The Change: As a busy NYC working mom, Ashley Tyrner didn’t always have time to make a weekly trip to her local farmers market to pick up the freshest local and organic items for her kitchen. She wanted to create a service that would allow even the busiest of...
We asked the elves in Santa’s workshop to give us some of their best ideas for stuffing our stockings with eco-friendly options. From paint made from veggies (yum!) to reusable water bottles with customized personalities, these five items will be the perfect addition...
Hanukkah, which begins the evening of December 16th, is a time when families come together to reflect upon their Jewish heritage and culture. While Hanukkah is steeped in tradition—from the gifts to the food—it may be easier than you think to make this holiday more...
Make Your Office Cleanup Easy and Enjoy the After Party Celebrating the season with your co-workers is a fun tradition for companies big and small. And while there is often a lot of time spent on planning the end-of-year festivities, the office party clean up is...
Shopping green is a lot like trying to eat healthy—there’s so much information coming at you that it’s tough to know the best choices to make. Let’s face it, not all green products are created equal and sometimes, additional cost isn’t truly worth it. Before you head...
Ready for Thursday? If you are still scrambling to find a recipe for an appetizer, side dish or dessert, we have just what you need for making this Thanksgiving eco-friendly and delicious. For the past couple of weeks we have been sharing recipes for appetizers and...
Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays—and not just because it gives us an excuse to eat ourselves into a food coma and watch a day of football. We love the idea of gathering with friends and family and sharing what we are all most thankful for in our lives. ...
Sneeze, sniffle, cough, repeat. Look out, cold and flu season is upon us! Fortunately, there’s no need to lock yourself away to stay protected from germs at the office. There’s actually a lot you can do to keep your work environment clean and yourself feeling well all...
Already thinking ahead to Thanksgiving? Over the next few weeks we are going to share some of our favorite recipes for making this Thanksgiving eco-friendly and delicious. Recipes for this week: Side Dishes. Yes, we know that the turkey is the star of the...
A recent Yahoo! study found that three of the five most popular days for drinking are in November and December: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. With wine being at the top of the most popular alcoholic beverage list, you might be looking for ways to...
Already thinking ahead to Thanksgiving? Over the next few weeks we are going to share some of our favorite recipes for making this Thanksgiving eco-friendly and delicious. Recipes for this week: Appetizers. We love appetizers, but we don't always know what to...
The Change: Co-founders Miranda Magagnini and Peter Strugatz set out to create a business that integrated sustainable practices from process to product, and to provide a high design solution that would address a real problem—transforming waste glass into something...
Veterans Week is a special time here in New York City—there are so many opportunities for each of us to honor those who have and who continue to serve our country. During this week in November, we encourage you to enjoy the best that NYC has to offer while also...
Halloween will soon be over and you might be staring at a porch full of fun-faced jack-o-lanterns that will soon be turning into not-so-fun-faced squashed gourds. Instead of just throwing them out with the trash (or adding them to your compost pile—always a good...
As we get ready to celebrate the spookiest of all holidays, we have been looking for unique and eco-friendly ways to decorate our homes. Here are some of the great ideas we have found to get us ready for our Halloween visitors: As we get ready to celebrate the...
The Change When Jeffrey Sitt decided to purchase the assets of a 30-year-old moving company in the Bronx, create a brand new company and call it iMoveGREEN, he knew it would not be an easy change to make. Mr. Sitt wanted to create a company unlike any other—a company...
As a professional cleaning company, we advise our clients to clear their homes of clutter before we even arrive. Easier said than done, right? With our hectic lives and schedules, managing clutter can seem like an overwhelming task and many people do not know where...
The second week of October is designated as Fire Prevention Week. As a company that strives to keep all homes healthy and safe, we cannot think of any better place to start than with making sure you and your family are ready in case a fire should occur. Prevent Fires...
The idea to start GreenHouse Eco-Cleaning began after my grandmother lost her battle with cancer. A housekeeper from the West Indies, my grandmother had inhaled toxic cleaning fumes for decades and our family speculated—with plenty of evidence—that these chemicals...
The Essential Rules for Office Refrigerator Cleaning Anyone who has worked in an office setting knows the woes of the often-stinky office fridge. Forgotten lunches passed over for spontaneously ordered take-out, food long past its expiration date and the worst:...