Do you feel a chill in the air inside your home? Your doors actually may be the source of cold outdoor air seeping into the house. The easiest way to stop this is to add weatherstripping to your doors. A typical 36-inch door with as little as a 1/4-inch crack along the edge can allow in as much cold air as a 9-inch hole in your wall. If you’re not handy, no worries: Adding weatherstripping is easy, and your local home improvement store can show you how to install it yourself.

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Buying secondhand clothes at thrift stores or consignment shops isn't just good on the wallet, it is also 95 percent more efficient than buying new. The amount of energy used to make new clothes is obviously significantly more than the energy used in reselling clothes. A bonus tip: When you shop at a consignment store and find a pair of pants, a jacket or other tailored item that fits you perfectly, ask the store to hold items for you the next time that seller brings in clothes to sell. This seller is a perfect match for your body size and type, so future items should fit you perfectly, too.

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When shopping for pet toys, there are no added health benefits when choosing organic vs. conventional cotton toys. But there is comfort in knowing that no harmful herbicides, fertilizers or pesticides were used to grow the cotton when you do choose organic. One thing to avoid is toys made with polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which can be harmful to pets if they tear apart the toys and accidentally ingest small pieces. Look for natural rubber or recycled plastic "indestructible" toys.

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