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,...
10 Ways to Raise Green Kids
Global thinking and environmental consciousness are big concepts that require a long term attitude adjustment from all of us – adults and kids. Good habits start early, so we’ve put together some fun ways to raise green kids by getting the whole family involved. #1....
Fair Trade & the Environment: How Fair Trade Helps the Planet
Fair Trade Products Are Made in Ways That Don't Hurt the Environment The phrase “fair trade” is showing up on more products and in the news, but what exactly does it mean? Good question! Fair trade is a term for the direct relationship between consumers and producers....
The Amazing and Real Benefits of Cleaning for Your Health
A clean house is more than just preferable it’s a necessity for good mental and physical health. Experts agree that maintaining a regular cleaning schedule is just as important as eating organic food, exercising regularly, and taking vitamins. Cleaning for your health...
Top 5 Questions to Ask Your Cleaning Service
Ask These Questions Before You Hire a Cleaning Service Spoiler alert: The answers should all be Yes! Are you licensed, bonded, and insured? (And what does that mean?) New York state has strict restrictions about licensing businesses – especially when it comes to...
7 Easy Ways to Throw a Green Holiday Party
Tips and Tricks from Our Family to Yours Part of the fun and the challenge of living a green, eco-friendly lifestyle is tackling traditional activities in a creative way. Food, presents, decorations, invitations, and the inevitable mad dash that comes with the...
7 DIY Christmas Decorations That Are Easy, Green and Eco-Friendly
A List of the Best Eco-Friendly Holiday Decorations We Know Of The holidays are time for togetherness, celebration, and creativity. One of the best parts about this time of year are the cheerful decorations we bring into our homes. Fragrant pine, glittering lights,...
Overlooked Ways of Creating an Eco friendly Home
With extreme and unpredictable weather catastrophes on the rise, people are becoming increasingly eager to do what they can to adopt a more eco friendly lifestyle and reduce their impact on the environment and the climate. The good news is that there are plenty of...
Using Organic Cleaning Products for Pet Upkeep
Pet owners know all too well how difficult it can be to keep a home feeling, looking, and smelling clean and fresh. Pets can have accidents, shed, or track dirt and germs through the house. This prompts many pet lovers to purchase extremely strong and abrasive...
Eco-friendly Event Cleaning, Preparation, and Party Planning
Events are all about extravagance, lavishness, and indulgence. Therefore, it is really difficult to imagine an event or party that is also eco-friendly. Green behaviors and practices are all about reducing consumption and using sustainable and safe resources; so how...
Increase Company Productivity & Profits Thru Eco-Friendly Cleaning
For the longest time, businesses were afraid of implementing green technologies, products, and practices because they were worried about the costs that typically accompany these types of changes. However, as more and more businesses have been transforming into...
Recipes For DIY Natural Cleaning Products You Can Make At Home
How To Make Natural Cleaning Products Once you have discovered that many of the well-known cleaning products contain harmful chemicals, and emit dangerous vapors, you are left looking for a safe alternative. Of course, you do not want to expose yourself or others to...
Why Your Business Should Choose Green Commercial Cleaning Services
Office Cleaning in NYC Many business owners want to incorporate environmentally friendly policies and practices into their company structure, but are hesitant and wary of making major changes. One fantastic way for your office to become more green, or ecofriendly, is...
How to Qualify True Green Cleaning Products and Services?
With the recent push for environmentally friendly products and services, you will see the term “green” everywhere. More and more businesses are adding the words green, organic, all natural, and eco-friendly to their advertisements and packaging, sometimes misleading...
Can Green Cleaning Products Be Used to Disinfect?
Thanks to strategic advertising and marketing campaigns, many people have been convinced to believe that the only way to combat dangerous germs throughout the home is with the help of toxic chemicals. The same toxic chemicals that can take care of your nasty...