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Mixers and Events
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Mixers and Events
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Written by Administrator
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FREE booth at our Summer Mini Eco Business Expo - June 21st at Avila Bay Athletic Club & Spa! Reserve now...Spring Edtion publishes March 1st. Find out more about advertising and participating in this event: Call - 805.473.5064
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Green Tips
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 Get a spray bottle filled with water and add a big spoon full of your favorite hot sauce. Give those little pests a good dousing. Also, a few drops of eco-friendly dish soap in the spray bottle will do the trick. Lady bugs are also a way of controlling them.
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Misc
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Written by Administrator
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 A 2008 New York University study showed that daily flossing reduced the amount of gum-disease-causing bacteria in the mouth. This bacteria is thought to enter the bloodstream and trigger inflammation in the arteries, a major risk factor for heart disease. |
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Healthy Eating
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 Introducing some simple things into your diet can help you rid your body of toxins that are damaging to your health. For example, eating rice bran fiber, which is mostly insoluble, and binds to industrial contaminants in the bile. Enjoy it in whole grain brown rice, or mix 1-2 tablespoons of rice bran fiber powder into a beverage with each meal. In a 2010 study, obese people who drank four 8 ounce cups of green tea daily for eight weeks lost 5 1/2 pounds more than the placebo group. It also helps the liver clear toxins from the blood. Taking chlorophyll, which is found in green vegetables helps excrete environmental pollutants. You can take 2 - 4 grams of chlorella pyrenoidosa powder daily, and eat lots of organic spinach, Swiss chard, mustard greens, parsley and cilantro.
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Green Tips
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Written by Sean Murphy
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 The best way to grow a successful summer garden is to pick out the easiest vegetables grow! Zucchini and squash are by far the easiest to grow; they are very hearty plants and give impressive yields. Tomatoes, beans, and peppers are all also simple to cultivate. With these plants, it is best to grow starts and transplant them to the ground later. When starting seeds be sure to use potting soil in small containers. Put the starts in a place where they are off the ground, and get mostly indirect light. A porch or windowsill is ideal.
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Healthy Eating
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Written by Administrator
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 Honey is powerful anti-microbial, meaning that it fights bacteria that cause disease. Researchers have found that honey outperforms cough medicine in every category: Reducing the number of colds, and the severity of coughs. The most effective kinds are the darker varieties of raw honey, which you can find at specialty food stores. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/honey/AN01799
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Mixers and Events
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Written by Administrator
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Mix, Mingle, Make Friends, & Make a Difference at the 5th Annual
Summer Mini Eco Business Expo
Over 30 booths of local businesses that support green & healthy living in SLO county...
Sponsored by SESLOC Federal Credit Union, Solarponics Energy Systems, and Sunset Honda
Where: Avila Bay Athletic Club & Spa
6699 Bay Laurel Place, Avila Beach
When: June 21st 2012
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Food & beverages donated by: Avila Bay Athletic Club & Spa
Live Music: Acoustico
Over $1,000 in FREE Giveaways including an electric bike from Todd's Green Machines!
Meet the GREEN Wizard & participate FREE in our Mini Soapbox!
(Beer and Wine will be available for purchase)
$5 Donation to benefit: Zoo To You
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Healthy Eating
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Written by Alicia Hawkins
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 While most companies want us to believe healthy skin comes from an array of expensive creams and washes, we can get great looking glowing skin by simply changing the way we eat. Research shows that staying away from refined or processed foods and adopting a healthy diet overall can improve our complexion. Here’s a list of foods and tips for healthy skin:
1. Carrots, apricots, and other yellow and orange fruits and vegetables – the beta-carotene is great for your skin!
2. Spinach and leafy green veggies
3. Tomatoes
4. Blueberries – the antioxidants will do more than help your skin!
5. Beans, peas, and lentils
6. Salmon, mackerel, and other fish rich in healthy natural fats
7. Nuts
8. Whole grains
9. Lower your sugar intake
10. Opt for low-fat or fat-free dairy products
11. Drink more water
Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-skin/AN01863 |
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Green Tips
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Written by Administrator
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 1) Paint: Look for low or ideally no VOC paint2) Paper: Look for paper products with a high post-consumer recycled content
3) Light Bulbs: Look for LED
4) Appliances: Look for appliances with the Energy Star label
5) Fruits and Vegetables: Look for local and organic in-season produce
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Green Tips
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 Recycling is good, but reusing is even better, and it's entirely necessary to get thrifty when it comes to going green. The following five tips will help you get started living a greener life by helping you get thrifty: 1. Know where to look.
