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Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked to Organ Failure, Study Reveals

GMO's. We hear so much about them. Do they exist? You betcha. Check out the latest article on GMO corn by Monsanto. It's for your health! Who would have ever thought we'd have to rethink corn.

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The 7 Foods Experts Won't Eat

You won't believe what made the list so be sure to check out this article compliments of Shine from Yahoo.

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Thanksgiving: How to Make it Green And Grateful

This holiday season, you can be green and grateful and festive and fun. Check out this article from YourDailyThread.com to make sure your celebrations are eco-friendly ones.

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Best Green Food in DC

Founding Farmers Restaurant in Washington, D.C is the best green food hands down. They have a great brunch menu, fresh drinks and some of the best flat bread I have ever eaten. Be sure to read this full review but not on an empty stomach.

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Tips For Resisting Junk And Making Quick And Delicious School Meals

Back to school lunches have evolved along with our eco-awareness. Now that the school year will be in full swing, read how you can keep your kids healthy with a sweet green touch applied to their lunches.

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Cherry Delicious-5 Ways to Eat Local, Organic Cherries-while They Last

Okay, so songster Neil Diamond wasn’t crooning about stone fruit in his 1960s hit song "Cherry, Cherry," but he could have been. These bright, healthy, versatile and delicious fruits are truly addictive (just as Neil suggested when he sang, “Cherry, ...

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Stay Organic, Stay Fly W/Broccoli City 9/09/09

There is a need for education in the urban communities about “Being Organic”. In collaboration with Apple Levy and the Green Girls, Green Grown and Sexy, and the “Eco-Diva”, Broccoli City, has joined forces to educate, stimulate, and foster relations...

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Graze Organic Reusable Lunch Bags And Napkins

Graze Organics have a line of reusable lunch bags and napkins.

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5 Steps To Becoming A Vegetarian

Here are five steps to becoming a vegetarian: Just do it-drop the meat, know what you need, find a community,have a strong reason, and trust yourself.

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Possible AIDS Vaccine In The Works

Researchers in California believe they have hit the jackpot in modern medical breakthroughs. The cure for AIDS.

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Guest Editors

Kim Carlson

Kim Carlson is an author, columnist and the founder of five successful companies that use earth-friendliness as their driving force. Carlson's book, "Green Your Work: Boost Your Bottom Line While Reducing Your Eco-Footprint"explores the many advantages of being an environmentally responsible business. Her latest venture is the development of the EarthSmart Consumer Certified, a retail product certification program devised in collaboration with the country's leading scientists, academics and environmentalists that will prove to be the most innovative environmental screening process to date. Kim Carlson is the January guest editor of Start Green. For more information on Kim, please visit her site http://www.earthsmartconsumer.com

Jaclyn Mullen

Jaclyn Mullen has one foot on the "green" carpet and one foot on the red carpet. She contributes for Your Daily Thread.com and Hollywire.com on all things "green and on the scene" in Los Angeles, CA. She is an avid social activist in her community, she belongs to Step Up Women's Network and is a 2009 Commitment To Philanthropy Award Winner. As a youth advocate, Jaclyn's main initiative is to simplify going green for kids and their families. She will be a recurring guest editor and contributor for Start Green.com

Green Tips

Green Your Closet

Make a few simple changes to your clothes shopping habits and your wardrobe will be green in no time: choose natural fabrics and organic cotton while accessorizing with vintage.

Green Your Wash

Find a less toxic dry cleaner and avoid the toxic chemical percloro-ethelene (PERC) which can cause cancer and contaminate water supplies.

Treat Your Pet With Green Loving Care

“Human quality” pet food is all the rage these days including meats that are raised in a humane and sustainable manner.

Use Common Sense Pest Control

Seal up holes and cracks around your home’s foundation and cut off a pest’s food and water supply before reaching for the poison.

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Plant a Tree

Trees capture and hold carbon dioxide (a green house gas that is in a large part responsible for global warming) and provide shade that decreases the need for air-conditioning.

Go Green Within Your Network

They say there is strength in numbers for a reason. So grab a green buddy, whether it's your friend, mother, father, sister, co-worker of brother. Review the simple things you do to go green, search the net for green news and tips. See what you can do in your community to make things more eco efficient.

Recycle, recycle, recycle

If we are going to consume materials, let's make sure we explore ways for them to be repurposed and reused. Plastic that does not get recycled ends up in landfills and our oceans. More and more recycle centers are popping up and there are even a ton of recycling incentive programs (such as www.recyclebank.com and Think Green Rewards brought to you by Greenopolis.com

Get involved in your community

A big part of the green movement is volunteering. There was the whole "Green The Block" day, community gardens are sprouting up allowing people of all ages and from all walks of life to go green together. Look up Tree People, Heal The Bay or on a more local level, hit the web and research green groups you can join in your area.