A Guide to Lighting Design Safety: Dark-Sky and UL Ratings
If you are about to take on a lighting design project, note that there are safety hazards and concerns. Dark-sky and UL ratings have been set in place to counteract…
Helping Children See the Importance of Shopping Local
Be the Change You Want To See In the World! One of the things my family is doing on our greener living path is to work on sustainability, hobby farming…
Going Green – Composting Chicken Poo
Raising Back Yard Chickens to live more Green! In our efforts to live more eco-friendly and sustainable we dove into raising back yard chickens this year. It has been a…
Practicing for Sustainable and Living Green – Update
StormBaby (age 6) in her play dress out taking care of the chickens and so excited about the first Olive Egg! Can we manage sustainable living someday? In our effort…
Review: 3-in-1 Coloring Book – Meet Lulu
You can get Painting Lulu on Amazon! This is a very cool coloring book for kids that lets them color pages as they normally would but then adds another level…
Review – Toxin Free Soap nuts liquid laundry detergent
Liquid Soap Nuts From Green Virgin Products If you know me then you know I am not at all a virgin to green products but I rather like the name…
Review — Best Eco-Friendly and Safe Detergent I have found so far!
www.cleanattitude.com As a crunchy parent I love eco-friendly, healthy, products and finding a new one is always so cool but finding a whole brand is down right exciting! Meet the…
DIY: Square Foot Gardening
Our Square Foot Garden 2 Weeks ago we decided to tackle our first square foot garden! Cost: About $60 for wood, string, soil, and plants We already had on hand…
GOTS Fabric – A Beautiful Eco-friendly Choice!
GOTS Fabric – one step closer to living an organic, eco-friendly, and socially conscious life! GUEST POST BY: Melanie RG. She is a teacher, a scientist, and a seamstress who encourages…
Make your own Natural Holiday House Cleaners!
Tis the season to be Jolly Falalala..... -sneeze- Is the outside of your home looking like a twinkling wonderland while the inside is a place best left unseen? It happens…
Easy Steps to Create a Backyard Garden
Over the past few years there has been a dramatic surge in the amount of people turning to greener ways of living. Whether through buying organic goods or including…
2 Months Post Christmas – Reduce – Reuse – Recycle
By now the explosion that was Christmas 2012 is cleaned up and put away for most of us. Are our lives any better for all the spending, wrapping paper, giving,…
Green Apple Supply Review and Giveaway
It is my honor to introduce you to Green Apple Supply, a store that cares started back in 2004 by a mother who just wanted the best for her daughter…
Why I can’t buy a Cheap Mattress
My dear bed mattress is 10 years old and on it's last spring. I know it needs replacing but I just can't bring myself to get a cheap one so…
Ozeri Green Earth Smooth Ceramic Nonstick Frying Pan – Review
I love this pan! Ok so if you read this blog even a little chances are you know I am no Kitchen Goddess. I seem to enjoy making things…
Green + Clean For Pets! — Review —
I love this brand of eco-friendly and safe cleaning pet products. In a house with many pets one might consider a small zoo being clean and safe is…
Review Nordic Naturals – Contest
Nordic Naturals is a supplement company dedicated to bringing the safest and purest omega oils to those who need it. Who doesn't need them? I didn't think I did until…
Best for Baby or Toxic
It is known by many that quaternium-15 and 1,4-dioxane are toxic and thought to be cancer causing. There is a boycot against baby shampoos and washes and creams that still contain these…
Is the UK winning?
When it comes to trying to save the planet is America winning? We like to think of ourselves as the best at everything right? Maybe not. Goodness knows we…
Do you like rugs?
Rugs are nice to walk on, nice for baby to scrawl on, and I think they might even help keep the house warmer. However.... they are a pain in…