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The Problem With Indestructable Plastic Bags91

The Problem With Indestructable Plastic Bags

If you are still taking home your new purchases in single-use polyethelene plastic bags, it's time to reconsider your habit - and build a new one. While the US Environmental Protection Agency argues that the common plastic shopping bag take less...

34 comments    pollution reusable bags
Eco-Friendly and Frugal: Buy Less Packaging and Get More Food85

Eco-Friendly and Frugal: Buy Less Packaging and Get More Food

Everyone wants to save money, right? When we are busy being hammered by an economic crisis that could rival the Great Depression, we're always thinking economy. Right now, we need to have our precious dollars...

19 comments    how to shopping organic
Five Easy Ways to Reduce Your Family’s Pesticide Consumption85

Five Easy Ways to Reduce Your Family’s Pesticide Consumption

Want to reduce your family's consumption of pesticide residues? This article gives 5 easy tips to help you reduce toxins while still eating well.

14 comments    organic organic food easy ways
Clean Your Bathroom Without Chlorine - Send Bugs, Grime and Lime Packing!86

Clean Your Bathroom Without Chlorine - Send Bugs, Grime and Lime Packing!

If you think that the only way to get your toilet clean and bacteria free is to pour on the chlorine and stand back - I have news for you! Some of the best cleaners for your bathroom - including your toilet -...

16 comments    green cleaning bathroom cleaning
Capturing Carbon: Is Carbon Sequestration The Way Out Of Climate Change?84

Capturing Carbon: Is Carbon Sequestration The Way Out Of Climate Change?

If Alanna Mitchell is right, the massive release of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere as a result of human activity is disastrous. Carbon dioxide directly affects the basic chemistry of our oceans: in fact, it impacts the basic chemistry of life on...

13 comments    global warming climate change
Is There Plastic in Your Exfoliating Scrub?83

Is There Plastic in Your Exfoliating Scrub?

Plastic has pervaded our culture. It now turns up in the strangest places - like your favorite exfoliating scrub. Many skin care brands now use polyethelene microbeads to exfoliate your skin, rather than other natural sourced ingredients. ...

4 comments    facial care facial scrub
Sunscreens: Buy Healthy Or Make Your Own83

Sunscreens: Buy Healthy Or Make Your Own

With the reduction of our ozone layer, more of the sun's damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays are reaching our planet's surface. As a result, most health professionals recommend taking precautions to better protect...

0 comments    sun protection safe sunscreen
A Bacteria Free Kitchen Without Harmful Chemicals84

A Bacteria Free Kitchen Without Harmful Chemicals

Most of us were raised in homes where our mothers believed in the need for chlorine to clean toilets, for phosphates to clean clothes and for caustic cleansers to make the oven sparkle. The bad news is that all these chemicals are linked to a...

17 comments    health cleaning vinegar
Living Life Without Plastic82

Living Life Without Plastic

Humanity has quickly become addicted to plastic. In just over 70 years, we've gone from a lifestyle with extremely limited uses of plastics to plastic in almost everything. Even your car is about 25 per cent...

10 comments    living plastic free
Save Money And Eat Healthy: Grow Your Own Organic Sprouts79

Save Money And Eat Healthy: Grow Your Own Organic Sprouts

For frugal shoppers who want to eat organic, cost is a big issue - especially for healthy greens. Organic greens tend to be more perishable - and very expensive. While organic food in season may be priced comparably with its conventional...

9 comments    organic gardening organic greens
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