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The guide to indie food shopping. You drive your cart down the aisle of a green grocery store confident you’re a savvy shopper when it comes to sustainable foods.  After all, if it’s in this store in the first place,…

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Best of 2010: Say No to Parabens

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This article was voted the best in “Beauty and Style” in 2010. We know many of you YDT readers  know a thing or two about Parabens, but hey a refresher course never hurt anyone. Meet the villains: Methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben…

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This article was voted the best in Green Living for 2010 We love it when people are up to something interesting and even more when they share it with the world. So here are five women doing something green in…

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Best of 2010: Unnecessary Oil

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This article was voted as the “Best” in Active Lifestyle 2010 brought a major environmental disaster, the B.P. oil spill.  While we at Your Daily Thread left the reporting of it to major news sources, we couldn’t help be affected…

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Stay In Town For The Holidays

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Treat yourself to a last minute in town getaway. Country in the City Looking for some “down-home hospitality”? Wrangle up the crew and head to the Farmer’s Daughter Boutique Hotel on Fairfax. Everything from the country-style rooms to the welcome…

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To Do Or Deal

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Time to take a course in SoTru-ology Being the eco-enthusiast you are, we’re sure you eat healthy, but that doesn’t always guarantee you get the right amount of nutrients. SoTru provides supplements to cleanse, revitalize and strengthen. Enter code DAILYTHREAD…

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Stay Hydrated For The Holidays

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Keep your skin well hydrated in these winter months and during holiday travel. Dry skin is dead skin that needs to go! So speed up cell renewal and keep skin plump and hydrated for the long winter ahead. Here’s a…

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Minimalism Is In

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More is out, less is better. As we enter the holidays and plan for next year, stuff is everywhere. But in the face of the recession and years of more, more, more in the mainstream, many people are rethinking their…

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Time Banking In Echo Park

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Written by Jill Ettinger. The Echo Park Time Bank doesn’t offer free checking or ATM cards. Rather, it connects members in the community for trades in goods, skills and time. In other words, I shine your shoes and you’ll shine…

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Appy Holidays!

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Attention last minute elves! Holiday help is right at your fingertips. With all the madness the holiday season brings, it’s easy to let certain details slip through the cracks.  Keep the coming weeks in the palm of your hands with…

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Say Cheers To Winter Beers

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Brent Fedor shares holiday brews on tap from CA. Ah, Winter is here.  Or something like it.  I hear talk of white flaky ice crystals falling to the ground in some areas of our great nation, but the only “frosty”…

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Don’t Waste LA

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Waste here, waste there, unfortunately in Los Angeles waste seems to be everywhere. Over 3 million tons of waste is sent to the landfills every year in Los Angeles. About 70% of that amount is generated by multi-family and commercial…

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Your Holiday Weekend Guide

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There’s something for everyone this (almost) holiday weekend. For the Wannabe Olympic Figure Skater Move over Kristi Yamaguchi, eat your heart out Oksana Baiul, ‘cause this girl is skating through.  Hit the ice (hopefully not literally) and show off your…

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Happy Deal Days

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‘Tis the season of savings. The Holidays are Nothing Without a Little LOVE LOVE Reusable Bags offers lead-free and machine washable reusable grocery and shopping bags with an edge. Check out the goods and get a special 20% discount when…

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12 Days Of Favorite Things

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These are a few of my favorite things…12 to be exact! Alright, so I’m a day off, but I have one item for each of the 12 days leading up to…well you know. These twelve “things” are my favorite beauty…

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Sole Responsibility

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Simple ups our eco-shoe habits. Sneaks that Tread Lightly Simple was born from doing things as the name suggests – simply – from materials and manufacturing to the design process. Amid over-hyped styles (recall that crop of bold candy-colored Air…

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Photo Gallery: Unique LA 2010

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With over 300 independent artists and designers, even Santa would be impressed by the oodles of goodies and gifts at this past weekend’s independent design and gift show, Unique LA. Thank you so much to all of those who stopped…

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The Best Articles Of 2010

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It feels like only yesterday we were counting down the seconds until the ball dropped and we said goodbye 2009 and hello 2010. Fast forward to one year later, and here we are wondering: “Where the heck did the year…

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L.A. Indie Market Guide

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Small markets deliver the goods. Among the things for which Los Angeles is known, shopping is at the top of the list. But what am I always on the hunt for? All things edible, of course. We have so many…

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Get Down(town), L.A.

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Things will be great when you’re downtown. Unique LA The highly anticipated independent design and gift show has finally come to town. Two days of trinkets, charms and treats, as well as an eco-lounge (hosted by Yours Truly) featuring DIY…

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside

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Warm up with these hot deals. The Best Part of Waking Up… Is some fair-trade, delicious coffee from Green Awakening in your cup! What’s even better than that? A $50 coffee gift card for just $25! A wonderful give back…

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A Recipe For Healthy Skin

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Skintillating products, delicious results! Organic honey, cocoa powder, sage, peppermint, green tea, alfalfa. No, these aren’t the ingredients in Urth Caffe’s newest smoothie; they are however, just a few of the organic elements in the Active Enzyme Exfoliator and Cacao…

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Healthy Holiday Travel

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The holidays are upon us and with that, comes stress in many forms.  What to buy, who to visit, what not to eat, among them.  Traveling is another biggie but this year, you can do it right. Check out  these…

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L.A. Nonprofits to Note

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Consider these 10 local nonprofits for your green and good gifting. It’s the Season of Giving and perhaps one of the soundest, sweetest (and most eco-conscious) ways to do it is by donating to a nonprofit in someone’s name. Or…

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