A great new way to clean your home is through these handmade recipes, and there is no chemistry set needed! Just mix a few simple ingredients together and youve got your very own green-clean team.

As awareness of the civilization’s impact on the environment increases, people are becoming more willing than ever before, to accept clean lifestyles. But some aren’t exactly sure where to begin.

Everyone knows that kids can be really picky about what food they eat. They usually don’t choose to eat fresh fruits and vegetables on their own. So how can we get them to eat a healthier diet? Take them out to do the foraging and collecting themselves.
Growing up, many kids go to the grocery store [...]

You may be hearing a lot of buzz about your favorite restaurants going ‘green’ by having more locally-sourced, sustainable food. But how green are the rest of their practices? Did they choose sustainable furnishings, are their refrigerators energy efficient, do they compost? A non-profit called the Green Restaurant Association can help address all these issues, [...]

Summer is the perfect time to enjoy a picnic. But how green is your picnic if you’re bringing virgin plastic cutlery, paper plates, and paper napkins with you? As many places implement ‘carry in, carry out’ policies, we have to think about the effect our disposables are having on the municipal waste stream and how we can better minimize our impact.

Good news! Tom’s of Maine has now added a 24-hour, long-lasting deodorant in recycled/recyclable packaging to their line. They have sold all-natural deodorant free of aluminum, parabens and PG for decades, but now Tom’s commitment to sustainability extends even to the packaging.
To begin with, the plastic is made of 40-70% recycled materials from industrial waste [...]

So you’ve got your canvas grocery bag, and you’re off to the local farmer’s market to pick up some produce. You’re even biking there. You’re feeling good about reducing your carbon footprint when you grab a handful of leafy greens and suddenly realize you have nothing to put them in but a plastic produce bag.

Any new parent has probably heard about the importance of buying BPA-free baby bottles from the latest news stories, friends, or other new parents. If you haven’t heard, polycarbonate baby bottles can leach bisphenol-A and can potentially have adverse affects on a newborn’s growth and development. That’s scary enough, right? Well, now consider all the [...]

Whether a part of your morning routine, or an afternoon snack, many of us enjoy a yogurt from time to time. But when you’re finished what do you do with the empty plastic container? I always waiver between the commingling recycling bin or the trash. I never truly knew whether my community would and could [...]

August is the peak of the season for delicious fresh fruits and vegetables, whether from your own garden or from local farms. This abundance of summer produce is worth waiting for through those cold New England winters, but it also produces a true challenge to the many city-dwellers without outdoor space – how to compost [...]