Living Green Values Ep. 6 – Paper products are confusing your brain
Paper products are confusing your brain One of the very first changes I made to my lifestyle in an attempt to create less waste also made me remember (or possibly even fully realize for the first time) that things like paper towels, paper napkins, and paper plates were developed for convenience at the expense of…
Read MoreLiving Green Values Ep. 5 – Don’t waste food
There are entire internet tomes available for you to read (in addition to actual made-of-paper tomes) about the importance of eating organic food that hasn’t been sprayed with chemicals that are harmful to both your body and the environment. I won’t bore you with what you already know—eating well became one of the first things…
Read MoreLiving Green Values, Ep. 4 – Laundry Elsewhere
Real quick, let’s revisit my goals for this series: * To help you reduce your impact on the earth… * …in ways you can absolutely handle I wanted to reiterate because this is an episode that might start you out with an eye roll. But once your eyes settle back into their normal reading position,…
Read MoreLiving Green Values Ep 3 – Laundry at Home
I haven’t always been good about taking care of my clothes. When I was a kid, it felt like clothes grew on trees—they just seemed to magically appear (thanks in part to the steady stream of hand-me-downs from three older siblings)—so why think too much about them? Big huge reason one: buying new stuff all…
Read MoreLiving Green Values Ep. 2 – “Reject Plastic” special guest post by Susan Howson
Plastic does not budge. We all know deep down in our hearts that the great majority of the plastic we’ve used in our lifetimes is still sitting around somewhere, but we keep buying it and buying it and throwing it out and throwing it out, and because it’s out of sight, it’s also out of…
Read MoreLiving Green Values, special guest post by Susan Howson
Living Green Values The first thing I’ve learned from the folks at World Class Cleaning is how much I hate cleaning. When Stephanie first came over to check out my house, I kept apologetically explaining that I’m just really busy, and she kept (politely) telling me to chill. There’s nothing wrong with outsourcing something that…
Read MoreChemical-free, mosquito-free — how to rid yourself of mosquitoes the natural way
As the days grow longer and warmer, it’s time to consider what you can do now to make your home more enjoyable during the spring and summer seasons. We’ve got some really quick, really easy tips for you to consider for your mosquito-reduction mission. Reduce breeding sites It’s spring, it’s been raining… any empty buckets, wheelbarrows,…
Read MoreFour Benefits of Green Cleaning!
Four reasons to consider joining the green cleaning movement. Let’s take a look! Better Air Quality As mentioned in our last blog post, according to this EPA article, not only are people [these days] spending about 90% of their time indoors, but indoor air pollution is often 2 to 5 times worse than what we experience outside our homes…
Read More4 Tips to Knock Spring Cleaning Out of the Park!
It’s Friday, April 13 and it’s currently a balmy 78 degrees outside! It’s been chilly the last couple weeks but it finally feels like spring! And that means you’re probably getting real serious about that “spring cleaning” list you’ve been mentally preparing. Well we have 4 tips to not only help get you started but…
Read MoreThree Things You should Deep-Clean this Spring!
Hi, folks! We’re a few weeks into spring and it’s not quite all flowers and sunshine yet. We know (and understand!) that many of you have not tackled your spring cleaning yet, and that’s ok! As you dream up your Spring Cleaning Wishlist, have you considered adding to that list some deep-cleaning tasks? Consider following the instructions below,…
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