and tasty treats that help me make healthier, more eco-friendly choices when I shop. Here's the lowdown on what's in this month's box: FOOD FIRST Kallari Organic Chocolate... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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What Makes EPIC So "Epic"? Great Animation, Green Message

Tiny, champion Leaf Men. Evil, creepy "Boggans." A talking snail and a comical slug. A handsome rogue who can ride a sparrow faster than anyone around. A teenage girl who tries to run away but learns to ride a hummingbird... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Do Your Kids Think Saving Energy Is Important? Enter Contest by May 31.

Team ENERGY STAR, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's program to help kids and families understand why saving energy is important, has launched a contest to encourage kids to tell us in their own worlds why energy efficiency makes a difference.... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Saving Energy is Easy & Fun With the Help of Team ENERGY STAR

What does it take to get kids to save energy? Even if it’s just a simple reminder to turn off the lights, that message can get old after awhile – which is why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is inviting... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Mother's Day: Shopping Spree or Shopping Shift?

Mother's Day has become a gigantic shopping event. Next to Christmas and Valentine's Day, consumers spend more money for Mother's Day than they do for any other holiday in the year. This year, according to the National Retail Federation's annual... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Is Glade Air Freshener Bad for Babies?

"Cleaning product companies aren’t required to disclose the ingredients they use in their products, and what they’re keeping secret from you could be hazardous to your health," reports Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE), the respected non-profit research group that... Continue reading

Posted May 7, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Join Team ENERGY STAR & Get Ready for This Summer's Eco Block-Buster

Team ENERGY STAR is on a simple but extremely important mission: encourage kids and families to save energy at home. How? By empowering them to protect the climate and reduce air pollution through easy-to-implement, money-saving actions. Team ENERGY STAR works... Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Ecocentric Mom Box: Put on Your Best Face (Mask)

An EcoCentric Mom Box is both dependable and surprising. Dependable because you can count on the sample products it contains to be non-toxic, low impact, and a great bargain. Surprising because every box introduces a whole host of healthy personal... Continue reading

Posted Apr 30, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Why Are You Grateful for Earth Day? Please Share.

It's Earth Day today, a day when as many as a billion people around the world will be taking notice. Some will be celebrating what they love about the world we live in with walks in the woods, picnics with... Continue reading

Posted Apr 22, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Compost: Crack for the Garden

Compost is crack for the garden. When you add it to your soil, it makes the earthworms shimmy, the bugs boogie, and plants positively pop. (From what I've read, crack has a similar effect on the people who use it;... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Easy #EarthDay Action: Go Paperless

I usually don't like info graphics but this one makes it very clear why it's important to use less paper. Thought many of us have already cut back on the amount of junk mail we receive and documents we print,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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#EarthDay Insights: 13 Ways to Make Your Food More Eco

Maybe you already eat organic produce. You've cut down on meat. You grow your own lettuce. That's great! But Earth Day is nothing if not a time to consider...what else can we do, especially when it comes to the food... Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Hate Throwaway Plastic or Paper Cups? KLEAN KANTEEN's Pint Cup Is the Perfect Reusable Alternative

Throwaway drinking cups made from plastic, paper and polystyrene be gone! KLEAN KANTEEN's new reusable, stainless steel pint cup is now available to replace the trashy disposables you're used to seeing at convenience stores, fast-food restaurants, and keggers (college students,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Fragrance, Fitness and Fig Bars? Only in this Month's EcoCentric Mom Box

If you like surprises, an EcoCentric Mom Box is just the thing for you. Every month, this box full of eco-goodies shows up at my door and I have no idea what's going to be inside. I hate to admit... Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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US-China Greener Consumption Forum Lays Groundwork for Future Projects Together

How can the world's two consumer "superpowers"- the U.S. and China - work together to reduce the impact that consumption has on us and our world? That was the topic a capacity crowd addressed on March 22 at the U.S.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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How do you celebrate Easter? At our house, it's a time to enjoy the rebirth of Nature, the renewal of our spirits, and the arrival of a long-anticipated Spring. We try hard not to get caught up in the commercialization... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Natural Teething Toys, Fragrance-Free Baby Lotion Offer Moms & Babies, Safer, Healthier Options

Finding non-toxic baby products can be a real challenge for new moms. It's hard to know what to look for or where to find it, and with all the greenwashing that goes on, no mom could be blamed if she... Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Climate Rally Shows Climate Change Concerns Parents, Kids, Students - and Polar Bears!

Yesterday's rally to stop climate change brought together a wonderfully diverse crowd of American citizens. Take a look: Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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We Can Stop Climate Change. Yes, We Can!

Climate change may be happening, but we can stop it! That was the message loud and clear at the climate rally held yesterday in Washington, D.C., delivered by the 40,000 or more people who congregated around the Washington Monument before... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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U.S. - China Greener Consumption Forum to Focus on Consumer "Super Powers" and Strategies to Use Consumer Clout to Protect the Environment

The U.S. – China Greener Consumption Forum will mark the first-ever gathering of women leaders from the world's two "consumer super powers" to meet and address the environmental challenges their countries face due to consumption. The Forum, to be held... Continue reading

Posted Feb 12, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Looking for New, Non-toxic Lotions, Cremes & Cleansers? Try the January EcoCentric Mom Box.

This month's EcoCentric Mom box is chock full of exactly what I need in dry winter months: soothing organic skin lotions and cremes to moisturize my hands and face, gentle soaps, and cleansers and laundry "berry drops" that put the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 29, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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Green Consumer Clout Motivates Tide to Clean Up Its Act

Think you can't tell a Fortune 500 company what to do? Think again. When Women's Voices for the Earth released a report noting that Tide detergent contained chemicals that could actually be harmful to kids, millions of consumers were outraged.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2013 at Environment, Organics, Fair Trade & Recycling at Big Green Purse

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