My mother in-law has always cleaned with orange oil, and I’ve always been jealous of the way her house smells. Afterall, who wouldn’t want to walk in the door and forget for a moment that it was home as the scent took you far away, to an orange orchard? Besides for cleaning with it, my…
Category Archives: Green Safety
Oil Spills and Oil Dependence
As you no doubt know, unless you have been living under a rock for the past several months, an oil rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20. The explosion destroyed the rig, causing oil to spill from the wellhead into the Gulf. At this point oil has been…
Giveaway: EcoSMART Plant & Garden Value Bundle
In the spirit of yesterday’s topic, A Fall Garden for All, today we’re partnering with EcoSMART to help one lucky reader win a Plant & Garden Value Bundle containing; Weed and Grass Killer, Garden Fungicide, Garden Insect Killer and Insect Repellent — all made with EcoSMART’s child, pet and environmentally friendly formula. From their website:…
Green Pest Control: Reality or Myth?
As much as I love summer, it definitely has its drawbacks, mostly in the form of humidity, weeds, and mosquitoes. There’s nothing I can do about the humidity, but I’d really really like to get rid of the other two. With a dog running around, I’m even more reluctant to turn to chemicals than I…
Indoor Air Quality
Every day we are faced with many types of pollutants. It can come from buses, autos, smoking, factories, detergents, pesticides and more. Although it seems as though the safest place to be at times is your home, you may not be entirely right. Many indoor pollutants can trigger a LOT of different health issues. Asthma,…
Green Birth
As a birth and postpartum doula, and a natural parenting company owner who is expecting a baby in the next few weeks, I can’t help but write a post that mentions the “greenness” of homebirth. I think that most of the time we focus on a lot of the other possible advantages to homebirth (such…
Protect Your Skin the Green Way
Much to my surprise, last week when I took my son to the park for a play-date I got a sunburn! I couldn’t believe that we are already in that season when I need to be thinking about protecting my skin from the sun. So, I thought that this week would be a good time…
Clean Green: Seventh Generation Giveaway
Now that Earth Day and the spring season have officially arrived, many Americans are in their eco-conscious cleaning modes, and while spring cleaning is necessary if not a little exciting (downsizing! de-cluttering! finding everything you once thought was lost forever!), the very products used to clean and protect your living space from germs could be…
Cloth for Mama-Are You Crazy?
Yes, you heard me, in addition to the last few weeks talking about using cloth for your kiddos, now I want to talk about cloth for you! Alright, before you freak out and think, “Now this woman has totally lost it!” Hear me out! Shouldn’t the same reasons we use for cloth diapering our little…
Dry Your Clothes Green
After a reading a few comments on my post called Saving Green by Going Green, I thought that the topic of clothes drying could use a little more attention. So, this week I am going to focus in on a few different issues about living green and drying our clothes that I believe everyone can…
