Is a product really yours if you’re not free to fix it when it breaks or to ask someone else to fix it for you? It sounds like a ridiculous question until you realize that, until recently, many of the…
While it’s true that living in a tiny home isn’t for everyone, there are some really good reasons that everyone should at least consider the idea. These benefits of living in a tiny home help to build up a powerful…
As an organic gardener, it is very important to understand that success begins and ends with the soil. Healthy soil leads to healthy plants, which, when growing food, leads to healthy people. If we neglect the soil or allow it…
We loved playing with Lego when we were kids and our children love playing with it too. Know what we don’t love? Lego isn’t made from recycled plastic. Well, until now, that is. What We Love About Recycled Lego The…
In part, thanks to the pandemic, America’s shopping habits have moved online and we’re buying twice as much stuff on the internet as we were back in 2018. But is this good news for the environment and should we be…
You might be sitting on a gold mine, literally. Well, perhaps not a gold mine, but certainly you can sell your old chairs and other furniture and turn them into cash. If you’re not sure where to do this, you’re…
The demand for green housing is strong and nearly 20% of new homes in American today claim to be eco-friendly. And nearly 75% of American new build homes have workers that have some experience in building eco-friendly projects, so there…
Nearly every American says that they want to live in harmony with the planet and do less damage to the environment. Then they start reading up on green living and become overwhelmed by the endless information to live greener and…
The ingredients in regular laundry detergents include phosphates which build up in the world’s rivers and oceans and lead to “eutrophication” (that is those huge algal blooms that kill wildlife and plant life). When you buy the best sustainable laundry…
It’s OK, soap is not one of the most environmentally damaging things in your household. In fact, many experts say that soap itself is a minor issue for the planet because waste dish soap degrades into harmless chemicals very easily. …