Category: Green news

I’m not the biggest beauty buff, but I like looking at beauty products from time to time just to see what’s out there. What I’ve found recently is eco-friendly perfume. What makes a perfume eco-friendly, anyway? Based on the ones I’ve found, these should be: cruelty-free, meaning not tested on animals made of natural, organic…

Easter is associated with spring, fertility, new life. Kids are outside, hunting for colored eggs and candy. How to keep a green celebration truly green? Nature Moms offers the following tips on having an eco-friendly Easter bash: If you can DIY, make your own baskets or buy good baskets that you can reuse every year….

I’ve also stopped using regular soap because of its toxic ingredients. I found Burt’s Bees body bars at my local supermarket. It is pricey but the bars last a long time. They even come in 2 packs now. For more information on what soaps and shampoos to avoid and what to buy instead, click here.

I used a VTech phone before, so it was pretty interesting to hear that they’ve begun to implement more eco-friendly changes to their products. · Energy Star®-certified to offer the same or better performance than comparable models, while using less energy· RoHS compliant for reduced hazardous substances· Available in 100-percent recyclable club store packaging· Available…

Most of us have heard by now about the hidden dangers in our own houses, giving new meaning to the word ‘homesick’. I saw the Green Nest founders featured on The Doctors yesterday. Go to Green Nest for more information on how to test your home for contaminants and toxins, and what to do about…

Low carbon diet that is. I read this article on the Seventh Generation website and here’s a summary on how to lower your carbon footprint by making better choices at the grocery store. Reduce your consumption of red meat, which alone is responsible for 30% of our country’s total food production-related GHG (green house gases)…

I check out The Huffington Post practically every day, and one of today’s articles was about an eco-evaluation recently done on Arianna Huffington’s home. The evaluation was conducted by Deep Green Living, a New York-based company founded by Susan Short. You can contact Deep Green Living to come to your house or your office to…

Summer’s lurking around the corner so if you’ve started looking for an eco-friendly vacation, check out the Environmentally Friendly Hotels website to search for green lodging. If you want a luxury hotel, booking through The Leading Hotels of the World website lets you off-set your energy usage.

In place of dryer sheets, dryer balls are supposed to reduce drying time, lint and wrinkles, as well as soften your clothes. Treehugger has this good article about the hazards of using these dryer balls. Ideal Bite recommends wool dryer balls instead, and says tennis balls will work just as well.

I’ve taken to using stainless steel cookware but I read that another safe, non-stick alternative to carcinogenic Teflon is cast iron cookware. It also has the benefit of adding iron to your food. You still have to “treat” or “season” the pans though to make it non-stick. Here‘s a how-to link.