You have a lot of options when it comes to buying used. However, if you're looking for a senior level hockey stick that has a regular flex, you might want to check out a used sports equipment store instead of the local thrift store. You ca sometimes find a specific item but your chances are far better if you have a specialty store you can check out.
2. Know what you're looking for.
Buying secondhand can save you a lot of money, but it can also waste a lot of your time if you don't know what you're looking to find. If you've got an afternoon to browse, you may not need a plan, but you're search is much more likely to turn up something useful if you've got a mission in mind.
3. Be open to what you might find.
Even though your hunt will be best if you've got some direction, you never know when you might happen upon a vintage sewing machine that just needs a few screws and a new spool of thread. If it's been in the back of your mind and you see some potential, it's best to never pass up a good deal.
4. Look for the diamond in the rough.
If you're buying used, sometimes used means USED. But even though that retro toaster that's on display is tarnished and has a ding (or two, or three) doesn't mean it won't toast your bread to perfection. Polish that baby up and tap out that ding for a toaster that will suit almost any kitchen.
5. Keep coming back.
Whether you're sifting through stuff at a thrift or consignment store, or you're browsing bins at a local garage sale, you may be put off when you don't find what you're looking for. Don't get discouraged if you don't find what you're looking for right away. Instead, check out your other options, and, if necessary, be willing to wait it out.
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Blog
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Written by Sean Murphy
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 A zoo is a great place to have fun and learn something new about the fascinating creatures of our world. But imagine how exciting it would be to get up close and personal with your favorite zoo animals. No more nose squished against the glass, just you, and the zoo. Zoo To You is an animal rescue center in Paso Robles that offers this rather unique experience. They care for a variety of exotic animals such as a bald eagle, a tiger, a bear, and snakes.
Zoo To You can turn an ordinary event into a sensational and educational one by bringing some of these amazing creatures. Along with the animals comes passionate experts who can tell you all about their furry (or scaly) friends. Zoo To You can do all types of events, and have many specialized programs catered to educating school children.They are the beneficiary of all $5 entry donations to our Thursday, June 21st Eco Expo At Avila Bay Athletic Club & Spa. For more information: www.zootoyou.com or call: 805-391-0604 |
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Written by Administrator
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Compact fluorescent light bulbs will soon replace traditional incandescent ones.
In the United States, production of traditional incandescent light bulbs will be phased out completely by the year 2012. Compact fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury. Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin that can cause serious damage to tissues and organs in the body as well as the central nervous and endocrine system. It is especially toxic to children, pregnant women and small pets.
The US EPA publishes guidelines about the specific steps that you should take to clean up mercury in the event that a CFL breaks in your home. Briefly, EPA recommends that (1) you immediately open windows to reduce mercury concentrations inside your home; (2) you do not touch the spilled mercury; (3) you clean up the broken CFL glass carefully and immediately (but not with your hands or a vacuum cleaner), and (4) you wipe the affected area with a paper towel to remove all glass fragments and mercury. EPA further recommends that you place the paper towel and glass fragments in a sealed plastic bag and bring the sealed bag to your local Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Site. In some cities and states, who are developing some awareness, it is illegal to put a CFL bulb into the garbage as they are considered to be hazardous waste.
An option is to use LED bulbs. EcoLEDs.com provides us with an environmentally friendly choice. They're a little more expensive, but they are ten times more energy efficient than incandescent and three times more efficient than CFLs and they contain no mercury. |
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Healthy Eating
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Written by Administrator
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 Make the change from refined grains to whole grains. Refined grains offer no nutritional benefits and are devoid of fiber. On the other hand, whole grains contain fiber plus protein, omega 3’s, vitamins, minerals, and microbial nutrients. Be sure to read the labels closely. Just because the label says, “wheat bread,” does not mean it’s a whole grain.
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