Many hair products on the market, such as shampoos, conditioners, and styling products, contain unhealthy and environmentally damaging chemicals. Some common ingredients, including Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, can cause health issues like skin irritation as well as immune and organ tissue damage. Others, like unlabeled 1,4-Dioxane, are suspected to cause cancer.
Buying certified organic shampoos and hair care products is one way to bypass most of these toxins; however, it comes with a high price tag, with many organic shampoos over $20 a bottle. Even more, you'll still have to deal with the plastic packaging and how to get rid of it.
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Plants in Pots – Pretty and Pleasing
by Angela Yorke May 30th, 2011 | Easy Ideas, Gardening, Recycle, Reuse
Most people dream of a cool, lush garden that is a joy to behold. The reality tends to be something quite different altogether. In-ground gardening can be challenging, because you work with the terrain that comes with your home. The soil can be rocky and non-conducive to the flowering plants you dream of, or nonexistent if you live in an apartment.
Container gardens are the perfect solution to such situations. The easy task of establishing one gives you the opportunity to reuse drink containers if you don’t want to buy pots right away. Soda bottles or those large milk/juice jugs
Container gardens are the perfect solution to such situations. The easy task of establishing one gives you the opportunity to reuse drink containers if you don’t want to buy pots right away. Soda bottles or those large milk/juice jugs
Picking and Saving Summer Strawberries
by Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti May 25th, 2011 | Easy Ideas
In many parts of the country, late May and early June are strawberry season, a welcome first burst of sweetness and home-grown nutrition after a winter of waiting. If you aren’t lucky enough to have your own strawberry patch, a visit to a “u-pick” strawberry farm is a great family outing that can save you a lot of money on local fruit. For the most successful visit, consider the following tips:
1. Call ahead to be sure that the strawberries are ready to be picked. Variations in weather and
1. Call ahead to be sure that the strawberries are ready to be picked. Variations in weather and
Cleaning – Avoid Staining Your Conscience
by Angela Yorke May 16th, 2011 | Easy Ideas, Household Hints, Reduce
It’s impossible to avoid getting stains on clothing, furniture, or walls unless you wrap everything in cling wrap. Efforts to preserve the environment don’t have to take a back seat when you clean the home though; there are stain removers that are both effective and environmentally friendly.
A discussion of “green” stain removers would be incomplete without mentioning baking soda. Used together with water and a bit of elbow grease (ahem), this is considered by many to be the only stain remover anyone could ever need, and it boasts the value-added feature of having a deodorizing action.
It can be made
A discussion of “green” stain removers would be incomplete without mentioning baking soda. Used together with water and a bit of elbow grease (ahem), this is considered by many to be the only stain remover anyone could ever need, and it boasts the value-added feature of having a deodorizing action.
It can be made
The Lazy Environmentalist Papers Things Over
by Angela Yorke May 11th, 2011 | Easy Ideas, Environment, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Sustainability
As with plastic, many people would be at a loss for what to do if paper suddenly vanished from their lives. Aside from reading the news online or watching it on TV, a bit more effort can be made to preserve the resources used to make paper.
Reduce Reducing the amount of paper waste a household generates usually entails a drastic change in shopping habits, but how many things are wrapped in paper these days anyway? Have you thought of the sleeve that comes with your morning cuppa? It’s made of textured paperboard, and is disposed of without a second
Reduce Reducing the amount of paper waste a household generates usually entails a drastic change in shopping habits, but how many things are wrapped in paper these days anyway? Have you thought of the sleeve that comes with your morning cuppa? It’s made of textured paperboard, and is disposed of without a second
