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Household Tips from The Green Guide to Keep Your Health and Your Savings Intact

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Bedroom

1. Even while you sleep, you can help reduce the burden on the planet. The Organic Mattress Store sells chemical-free mattresses in organic cotton, organic wool and natural latex, a replenishable rainforest resource. Wool provides fire protection without the use of hazardous flame retardants that have shown in the breast milk of American women.

2. Unfinished, organic cotton sheets from Native Organic Cotton keep pesticides out of the earth and with a 240 thread count are comfy as well. For more options, see the "Mattresses and Box Springs" Product Report (www.thegreenguide.com/reports) and "Sleep Better! On Chemical-Free Bedding" from GG #107.

Kitchen

3. Before it gets to your dinner table, produce travels an average of 1,500 miles, burning needless gallons of fuel when so much can be bought locally in season. Choosing local and organic fruit and vegetables, will also cut out petroleum-derived synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Buy in-season produce and organic grains in bulk to save trips and use your local farmer's market to make sure food travels a shorter distance from the farm to your plate. Sad when the summer's bounty comes to an end? Freezing fresh fruit is an easy way to keep them available when out of season, see "If You Can Do One Thing Green: Freezing and Conserving Local Produce" from GG #110.

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