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Making your life greener - one bite at a time.

Everyone could play a part in protecting and restoring our environment - and today is a good time to start. You can help the environment in your daily life at home, the office, shopping or in the garden.

You can make a difference! The first step along the green path is often the hardest to take. Ecobites will give you the information and inspiration you need to set you on your way.

The transformation starts with yourself, pamper with homemade, chemical-free beauty. Then move on to the total home environment and discover green cleaning techniques, water and energy-saving strategies and gentle ways to care for your possessions at home and work. Finally, venture outside into the organic garden and create a safe, green, bountiful oasis. Live green, and live well.

A 'greener' approach to drycleaning would be to experiment at home .You can always tell a garment that has come back from the dry cleaners. There’s that faint smell that seems to linger on the item, and in the closet. The smell comes from the solvent used in the dry cleaning process and, chances are, it’s not particularly good for you or the environment. Correct clothes care will help avoid frequent dry cleaning. Brush clothes to remove lint and surface dust and occasionally air them outside.

Work is where the 'green' heart is. Leave a small carbon footprint with 10 easy tips on how to green your office. From paper to coffee, one cup at a time, be it - organic, fair trade, bird friendly, solar roasted brew with hormone-free milk and sweetened with organic sugar or organic alternative. Read on for ideas on how to implement more environmental measures in and around the workplace.

Halloween can be lots of fun, but it's also a time when you can either trick or treat Mother Nature.These tips will help you treat the Earth right on this spooky night. Just because we try and make Halloween night safe and nutritious, doesn't mean it can't be fun and easy on the environment. The costumes, the party, and your own antics help make it fun, without being wasteful.