Yes, there is a right way to mow the lawn so you can achieve a beautiful yard without causing harm to wildlife. It's simple: Start by mowing from the center of your lawn and working slowly out. This movement gives wildlife of all sizes the opportunity to notice the disturbance and find the time to run outward, away from your lawn mower. Starting with the outer edges of the lawn and working in can force wildlife to run toward the center, where they can be stuck with no escape.

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While one of the easiest ways to "detox" the air inside your home is to open all the windows in the front and back of the house, you might wonder: What do you do if your home won't allow that or the weather is bad? The next best thing is to take advantage of in-house ventilation systems in both the kitchen and bathroom. While the vents are designed to remove excess moisture, odor and particles, they also do a great job of cleaning the air. The vents are designed to suck in contaminated air and vent it outside. Leave all of them on for 30 minutes for a quick indoor air refresh.

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It's important to protect your skin with sunscreen, but it's also important to avoid products that cause damage to coral reefs when you're having fun in the sun at the beach. When shopping for sunscreen, look at the ingredient list, and avoid products that contain oxybenzone and octinoxate. These two chemicals are thought to have damaging effects on coral reefs, essentially bleaching them and killing them outright. The good news is there are plenty of effective and less toxic sunscreens that don't contain these two ingredients in the marketplace.

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