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Today's winner is Rachel Draper of Barrie, Ont.

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Last year our community implemented a green bin program for kitchen waste (along with a two-bag limit for garbage), so we were excited to begin reducing our contributions to the overflowing landfill.However, we quickly began to struggle with (more...)

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Today's winner is Elizabeth DaSilva.

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The attached picture is of our home in Newfoundland. We completely gutted the house and went from the old two-storey to a one-storey. The reason it fits into your Green Challenge is that we did the work ourselves – thank goodness my partner is very handy – and we took the two-storey down piece by piece and reused what we were able to reuse in the rebuilding of the smaller home. (more...)

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Today's winner is Debbie Haentjens.

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Almost 28 years have gone by since the day my husband and I married. And it was shortly after our wedding day when I came to the realization that my husband was a hankie user. I thought it a bit of an oddity in the beginning as I had never used hankies in my childhood. I had been a long-time tissue user accustomed to reaching for a tissue from a box that was perched on top of the toilet tank.For many years I accepted my husband's hankie usage and faithfully laundered and hung out the hankies on the clothesline to dry, while I continued to reach for that old familiar tissue. Until one day, (more...)

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Today's winner is Lillian Kozenko.

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We recently moved to a small town here and as a new house resolution – well, we are going green! My husband is fixing up a diesel car that will get amazing mileage and we are cutting down on our car usage altogether by making less frequent trips to the city through careful planning. As the weather gets warmer, (more...)

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Today's winner is Karen Ferri.

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I'm a new first-time mom and was rather unsettled about using disposable diapers and wipes after I heard about their terrible environmental impact, not to mention the negative impact on your wallet. I did some research and quickly realized that the alternative options were delightfully numerous – from the old-fashioned folding cloth diapers to the all-in-one diaper with a cotton insert.In the end, I chose an all-in-one diaper. There is no folding required and I only do one load every three days. I can't believe how easy it actually is! I use face cloths to wipe my baby instead of wipes – she really appreciates the warmth. She never has diaper rash and the money you save is well worth it. I'm really happy that I made this choice.

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Thanks to Karen for sending in her story – and don't forget, if you still haven't entered, there's still time to send your own story to greenchallenge@canadianliving.com.Karen wins a TS-1200TG Green Calculator, courtesy of Canon, and a copy of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, courtesy of Random House.

Today's code word: baby

Read more:
• Make your own baby food
• Raise your baby the eco-friendly way
• The great diaper debate

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Today's winner is Myrna Sandle of Komoka, Ont.

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After enjoying those tasty greens, there is still more "green" in that box. Re-purpose it as an ideal shoebox and enjoy a more organized closet with your shoe collection easily visible. An added bonus is that you will probably gain extra space in which to store more shoes and have to eat more lettuce to get those boxes...it's a great cycle!

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Thanks to Myrna (more...)

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Today's winner is Lianne Jones of Calgary.

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I've always loved pink, as evidenced by all the pink at my wedding almost 20 years ago. I still like pink A LOT, but I've made a dramatic shift: I'm learning to love green. Not just as a colour, but as a way of life. Now I get excited when I see things like (more...)

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Today's winner is Tiina Rebane.

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With our constant focus on being green, I find that some things are going to the extreme – for example, greeting cards. There's something so special about receiving an envelope that isn't a bill. With virtually everyone using emails these days, I really look forward to the old-fashioned birthday card. That said, there is a way around the dilemma of sending proper cards without promoting the ever-wasteful greeting card industry – (more...)

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Today's winner is Kathy Stevenson.

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I live in a fairly new subdivision that has a no-clothesline restriction. With the laundry of three children, and us, I asked my husband to install a clothesline. I could not imagine (more...)

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Today's winner is Michelle D'Ercole.

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I wanted to share a green challenge that my husband and I faced when we purchased our home. The home has a walk-out basement but the builder only included a tiny deck that was 10 feet above the ground plus a set of stairs down. Needless to say it was much too cramped for our family of four to enjoy and we needed to build something that would be safer and would accommodate our family. The big dilemma was (more...)