CategoryEco-Friendly Holidays

How to Celebrate an Eco-Friendly Valentine’s Day Red and pink might be the official colors of Valentine’s Day, but this year, consider introducing a new color: green. Discover just how easy it is to show your sweetheart how much you care while still having an eco-friendly Valentine’s Day. If you’re trying to come up with a great gift for your sweetheart that doesn’t hurt the environment, be sure to check out our 14 best eco-friendly Valentine’s Day gifts. 1. Buy […]

How to Have an Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving For many people, Thanksgiving is all about excess. Yet this can have a negative impact on the environment. Fortunately, if you follow these easy tips, you can have an eco-friendly Thanksgiving and still enjoy all of your favorite traditions. Even better, many of these tips will actually help you save some money! 1. Buy Locally Grown Foods One of the easiest ways to enjoy an eco-friendly Thanksgiving is to buy locally grown foods. After […]

Top 15 Eco-Friendly Gifts Under $25 Say you have someone on your gift list who’s going green. You’d love to get them some eco-friendly gifts they’ll actually use and appreciate, but you also can’t afford to break the bank. Or perhaps you’re the one trying to live more eco-consciously, and you want to give everyone on your list something that won’t hurt the environment. While eco-friendly gifts have a reputation of being expensive, I’ve put together this list of cheap […]

How to Have an Eco-Friendly Halloween The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting cooler, and before you know it, Halloween will be here. While I love Halloween just as much as the next person, it’s not hard to look around and see how scary it is for the environment. From single-use plastic candy wrappers to cheap plastic decorations, Halloween produces a lot of waste. Fortunately, if you’re looking to have an eco-friendly Halloween, there are several easy steps […]

How to Make Homemade Natural Face Paint Fun events like birthday parties and Halloween aren’t supposed to put our children at risk for lead exposure. Yet that’s exactly what happens when we use some brands of commercially available face paint. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics created a study that tested the ingredients in 10 face paints. During that study, they found that all 10 contained lead, and six of them had high levels of skin allergens, such as nickel, chromium, […]