The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Who says Halloween has to be orange and black? Let's make green the new black for October 31st and make sure our Halloween celebrations don't make a dent in the environment the way all that sugar will impact our teeth. Green Costumes Rather than spending money…
The following post is from Kate of Modern Alternative Mama: Okay, let's be realistic here. Every time you turn around, there's a new threat out there. Something else is going to kill you because it has chemicals in it. And sometimes the solution to those going-to-kill-chemicals is...well...expensive. I don't live on an unlimited income, much…
The following guest post is from Lisa Barthuly, author of A Simply Homemade Clean: Simplify. Save Money. Two things that seem pretty elusive these days, huh? Not so! Making your own homemade products sounds pretty overwhelming, but the truth is, it’s simple. I’ve been making my own bath, beauty and cleaning products for over a…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Billions of plastic baggies, over a billion pounds of trash, and countless fields of food are tossed into elementary and high school wastebaskets in America each year. Americans pitch 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. 1 Clearly no one is going to suggest that we’re a…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: Whether you're just beginning to get on board with going green with your family and around your home or you've been on the green journey for a while, all of the changes to make, ideas and products to research, and amount of information can just be…
The following post is from Kate of Modern Alternative Mama: Everyone’s going green. It’s true. Just about everyone I know is concerned with being “green,” eco-conscious, doing the right thing for the earth. But sadly, some of this is just because it’s popular right now, and not because all of these people are fully committed…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: It's not easy being green. We can't just throw everything away in good conscience.We often pay more for humanely raised meats and take the time to pick bugs and weeds off our garden vegetables by hand, and we probably take longer to kill ants naturally (and…
Today I’m participating in the Ultimate Blog Swap. You’ll find me posting over at Tan/Green about Ways to Reduce the Trash in Your Garbage Can, and I’m excited to welcome Erin from The Humbled Homemaker to Life Your Way: Up until a few years ago, I really didn’t think much about green living. To be…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: Did you know that of the 84,000 or so chemicals floating around the American marketplace, the EPA only has “sufficient health and safety information” on 200 of them? The New York Times recently poked fun at parents who make their own cleaning supplies from baking soda…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: Green, crunchy, organic, tree hugger, sustainable, natural, responsible, granola... crazy -- there are lots of adjectives out there to describe "going green". Most of them have positive associations, but there are definitely some that would imply you may have gone off the deep end. I am…