The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy gift card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. Do you have an ENERGY STAR certified washer and dryer? If not, it’s definitely something you should consider, and not only because it’s Earth Day! Energy and water efficient appliances […]
Green Living
Recycling and upcycling bathroom products – make a DIY sewing kit!
I’ve always considered myself good at recycling. Most weeks there’s twice as much in our recycling bin as there is in our garbage can! But I’ve realized that most of this comes from the kitchen. I took a couple of minutes to gather just some of the products we currently have in our bathroom right […]
32 Ways To Make Your Home Energy Efficient and Cut Your Energy Bill
There are so many small changes you can make on a daily basis that will make a HUGE impact on your energy bill over time. Not only is being energy efficient beneficial because it saves you money, but it also improves your quality of life, puts less strain on the grid, reducing outages, and reduces […]
#FightToxins – be a Seventh Generation Toxin Freedom Fighter!
I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central for Seventh Generation. I received a promotional item and product samples as a thank you for participating. Did you know that more than 80,000 chemicals available right now in the U.S. have never been fully tested for their toxic effects on our health and environment? That’s […]
Choosing a Christmas Tree
We went looking for a Christmas tree the other day, but came home empty handed. Why? For the first time in over 10 years, we’re setting up an artificial Christmas tree. I kept going back and forth about it – which is the greener option? – and finally decided this was the right choice for […]
America Recycles… do you?
America Recycles Day was yesterday… but I think that should be every day, don’t you? If each and every one of us take baby steps in reducing, reusing, and recycling, it could make a huge difference. Just visualize this: the U.S. disposes enough trash each day to fill 50,000 garbage trucks with 18,000 pounds of […]
