In honor of Earth Day, we’re focusing on America’s overuse of disposable bottled water in the name of convenience and supposed better health. As Food and Water Watch points out, bottled water is not safer than tap water. It creates mountains of garbage and causes other major … [Read more...]
Did I ever mention that I work from my home office full time, homeschool my teenagers and help my husband with his business marketing? Oh yes I do. And I love every minute of it. But it definitely takes some planning to keep everything on track, so I've been making healthy freezer meals to … [Read more...]
Why Filter Your Tap Water? The Environmental Working Group tested tap water in 45 states a couple of years ago and found 202 chemical contaminants that are not subject to any government regulation or safety standards for drinking water. Chemicals like herbicides, pesticides, … [Read more...]
Brominated flame retardants with your coffee, ma'am? One lump or two? Who'd have guessed that so many coffeemakers come pre-loaded with hazardous chemicals before you ever even make it to the pesticides in the coffee itself? The flame retardant chemicals most commonly used in coffee and tea … [Read more...]
For our last Christmas gift guide of 2012, we're focusing on interactive toys and projects for older kids with the goal of fun, eco-minded education. Our tweens are always excited to get a cool new activity kit, and each of them has a different specialty to work with. The homeschooled kids in our … [Read more...]
Welcome to our 2nd Christmas shopping guide of 2012! This time around, we focused on safe gifts for the preschoolers in your life. These toys require a little more coordination to use, and they're perfectly interactive. Growing brains is our top priority here, and we've done it safely without BPA, … [Read more...]
Until recently, artificial Christmas trees were cut from compressed polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheets. Now there's a newer technology that allows manufacturers to create branch tips that are made from injection-molded polyethylene (PE) plastic using copies of live tree needles. It creates a … [Read more...]
