The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: Some of my friends who are new to green and natural living tell me they're unsure where to start. They say they get stuck trying to decide which changes to make first or which ones are the most important. I definitely understand, because starting to learn…
Going green can be overwhelming -- researching various topics, deciding where to start, figuring out how to actually make the changes -- but this bundle was designed to offer you practical resources no matter where you are on your journey. Discover the secrets to making your own cleaning supplies and personal care products (and save…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: I know, I know, it's not even Christmas yet and here I am about to talk about making New Year's Goals! But the thing is, I've already talked about how to have a simple Christmas this year, and as Katie recently pointed out, she's already covered…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Everyone knows Christmas is a green holiday, even the Grinch, so it should be easy to write something in December for "Green" Your Way, right? I'm feeling a little grinchy about it, actually. I've wracked my brain and thought and thought for a week about something…
The following post is from Cliff Barre of Peace, Love & Travel with Cliff & Tiff: Traveling “green” doesn’t have to be a major undertaking if you take small, but important steps all through your plans. You won’t need to rent electric-only vehicles, or seek out solar-powered hotels to clear your conscience if you do…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: The joke in Michigan is that we definitely experience all four seasons...sometimes three in one day. Although the weather is inconsistent and sometimes crazy, like 40F temps in August, 80F in October or March, and swinging from 45F in the morning to 80F in the afternoon…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: If you were startled by someone cheering in the freezer aisle at Costco last week, my apologies. That was me. I was just excited that the frozen organic broccoli was from Ecuador. No, I'm not some weird closet Ecaudor stalker. I was really just relieved it…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: People criticize me a lot for my casual stance on genetically modified foods. Don't get me wrong, I hate the idea of humans messing with the genes of any other living thing, and I think it's totally wrong, from a “gut feeling” perspective...But I don't have…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: “I don't eat vegetables with chemicals.” “I choose to use personal products without chemicals.” “I don't like putting chemicals in my body.” WRONG! Do you drink water? H2O. Even the purest filtered water or crystalline, unpolluted water from the highest mountaintop. Do you use salt? NaCl.…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: I totally wrecked a half dozen of my cloth diapers, just by washing them. Mostly the more expensive, nicer ones of the 25 cloth diapers I reviewed. It was tragic. The silver lining, as with all stupid mistakes I make, is that I get to share…