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Get Your Green Knit On

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This interview with local knitter Felicia Gurley will have you ‘skipping’ all the way to the yarn store. Your Daily Thread interviewed Cal Poly alumni, Felicia Gurley, about her passion for sustainable knitting. Born in Okinawa Japan, Felicia hopes to…

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2010 Holiday Gift Guide

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Give the gift of Green this holiday season. You’re making a list and checking it twice, but your dad won’t even give you a hint as to what he wants and your best friend is, well let’s just say she’s…

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Black Friday Deals

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Savings we’re thankful for. A Drool-Worthy Deal Feast your eyes on some of the hottest clothing lines around on Tobi.com. Their deliciously fabulous section dedicated to eco-friendly wear, Eco-Tobi, will have you drooling your way through checkout. Take 30% off site-wide…

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Pumpkin beauty products we’re thankful for. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we’d like to give thanks for one of our favorite fall ingredients, the pumpkin.  In addition to being a filling for fabulous pies and mousses, it is also at…

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DIY Zit Zapper Mask

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Zap that zit with one simple ingredient from your fridge! This miraculous tip comes from Diana Ralys of Premium Skin Care by Diana. Use this mask as much as possible within the next 24 hours to completely clear your blemished…

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Orglamic Home Décor

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Investing in a new home look?  Make it green and glam. As I transition homes for the first time in six years, I’ve immersed myself in all the exciting eco-friendly possibilities for home décor.  While the greenest option is to…

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Be The Hostess With The Mostess

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Have guests thanking you for a wonderful Thanksgiving. While you’re grateful for the upcoming four-day weekend, “thankful” isn’t necessarily the term that comes to mind when you realize that in three days you’ll be hosting a dinner for twenty. Make…

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Giving Is Always In Style

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Pause, reflect and give back. In these tough economic times you may have trained yourself to go a mile a minute. Efficiency has become your middle name.  To stay ahead of the holiday season, you’ve planned out your Black Friday…

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Wine country is closer than you think. When we think of Malibu we think of sun, sand and surf & turf.  But there is more to this beachside town than meets the eye.  Take a few steps back into the…

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Angelenos Get In On The Sharing

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LAfreestore took place on Saturday in Eagle Rock in the parking lot of Casa Princesa Café. It was warm and sunny, and the vibe matched the weather. The organizer, Krisha Hernandez Pruhs, had a penchant for clothing swaps when she…

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Talk About A Good Time, L.A.

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Walk This City “15.6 miles you say? I can walk that in my sleep.” Put your sneakers where your feet are and take part in the second annual Great Los Angeles Walk. Strut your stuff down Wilshire Blvd. along with…

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Apple & Bee Beauty Tote

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Sign up to Your Daily Thread to win one of four eco-friendly toiletry bags from Apple & Bee! Feel like the queen bee with a new Beauty Bag courtesy of Apple & Bee. Don’t miss these retro-glam 60′s inspired bags…

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We’ve Got A Lot of Dealing To Do

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Sustainable + Unique = Sustique The perfect equation for an eco-chic shopping experience! The beautiful offerings found within the pages of Sustique represent some of the most unique, sustainable luxury lines available today. Visit sustique.com from now until December 31,…

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Orglamic Winter Wear

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These orglamic items will keep you eco-friendly, fashionable and toasty-warm. Transitioning from summer to fall is always a breeze…a blazer here, a pair of tights there. But when the thermometer really drops, we struggle to maintain our uber-chic look with…

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In Pursuit of the Common Good

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Need a feel-good book to curl up with this holiday season? Try the do-gooder biography of the Paul Newman brand! “Twenty-Five Years of Repairing the World, One Bottle of Salad Dressing at a Time” ~ In Pursuit of the Common…

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Cruise into Santa Cruz

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Your sustainable surf getaway. Explore the Surf: Rent a bike and head over to the Beach Boardwalk, a seaside family-operated amusement park. Once you’re carouseled out, watch a volleyball match while you lounge on the beach, take a surf lesson…

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Simple tools for streamlined living in your home. You’ve got your reusable totes and bottles and sandwich bags, and every time a bulb burns out, you replace it with a CFL. (You’ve even taken to hopping on your bike instead…

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America Recycles Day

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Hello America! Today is your day…to recycle! Today is America Recycles Day, a day where you pledge that no matter how bulky it may make your purse look, you will hold on to your empty water bottle (the one that…

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Stay Fit This Holiday Season, L.A.

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Try these hot workout spots recommended by Kacie and Julie of ExerciseLA.com. That pumpkin pie doesn’t need to be off limits this holiday season if you commit to some of these calorie burning workouts L.A. has to offer: Indoor Sweat…

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Give thanks, sustainably + Recipes! Ahh, it’s the time of year we gather and express gratitude for the joys of life. Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving by watching football, tuning into the Macy’s Day Parade or simply spending quality time with…

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Doggone Good Deals

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It’s Only Natural He’s there for you when you’re feeling down and he’ll listen when you need a friend. With all of the care your pet shows you, it’s only natural you’d want to do the same for him. Receive…

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Your Weekend: Flavor May Vary

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Taste accordingly. One Hot Tamale The gloves have come off and the aprons are on as four restaurants compete to win the title of best tamale maker in town at the Los Angeles Tamale Throwdown. Leave your bike with the…

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Save Face. Take Your Vitamins!

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For beautiful skin, hair and nails, take your ABC’s! Vitamins are the key building blocks to the structure of our cells. So when we deplete our bodies of these nutrients we see the effects outwardly first in our skin, hair…

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Santa Barbara’s coastal foothills blend the best of beachside charm with sustainable locales. Thousands of hut villages of the Chumash tribe once canvassed California’s expansive coast, including the foothills of Ajuilashmu (Ah-wah-whi-lac-mu), one of the region’s de facto sacred sites…

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