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.