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The Vodka Poison Ivy Cure … and 9 Other Weird Uses for Vodka

I, personally, am not a drinker and I happen to loathe vodka so I loved finding this article on some OTHER uses for Vodka. I am one of those people who happens to be very allergic to poison ivy as well so it looks like I'll have to start carrying a small bottle of vodka around... just in case!

Click here to read "10 weird uses for Vodka"

Is your soap really organic?

I found this article on Dr. Bronner's natural soap products on the Fabulous After 40 blog (www.cafeglam.com). Included in the article is a video which shows you how to tell if the soap you are using is "real soap" or "fake soap", which means soap full of petroleum products and not organic at all.

Click to view article and see video

Calculate your lifestyle’s impact on the earth (What’s your Carbon Footprint?)

Yahoo has begun a "Green" section and I found a pretty cool quiz in which you can (loosely) figure out how your lifestyle effects our climate.

Try it... The results page offers a few nice "going green" suggestions:
http://green.yahoo.com/calculator/

New “Green Living” section by Newsday.com

Wow. Our "local" newspaper has finally jumped on the "Green" bandwagon with a new section called "Green Living".  Here's the link. Let's see how they do!

http://www.newsday.com/features/lifestyle/green/