Are you one of the millions of Americans throwing away money on food you don’t eat, electricity you don’t enjoy and possessions you don’t need? In its report, "The Food Wastage Footprint,” the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that a year of wasted food...
The Business of Fast Fashion
This is the time of year that the Mercedes-Benz Fall Fashion Week takes over most of New York, as fashion has done in one form or another in this city for more than 70 years. This week is an exciting, creative whirlwind of new fashion trends and styles showcased from...
10 Ways to Clean and Use Lemon & Baking Soda in Your Home
The Benefits of Using Lemon & Baking Soda to Clean Your Home It’s common knowledge that lemon and baking soda are must-haves for cocktails (lemons-only please), cookies and cakes; but did you know that these two ingredients are also green cleaning powerhouses?...
How Small Business Owners Can Avoid Insanity in 2014
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein Making resolutions is a New Year's tradition that I both love and fear. There is nothing so full of raw hope and excitement as making yourself...
Spotlight on Sustainable Business: Pure House
Calling all creatives, innovators, social change agents, scientists, designers, systems architects, artists, technologists and entrepreneurs in New York City: you’re being summoned to Pure House, our newest community partner and the focus of this month’s...
Where to Find Eco Friendly Pet Supplies
Elle, our unofficial GEC mascot is not just a dog, she’s a member of our eco friendly family. Her health, happiness and well being is a top priority, which means we care a lot about the food she eats, the clothes (yes, clothes!) she wears and the toys she plays...
Your Leftover Cranberries Are Healthier Than You Think
Do you still have fresh, whole cranberries left over from your holiday meals? Don’t throw them away; they offer powerful natural health benefits and their many uses go above and beyond the traditional accompaniment to ham or turkey dinners. Where did cranberries come...
10 Ways to go green in the New Year
The traditional beginning to a New Year’s resolution is January 2 and the usual end to your willpower is January 30. This year let’s try something different – make green living resolutions that are so easy to keep you won’t even realize your life is more...
Top 10 Green Apps
We love our apps. These handy devices that tell us where the nearest fair trade coffee can be purchased, what businesses are nearby, and who’s talking to us on Facebook and Twitter at any given moment. Apps on our smart phones are great ways to manage our daily lives...
Best Tips for Green Holiday Party Planning
Holiday party planning are three words that bring with them a unique mix of stress, excitement and fear. We love parties – giving them, going to them and even cleaning up after them – but the holiday party season isn’t always at the top of everyone’s list of things...
‘Tis the Season for Spills: Best Party Cleaning Tips
One of the best parts about the holiday season is the return of favorite holiday food and drinks. Whether your taste runs to the traditional – mulled red wine and roast beef– or the sweet and simple – eggnog and honey glazed ham – there is always something wonderful...
Green Living Saves Money on Healthcare
We’ve all been hearing a lot about the new Affordable Care Act, which is scheduled to go into effect January 2014. With all this talk about health care, we’ve been thinking a lot about how to prevent a hospital stay and doctor’s visits with green living and natural...
The Medicinal Value of Pumpkins
Few things make us more excited for fall and the approaching holiday season than the pumpkin. But, when we realized that pumpkins were as good for our bodies as they are for our souls, we knew we had to learn more about their medicinal value. Pumpkin is originally...
10 Best Medicinal Holiday Ingredients
Here’s some good news: the delicious holiday food and drinks we love to indulge in might actually be healthy. If you’ve been looking for just such an excuse to relax and enjoy yourself with a second trip around the holiday buffet table, we’ve prepared a list of 10...
Decorating Tips for a Green Holiday Season
The holiday season means different things to everyone. Some of us look forward to this time of year as a season for coming together with friends and family beside a gorgeously trimmed Christmas tree while others gather to recite blessings and light the candles during...
Green Spotlight: East River Ferry
Some island dwellers might say that the most important thing to know on an island is how to get off of it. We couldn’t agree more. We love our big apple island, but it’s nice to know that NY Waterway's East River Ferry is standing by to take us on, off and around it...
How to Recycle, Reuse and Repurpose Old Magazines
Aluminum cans, paper, and plastic are synonymous with the word recycling, but did you know that you can also do something useful with the old magazines you’ve been collecting? Repurpose One of our favorite repurposing ideas is to make bows out of old magazines as...
5 Thrift Shopping Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Trip
Secrets to Help You Discover the Joy of Thrift Shopping In the 90’s, the reign of Kurt Cobain and grunge immortalized thrift store style. Recent years have seen thrift shops enjoying a renewed popularity thanks to the rise in eco-friendly, green living choices. 5...
How to Clean a Pumpkin
Most people agree carving pumpkins is fun and eating pumpkins is delicious, but cleaning pumpkins is a hassle. Since green cleaning is our expertise, we thought we’d share some tips and advice to help make this dreaded task easy (naturally), if not necessarily fun....
Top 5 Best Halloween DIY ideas from Pinterest
If you’re anything like us, you love Pinterest for its delicious recipes, fabulous décor ideas and intriguing DIY projects. This month we decided to scour the addictive site for eco friendly Halloween DIY ideas to bring you the best of the best when it comes to fun...