• Spring Has Sprung: Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning

    Spring Has Sprung: Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning

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    Youโ€™re (nearly) ready to put your winter coats and sweaters into storage. The first buds in your garden are starting to peek through.ย  The days have gotten longer and the sun seems a little stronger.ย  It looks like itโ€™s nearly spring! Take this opportunity to do a few deep cleans around the house, but not…

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  • Spring Cleaning, Spring Greening For Home

    Spring Cleaning, Spring Greening For Home

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    After enduring so many painfully cold, snowy, sleety, icy storms this winter, spring cleaningโ€” really, spring anythingโ€” is music to the ears of many. But before you thaw out and throw away anything even remotely related to a sweater, take into consideration the following spring cleaning, home greening tips. Fight the Urge to Purge As…

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  • Ways To Celebrate A Truly Green St. Patrick’s Day

    Ways To Celebrate A Truly Green St. Patrick’s Day

    Itโ€™s nearly St. Pattyโ€™s Day.ย  As you lay out your green-influenced garb in anticipation of the festivities, keep in mind the other ways you can go green. Bring the โ€œluck of the Irishโ€ to the environment with these tips for a sustainable holiday! Plant Something Green: ย  Spring is just starting to show her colors,…

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  • Your Eco-Friendly Office Event

    Your Eco-Friendly Office Event

    If youโ€™re planning an office party, business meeting or work-related event, youโ€™ve probably kept to a budget and considered the company costs.ย  But have you thought through the environmental impact? Keep the carbon footprint to a minimum with the following ideas to make your office event more eco-conscious. 1) Cut out the expensive and wasteful…

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  • An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Dry Cleaning

    An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Dry Cleaning

    Have you ever found the perfect outfit but didn’t purchase it because it was “dry clean only”? We’ve all been there. Being an eco-conscious person can have its subtle drawbacks. It doesn’t matter how good that outfit looks, you know you’ll have to get it cleaned with nasty chemicals that harm the environment and potentially…

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  • Green and Thrifty Cleaning Products

    Green and Thrifty Cleaning Products

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    Looking for ways to naturally clean your home? Here are four completely green and incredibly inexpensive products, plus one tool to clean your surroundings without harming the environment. 1. Baking Soda: How can an ingredient in your chocolate chip cookies also get your house clean? Letโ€™s count the ways. A super eco-friendly compound, baking soda…

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  • Ways Your Children Can Help Make The World a Greener Place

    Ways Your Children Can Help Make The World a Greener Place

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    You always take your reusable, cloth bags to the supermarket, you take public transportation whenever possible and youโ€™ve turned down your thermostat this winter to save on energy. Youโ€™ve successfully moved into a greener lifestyle and now you want your kids to adopt the same eco-friendly habits. Here are a few simple ways to get…

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  • Green Remodeling Ideas

    Green Remodeling Ideas

    If the freezing temps this winter have you cooped up inside, thinking about ways to improve the walls (and floors, ceilings, windows, etc.), keep in mind there are many green principles you can adopt when planning a home remodel. In fact, renovations are the perfect opportunity to increase your homeโ€™s energy efficiency and sustainability, using…

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  • 10 Tips to Reduce Household Waste

    10 Tips to Reduce Household Waste

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    Letโ€™s face it: weโ€™re all a little โ€œtrashy.โ€ย  We try to keep it in check, but inevitably, most of us end up consuming too much, wasting too much, buying too much and (gasp) eating too much! Instead of crying over how much waste ends up in landfills each year (and then throwing away the tissues…

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  • Sustainable Ideas for a Sweet Valentineโ€™s Day

    Sustainable Ideas for a Sweet Valentineโ€™s Day

    If the over-the-top sweetness of Valentineโ€™s Day makes you cringe, the toll the holiday takes on the environment could really break your heart. Itโ€™s estimated that making and sending one store-bought, sparkly, red greeting card to someone you love producesย 18.5 grams of carbon dioxide. With about 145 million cards exchanged in the U.S. each February…

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