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The other day while out shopping with my mom, I spotted a warning on a shower curtain case. It basically said the materials the shower curtain was made from were toxic and linked to cancer and hormone disrupters. I had to do a double take. Did they really just admit to such a thing and then still deem it worthy to put on store shelves? I was totally blown away. It leads me to ask—are shower curtains toxic? The short answer is yes, but here's why and what you need to know. 

Did you know that 33 million tons of food enters landfills annually?

Nearly 40% of food produced in the United States is wasted annually.

150,000 tons of food is wasted daily in the U.S., which equates to about a pound per person.

As you may or may not know, fresh water is not an infinite, renewable resource. There's only so much of it and we aren't making any more. That's why it's so important not to waste water. This life-giving resource needs to be conserved and valued. The good news is there are plenty of ways to reduce water consumption—one of the biggest ways being your diet. Here are five ways to reduce your water footprint ASAP. 

Have you ever found yourself in a flurry to spontaneously reorganize a room or space?

Is there a room in your home that you don’t feel inspired to frequent?

Are you trying to choose the “right” color palette for certain rooms in your home?

Our first and most essential biological need as humans is air. Without water we would survive three days, without food we would survive three weeks. But without air we would only survive for three minutes.

I once lived on a magical little farm and had a fairy godmother landlord. It was a great place to be an herbalist. But…the house I lived in also housed a small country’s worth  of moths. Some of them hitchhiked with me to my new place, as evidenced by the occasional moth fluttering around the bedroom and holes I sometimes find in my shirts.

With the holidays here, it's easy to get overwhelmed with all the glitz and the glam of gifting. Often times, we find ourselves trekking through a crowded mall, looking for the "perfect gift" for everyone on our list. Aside from the stress that comes with this, there's also another problem: Waste. The holidays are not known for being sustainable, and the same can be said for gifts.

Here are some great oils and a few ideas for blends to get into the seasonal mode and lighten up the dark days. Essential oils are fun and useful to use any time of the year, but especially to spice life up in these (for some of us) colder and darker months.

Do you have guests coming over in an hour?  Or maybe not until tomorrow, but you’ve got approximately 60 scrabbled together minutes of time that you can spend cleaning between now and then?  No worries!  We’ve got seven things you can do around your home to make it ready for company, without the obligatory “Sorry, I didn’t have time to clean!” from you (really, don’t say that—you won’t need to with these tips!).

The holidays bring plenty of joyful memories for many people—family gatherings over home cooked meals, crisp winter hikes in the snow, and, for some, buying gifts. Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same away about holiday gift giving and many struggle to find a meaningful present. Rather than opt for a gift card, think about sending holiday cheer with one of these holistic gifts.