Our homes truly are our castles. They are our refuge from the hectic world and the place we run to when we need to rejuvenate or just unwind from a crazy day. More than just a shelter, our homes are a reflection of ourselves and things we care about. For that reason,...
Benefits of Growing Native Plants
Spring and summer mean the long awaited return of plants, flowers, and green grass. Every day I try and spend a few minutes in nature, breathing in the fresh oxygen and enjoying the beautiful blooms and greenery. So I was surprised to learn that many of the plants,...
ECO-FRIENDLY WEDDING IDEAS
Is there anything as beautiful and traditional as a spring wedding? We love to see the brides dressed in shades of white cavorting with their guests in the park, horse-drawn carriage rides, and restaurants around the city; but, the waste produced by some lavish...
USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO LIVE GREENER
Turns out that social media can (and should!) be used for something other than complaining about your boss or finding out what events to attend over the weekend. These sharing tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and many others allow us to glimpse another...
Eat Green: The Impact of Food on the Environment
Learn About the Impact of Food Production on the Environment The typical American diet is infamous for its focus on fried foods, fatty entrees, and high-sugar and salt content. Anyone who’s ever attempted to lose a few pounds is aware that the typical diet can balloon...
GREEN JOBS FOR THE FUTURE
If you’re like almost half of America, you’re not satisfied in your current job and you’d like to make a career change that gives you more satisfaction at work. Even if you’re only curious about other careers that give more back to the environment than they take from...
5 SURPRISING ITEMS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS GREEN CLEAN
The over abundance of chemicals in our food, outdoor air, and even our water has made us cautious about toxins. We use eco-friendly cleaning products to green clean our counters and appliances, we reach for organic produce and fruit in the supermarket, and we’ve even...
How To Build An Urban Compost
If you have an empty space big enough for a garbage can, you can build your own urban compost. It sounds harder (and smellier) than it is. You will create nutrient-rich fertilizer out of garbage; you won’t leave your apartment smelling like you’ve converted your space...
What Can Be Recycled?
5 Things You Didn't Know Could Be Recycled Aluminum cans, paper, and plastic are synonymous with the word recycling, but did you know about these 5 surprising items that you can recycle along with your other items? 1. Flip Flops Flip flops are being recycled into...
How To Grow A Windowsill Garden
Small apartments, crowded condos, and urban highrises can boast big city amenities and a country garden. All it takes is a willingness to think inside the box. A windowsill garden box, that is. Bring edible nature into your home no matter where you live, and enjoy the...
10 FOODS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BUY ORGANIC AND WHY
You have a choice: buy organic produce and spend more money or buy conventional and save money but sacrifice health? If you keep these 10 ingredients organic, you can safely pick and choose between organic and conventional on everything else. In his book, Diet for a...
THE NEW FARMERS MARKETS: COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE
Food travels 1500-2500 miles to arrive at your kitchen. Consider this: an average sandwich has seven ingredients; at a grand total of 14,000 miles traveled, your Turkey Club has seen more of America than you have. Thank goodness for Farmers Markets and Community...
MARCH INTO SPRING CLEANING
Some dread it, some look forward to it as the end of a long, dreary winter, but no one can avoid it: Spring Cleaning. March has long been known as month for spring cleaning because the weather is warm enough to open the doors and windows to let the dust out, but it’s...
High Cost of Cheap Cleaning Service
When Cutting Costs Is More Expensive Than It's Worth... Accountability. That’s the philosophy we’ve formed our business around, and you can see the evidence of that in everything we do. We hold ourselves accountable to our employees by committing to paying a living...
Best Plants to Clean Indoor Air in the Office and Home
Natural Air Purifiers Right now you’re breathing in dust mites, pet dander, pollen, mold, bug skeletons, and endotoxins. That’s because indoor air is 5X more polluted than the air outside. Before you reach for a gas mask, consider this beautifully simple solution: add...
Bottled Water: Fact or Fiction?
Mountain water, filtered water, spring water…oh, my! What is fact and what’s fiction when it comes to the great bottled water debate? For years, frugal shoppers have been pointing out that the Evian brand of bottled water is just Naïve spelled backward. While the...
Natural Bath & Body Products: Do You Know What’s in Your Bathroom?
Decode the Ingredients in Your Bath & Body Products In the beauty industry,anything goes. Wild claims of youthful restoration are common. “Natural,” “organic,” and “green” are words that have almost completely lost their meaning when it comes to bath & body...
What To Do With Old Clothes
Repurpose, Reuse, Restore Old Clothes If you’re anything like most people, you have a pile of old clothes that you don’t know quite what to do with. Especially if clothes have some sentimental value, it can be hard to part with them and you might be left wondering...
Green Baby in the City
Learn How to Protect Your Baby From Toxins in New York City Being a parent in New York City is exciting, wondrous, and let’s face it, a little frightening. Raising a green baby amidst the sprawl of the urban jungle demands creative thinking and a sense of adventure....
SMALL WAYS TO START GOING GREEN
Join us and thousands of others as we resolve to make this the year that we decide to do more to help the environment, reduce global warming, and get a little greener in our daily lives. Being accountable to our community and our planet is important to us. In fact,...