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Super Bowl Sunday brings a few things to mind; friends, drinks, all the unhealthy food you can think of, heartburn to follow and oh yeah, football.  We all know that food is the most important aspect of Super Bowl Sunday, and that means meat.  Yes I’m sorry vegetarians, but most likely people will expect there to be meat at a Super Bowl party.  Well you can just tell them that 18% of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions are created by livestock.  Because of the demand for meat, more and more trees need to be cut down for farmland.  Do your part and don’t consume meat for one day, especially that day being one of the most popular days to eat meat.

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Why not?

Wow your guests with your knowledge after reading this article,

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1839995,00.html?cnn=yes

Not so guilty pleasure

Serve fondue at your party with this fondue set!

http://www.earthmoment.com/product/25613003/Swissmar-12pc.-Fest-Chocolate-Fondue-Set-White

The new Eat Well Guide has taken not just the earth into consideration but they’ve applied our tech dependent society into consideration as well.  This new guide shows readers how using our favorite tech tools to even further our green conscious lifestyle.

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Check it out for yourself.  There are sections that showcase Web sites to help you discover how to eat sustainably and how to further the movement by getting more info out there on the internet.

http://www.eatwellguide.org/downloads/pubs/080811_CultivatingTheWeb.pdf

Not so guilty pleasure

Carry your computer with you wherever you go with this new case.

http://www.earthmoment.com/product/10989539/15IN-SLIP-CASE-FOR-MAC-BROWN

I live in the Pacific Northwest and a little rain (okay a few months of rain) isn’t going to keep me from enjoying the outdoors.  That’s why waterproof gear is a must in my life.  Well Patagonia has made my life even better with their release of the world’s first recyclable nylon jacket and waterproof pants.

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Patagonia started using recycled polyester in 1992, than started using only organic cotton in 1996 and recently started using chlorine free Merino wool.  Nylon was the last full product material they had yet to find an environmentally friendly form of until last year.

Not so guilty pleasure

Need some waterproof hiking boots?

http://www.earthmoment.com/product/22646183/Womens-White-Ledge-Waterproof-Mid-Hiking-Boot 

If you’re fed up with winter and can’t bear the cold anymore then perhaps you should invest in a new winter coat to get you through the next couple of months. Trends these days include a lot of fur around the hoods of coats etc, to make sure you’re not supporting cruelty to animals and pick one out with faux fur.  Sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference from faux and real fur, here are a few tricks to double check your coat didn’t harm anyone in Thumper’s family.  Check out the backing, fake fur will have a threaded backing while real fur will have dyed skin.  Also animal fur tapers into a point, fake fur does not. 

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If you already have a coat with fur and you can’t tell whether it’s faux or real, read the Humane Society’s Field guide below to ensure that it’s synthetic. 

http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/fur/field-guide-on-real-vs-fake-fur-final.pdf

Not so guilty pleasure

Here is a faux suede to keep you warm the last couple of months of winter,

http://www.earthmoment.com/product/6442900/Tumbled-Faux-Suede-Silverton-Coat

2009 is here … one second late!  If you hosted a new years shindig for your friends and family then you most likely woke up to a disaster zone.  Have empty champagne bottles, sticky floors and new years headbands taken over your humble abode? Steer clear of the toxic cleaners and avoid the health hazards that can accompany them.  Instead look at your local grocery store for brands that offer “green” cleaning alternatives.

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Why not?

Here are a few green cleaning options,

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/buying-guides/green-cleaning-supplies.html  

Not so guilty pleasure

Instead of wasting all that paper by using paper towels in your clean up, try a pack of these white cloth towels that you can wash and reuse.

http://www.earthmoment.com/product/19229380/Deluxe-White-Hand-Towels-16-x-27