I've finally started using an automatic car wash... While I love the weekend morning ritual of plopping bucket-fulls of sudsy, soapy water on my car and scrubbing the week's grime away, I've learned that taking my car to a commercial car wash is much more eco-friendly. Using an automatic car wash is a green way to keep your car clean -- and it's much better for the planet's health than a typical Saturday morning carwash at home. … [Read more...]
Popular Air Purifying Plants: 10 Best Indoor Plants That Clean The Air While Improving Your Home Decor
Did you know that indoor plants can clean the air and make the environment inside your home healthier? Plant-filled rooms contain up to 60% fewer airborne molds and bacteria than rooms without plants. Source NASA studies have confirmed that houseplants have remarkable air-cleansing capabilities. Just 1 potted plant located every 100 square feet can make a difference in the air quality inside your home. … [Read more...]
5 Cheap, Natural Cleaning Products You Already Have (…2 You Probably Never Thought About Using!)
I’m getting into natural cleaning products lately – this comes about 6 months after I first tried my hand at making natural weed killer. (Yes, it actually worked!) Using natural cleaning products is not a new concept to me. … [Read more...]
Green Shower Tips: 3 Simple Ways To Make Showering More Environmentally Friendly
Green living extends to our daily shower habits. If you think about it, we use a lot of water and other resources when we take a shower each day. In fact, roughly 25% of indoor household water consumption goes to bathing: A 10-minute shower uses about 40 gallons. A bath takes around 37 gallons. I never even realized just how much water I was using bathing and showering until I took an environmental studies course when I was in college. So, as it would seem, living a green … [Read more...]
Spring To Do List: 4 Green Spring Cleaning Tips To Keep Your Home Toxin-Free
Even with the first day of spring just a scant 11 days behind us, some people’s thoughts have almost certainly turned to spring cleaning. There are 4 very important things that should be on your springtime to-do list. These items will help protect your family from dangerous toxins and get your home in tip-top shape and ready for spring. Spring Green To Do List … [Read more...]
7 New Uses For Fruit and Veggies (Besides Eating and Composting Them)
Love your daily dose of fruit and vegetables? Including fruit and veggies in your diet each day means you will end up with quite the pile of rinds and scraps. Before you throw those in your compost pile or trash can, why not get a little extra use out of them? … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Air Dry Your Laundry In Any Space (or Any Season)
Is your dryer just as loud and energy taxing as mine? Call me crazy, but why not use the natural breeze to dry your clothes? Small things that are a part of living greener often times result in being labeled a hippie... even if only playfully so. Personally, I embrace the hippie identity -- to a point. One thing that I just can’t give up, however, is having clean clothes. I think we can all appreciate each other not reeking from being too “natural”, if you know what I mean. When you … [Read more...]
Eco-Friendly Homemade Cleaning Products: The Best Ways To Clean With Lemons, Cooking Oil, And Vinegar
Green living can mean a number of different things -- from learning how to make homemade solar panels to using organic fertilizer in your yard and garden. Living green also has to do with conserving water, energy costs and using those commercial cleaners that are full toxic chemicals that could hurt our animals and children. Yet, we keep using those cleaners. But maybe the only reason we do this is because we aren’t aware of how many natural cleaning solutions we actually have in our … [Read more...]
Lump Of Coal Soap Gifts: Clean Coal Is A Myth, But At Least Coal Can Get You Clean!
Have you been a naughty boy or girl this year? If so, you may find a lump of coal in your stocking come Christmas morning. Fortunately for you, these lumps of coal will help scrub away the dirtiness of the past year. How? Because they're actually all-natural handmade soaps from some really creative Etsy-ers. … [Read more...]
12 Easy Ways to Green Your Turkey Day
The holiday season begins with Thanksgiving...but I'm already seeing more Christmas propaganda than Thanksgiving. Geez. In our society, this is usually a time of excess, though it doesn't have to be. Be sure to think green as you celebrate Thanksgiving and the harvest. Here are 12 fun and ridiculously easy tips that I've put into practice as I celebrate the bountiful harvest. … [Read more...]
