Your home is a reflection of who you are. If you value the earth, it should definitely show in your home. Thankfully, there are several ways to create an eco-friendly home that treads gently on this planet. Here are a few tips and tricks to keeping your home as sustainable as possible.
Now that spring is here, you might be tempted to start cleaning things, head to toe. Nothing wrong with that! But I'm here to make sure you're doing it right: Here are five sustainable spring cleaning tips you need to hear.
You might be well on your way to celebrating the holidays in an eco-friendly way, but how much thought have you given to how you’ll wrap the gifts you give? Wrapping paper is one of the most wasteful aspects of the holidays…wrapping paper is one use and comes from our precious trees. Unfortunately, the fibers in the paper and the in
Makeup isn’t exactly the best thing for the environment. Between the plastic containers it comes in and the questionable ingredients, it’s certainly not the greenest thing out there. That said, you don’t have to give up makeup to be green, or care about the environment. You can make the switch to eco-friendly makeup products that don’t harm the environment, or your health.
Awareness is growing of humans’ impact on oceans, marine life, and the entire global food chain and water cycle. We can all make a few choices to develop eco-friendly beach habits while enjoying the shore this summer.
It's almost impossible to completely avoid plastic nowadays. It's everywhere—in our beds, in our clothes, and even in our food. But we can do our best to avoid it as much as physically possible. You might be wondering why it matters? Here are three reasons you should kiss plastic goodbye.
Springtime is long at last here and it’s time to take full advantage of the fantastic wild food sources that are beginning to burst from the earth. Spring is my favorite time of year to do food foraging, because there are some particularly special offerings. Spring is all about fresh beginnings: light greens, tender shoots, and cool roots.
There are close to 90 million dogs in the United States and an even higher number of cats. While these pets—for many of us, companions, best friends, and loyal members of our family—often go on to have full lives, their passing is unfortunately inevitable. Burying our loved animals in the backyard is often the best choice, but is not always practical or possible.
According to NASA, the current warming of the earth is roughly 10 times faster than the ice-age-recovery warming. Impacts of climate change can be felt all around the globe, from the rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions to shrinking ice sheets and decreased snow cover.
