News Picks:

13 Spring Produce Items and Ideas of How to Cook Them: You can find these ‘in season’ fruits and vegetables at your local farmer’s market, but do you know how to properly store and cook them? Here are some great ideas and recipes from the Daily Green.

Text (& green) your gift giving: A new company, Giiv , just launched a new way to purchase and send gift-cards, from your phone, without ever needing the little plastic card.  It’s got the added benefit of being instantaneous for those procrastinators in the bunch.

Animal-Proof Your Compost: Afraid to compost because of the possible raccoon encounter that leaves a mess in your yard? Here is an article with great advice for protecting your compost while being friendly to curious critters.

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Glamology offers 10 tips for figuring out how to make sure your cosmetics are eco-friendly and safe. It offers a list of most harmful toxins and we here at Practically Green learned a lot from their review.

New and Cool Pick:
Method Home has just announced the world’s first Cradle to Cradle certified laundry detergent.  Practically Green likes it for three reasons:  the tiny, adorable bottle that uses 50% less plastic than a standard bottle and the pump that rids us of the mess that goes with a cap; the transparency of ingredients and the fact 95% are all-natural and renewable (even the fragrance oil is phthalate free) — although we will be getting the free & clear version for the kiddos); and we’re intrigued by the patented new clean technology and hopeful that it will finally get those spaghetti stains totally out…