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	<title> &#187; Cheap Plastic Crap</title>
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		<title>Plastic, Plastic, and More Plastic: Green Moms Carnival at Fake Plastic Fish</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2009/04/14/plastic-plastic-and-more-plastic-green-moms-carnival-at-fake-plastic-fish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Head on over to Fake Plastic Fish today to check out a compendium of nearly 20 posts from the Green Moms Carnival members about trying to deal with lives encumbered by plastic!
Our carnival hostess, Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish,  kicks off the carnival with a short satiric video about plastic pollution in the [...]


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		<title>Holiday Mania Approaches: Take Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outside it may be Indian Summer, but step foot into your local stores and you may think we’re just days away from Halloween or even Christmas.
But the fact is, the holidays are not here yet. They’re actually a long way off. This means that you have time to give some thought to how YOU want [...]


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<li><a href='http://organicmania.com/2009/08/11/green-schools-green-moms-tell-it-like-it-is/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Green Schools: Green Moms Tell It Like It Is!'>Green Schools: Green Moms Tell It Like It Is!</a> <small>With 32 submissions from 28 green women bloggers, I am...</small></li>
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		<title>Green and Organic Savings Friday: Coffee, Water Bottles and Phthalate-Free Bath Toys</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2008/05/09/green-and-organic-savings-friday-coffee-water-bottles-and-phthalate-free-bath-toys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to Green and Organic Savings Friday at OrganicMania! Sorry for getting this post up a little bit later than usual this morning, but with two sickos in the house (DH and Big Boy), things are not going exactly according to plan! I’m sure all of you can relate.
Last Friday, we focused on organic [...]


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<li><a href='http://organicmania.com/2009/08/09/how-to-pack-a-cheap-and-easy-waste-free-lunch/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How to Pack A Cheap and Easy Waste-Free Lunch'>How to Pack A Cheap and Easy Waste-Free Lunch</a> <small>There are many  eco-friendly options available for school lunch, but...</small></li>
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		<title>McDonalds on Eco-Friendly Happy Meals</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2008/04/01/mcdonalds-on-eco-friendly-happy-meals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every parent knows that being stuck on the road with a hungry kid is a dilemma. It’s so hard to find healthy fare on the road that even some Green Eco-Moms find themselves in McDonalds. More importantly, most American kids eat at McDonalds. Think of the huge environmental impact McDonalds could make by greening the [...]


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		<title>5 Ways to Go Retro For an Eco-Friendly &#8220;Green&#8221; Easter</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2008/03/19/5-ways-to-go-retro-for-an-eco-friendly-green-easter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the easiest way to think about how to “go green” for Easter is to think back on how you celebrated as a child. Did you have zillions of plastic eggs and small trinkets made of Cheap Plastic Crap stuffed in your basket? It’s doubtful. Easter used to be a  simple affair. A basket [...]


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		<title>10 Tips for Greening an Eco-Friendly St. Patrick’s Day</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2008/03/11/10-tips-for-greening-an-eco-friendly-st-patrick%e2%80%99s-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “green” holiday is becoming anything but green. Back in the “olden days” when I was a kid, celebrating St. Patrick’s Day was simple. You put on some green clothing, perhaps a “Kiss Me I’m Irish” button, and made sure to down some beer that night. If you truly had the Luck of the Irish, [...]


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		<title>Babies: Why do We Need all this Stuff Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2008/02/17/babies-why-do-we-need-all-this-stuff-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My loathing for Cheap Plastic Crap is well established, but there’s some plastic crap that’s rather expensive and which I’ve considered necessary. Things such as baby monitors, for example. That belief was thrown into question today when a friend from Mexico held up our baby monitor and asked, “What’s this for?”
His child is the same [...]


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		<title>&#8220;Green Halloween&#8221;&#8211; A Bust in DC</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2007/11/02/green-halloween-a-bust-in-dc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Halloween is past, we can take a look at the push for green and see if it had any impact. As posted on Halloween eve, organic chocolate’s day has not dawned. But what about the other initiatives? Eco-friendly give-aways, home made costumes, etc?
Sadly, I saw very little of that. In fact, for the [...]


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		<title>&#8220;Green Halloween&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2007/10/30/green-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve only just heard of the Green Halloween movement, don’t feel like you’re out of touch. It just launched this year, and its goal, as you might guess, is to make Halloween healthier for kids and the environment. Who can argue with that?  This year I’ve been especially struck by the encroachment of [...]


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		<title>Just Say No to Cheap Plastic Crap</title>
		<link>http://organicmania.com/2007/10/15/just-say-no-to-cheap-plastic-crap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Blog Action Day, and bloggers throughout the world are uniting to discuss the environment.
I’m asking you to join me in the campaign to Just Say No to Cheap Plastic Crap. If you’re a parent, you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s the little plastic snakes, tops, rings and other assorted JUNK that [...]


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