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💡 Fill your home with stylish, long-lasting pieces with a few sustainable, money-saving hacks

Decorate your home with ethical, sustainable brands

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Turn your old furniture into new, exciting pieces

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Save hundreds each year by shopping at thrift stores

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Support brands that reuse and recycle old materials

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Use simple hacks to maintain your favorite items

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Just a tenth of your wardrobe a year can earn you $100 of cash or store credit.
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This growing trend is saving savvy shoppers hundreds of dollars a year

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Thrift shopper sets social media ablaze after finding 'grail' antique lamp: 'I'm so jealous'

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This app lets you trade clothes by 'matching' with other users — like a dating app for your closet

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Woman creates incredibly thoughtful gift using old jam jars: 'So creative'

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Best Buy has an ultra-easy way for you to get rid of your old phones, computers, and other devices — here's how it works

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Homeowner stuns with before-and-after photos of furniture left on side of the road: 'What a find'


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COOL BRANDS

There are now $0-down options when it comes to buying home backup batteries from SunPower, making them more accessible to homeowners.
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How homeowners can now install home backup batteries without paying for upfront costs: 'We're removing … barriers'

Utility bills have increased 6% over the past year nationwide, and nearly 80 million Americans have been scrambling to keep up.
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New impact report reveals how millions of US homeowners are slashing energy bills: 'Helping families ... take control'

Upgrading to Level 2 charger supercharges home EV charging, and Qmerit can help you get a trusted installer for the best price.
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Startup rolls out game-changer for EV owners: 'Convenient, reliable, and cost-efficient'

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New research from the homeowners insurance industry shows that a growing trend in houses is costing homeowners big money and creating financial nightmares.
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Study calls on homeowners to stop falling for growing trend putting properties at risk: '[It] can lead to bigger, more costly repairs'

A fleet of private jets were fueled up to take the rich and famous to the Bay Area for the Super Bowl, and a visual representation of those aircrafts is enough to make your head spin.
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Super Bowl attendees face backlash after new data exposes shocking scene at airport: 'Hypocrisy visualized'

An unusually mild winter has left many Washington ski resorts, including Mt. Spokane, struggling to keep their slopes up and running.
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Ski resort manager issues warning amid alarming trend in US region: 'It really isn't giving us much room to be getting better'

Indonesian officials intercepted a major smuggling operation involving nearly 200 birds.
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Officials make grim discovery during routine maritime inspection: 'The criminal penalties are substantial'

A home security camera in the Thessaloniki, Greece, area recorded a wolf pack hanging around a residential area.
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Residents on edge after home security camera captures footage of wild predators lurking outside front door — here are the details

Experts warned that revoking the Endangerment Finding would open a Pandora's box of complications for industry.
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Experts warn of disastrous aftermath of 'largest deregulatory action in U.S. history': 'It's going to be chaotic'

The video shows a person riding a bicycle along one of Yellowstone's elevated boardwalk paths — areas where bikes are explicitly prohibited.
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US national park employee sparks backlash after video reveals concerning behavior: 'False sense of security'

Some major food brands are reportedly labeling their packaging with misleading plastic claims.
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New investigation reveals how major food brands are misleading shoppers: 'This is unfair to consumers'

Sugarcane farmers in Panipat, India, are concerned after seeing a 15% decline in crop yields this season.
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Farmers raise red flags as key crop becomes harder to grow: 'Yield has reduced'

EV vandalism is a common issue, and a Redditor shared a video of a family damaging a Tesla in the r/TeslaCanada subreddit.
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Tesla owner shares security camera video of infuriating incident in parking lot: 'I feel like it was a retribution'

Officials and residents in Tamil Nadu are struggling against an invasive species of tree, prosopis juliflora, that's draining water from local lakes.
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Farmers issue warning about creeping threat to water supply: 'We need to take immediate action'

A Pennsylvania couple has made an incredible donation to the Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy through a conservation easement.
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Couple stuns community with plans for 116-acre property: 'Something I've wanted to do for a while'

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