Top 4 Eco-Friendly Hostess Gifts ‘Tis the season for holiday parties. Before you head into your next celebration, consider coming in the front door with a unique and eco-friendly gift that will leave your party host/hostess singing your gift-giving praises all...
5 Eco-Friendly Stocking Stuffers
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...
Have a Greener Hanukkah
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...
3 Ways to Plan an Eco-Friendly Spring Break
The words eco-friendly and spring break aren’t often used in the same sentence. Media depictions of booze-filled, hedonistic college trips are in regular rotation during this time of year. Fortunately, not everyone is planning seven days of debauchery in the sun;...
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...
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...
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 10 Eco-Friendly Summer Activities for Kids
Our children are such a joy; their laughter, their enthusiasm, their never ending need to be entertained... Summer vacation can veer closer to exhausting than exhilarating if we start out unprepared, especially when it comes to keeping the whole family entertained....
Hold a Red, White, Blue, and Green 4th of July Party
As a kid the 4th of July holiday meant parties, fireworks and spending the day celebrating with friends. Who am I kidding? It still does! The only thing that’s changed from my giddy childhood celebrations is my desire to make sure green is always included with my red,...
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,...