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…
8 Things You Should Never Clean With Vinegar Since distilled white vinegar is so acidic, it’s a great tool for cleaning your home without harmful chemicals. It can dissolve soap scum, break up sticky buildup, and even kill some germs. In fact, there are plenty of surprising things you can clean with vinegar. Related: How…
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…
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. Related: The Best Eco-Friendly Gifts for Kids The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics created a study…
How to Make Homemade Natural Dyes Before you toss that spinach that’s starting to wilt or those orange peels from your lunch into the compost pile, consider saving them to make your own homemade natural dyes. Homemade dyes are ideal for creating lovely shades in your dyed fabric, coloring Easter eggs, and making your own…
8 Easy Ways to Reduce Plastic Use People seem to have this mistaken belief that going green is hard and complicated. Actually, the exact opposite is true. In fact, there’s one thing you can start doing right now that will have a huge positive impact on the environment: reduce plastic use. Related: 50+ Genius Single-Use…
Making a DIY Fruit and Vegetable Cleaner If you want to make sure the fruits and veggies your family eats are clean, you have three excellent DIY fruit and vegetable cleaner options to consider. Learn more about how to make each option and what they’re good for cleaning. How to Make a Homemade Fruit and…
How to Make DIY Hardwood Floor Cleaner Hardwood floors are a popular flooring choice for many people because of their beauty and durability. However, if you have hardwood floors, you know you need to keep them clean so they can stand up to heavy use. While there are plenty of commercial hardwood floor cleaners on…
How to Make DIY Laminate Floor Cleaner This DIY laminate floor cleaner was one of the first products I decided to make when I started my journey on a more eco-friendly lifestyle. As I watched my infant son crawling on recently mopped floors, I realized I had no idea what type of chemicals he was…
5 Natural Ways to Clear a Clogged Drain Between hair, grease, toothpaste, styling products, food scraps, and a plethora of other things that end up down our drains, it’s easy to see why we all have to deal with an occasional clog. At one time, I just wanted the strongest and most powerful product I…
