When reducing my carbon footprint and trying to save money at the same time, I like to look at all ways I can do both. One way is to reduce my energy use at home. This can be done in so many ways and it is easy to do as well as being more cost […]
Green Living
6 Smart Composting Tips for Small Space Living
There is something really nice about saving money and growing a small garden even if you live in an apartment and only have a limited amount of space to work with. If you start with composting your own leftover items and create a small, but useful soil, you can produce and grow something! Check […]
Eco-Friendly Laundry Tips
In an effort to make simple changes to going green, one way you can do this is by following greener tips for saving energy and time. I love the added bonus of saving money as well! Eco-Friendly Laundry Tips If you are really wanting to go green all the way with your laundry, […]
Why You Don’t Need to Give Up K-Cups When Going Green
Going green should not even be optional in 2019, given the condition of the planet, but it still is unfortunately. If you have chosen to take the right path though, it’s a great step towards a better future and one that requires courage and sacrifice initially. Now the question is, can K-Cups still be a […]
How to Naturally Repel Mosquitoes from Your Personal Space
Jess is sharing natural ways to repel mosquitoes from your yard and space. Going outside to enjoy what nature has to offer? Perhaps you have forgotten about those pesky bugs that like to follow you around and bite you. Nowadays, mosquitoes are not only annoying, but they also carry diseases and can be harmful. Check […]
7 Eco Friendly Ways to Get Fit
I try to incorporate being green into anything I can when practical. This goes for the rooms of my home, what I buy and habits I have developed. Since fitness is a huge part of my life, I decided that I needed to add some green to my fitness routine, too. While I tend to […]
5 Ways to Make Grocery Shopping More Eco-Friendly
Thank you to Boom Boom Prints for this discussion! Make sure you visit them on Facebook, twitter, Pinterest and Instagram! When starting to live a more Eco-friendly life, it really is about choices you make and how they effect the world around us. Living consciously doesn’t require any special skills, but rather thoughtful […]
12 Green Bloggers Tell you How to Go Green Right Now
On my blog, I talk a lot about living a sustainable and Eco-friendly lifestyle. I give tips on how to have a green home and even how to green your cleaning routine. If you are new to going green at home, it can seem like a daunting task as you may feel pressure to do […]
How to Make the Switch To Less Plastic
You have probably heard a lot about reducing our use of one time plastics recently. This is because of the incredibly great harm they cause this planet we call home. When I look at the destruction, I feel incredibly upset at how plastic is just choking out our planet. The good news is, many people […]
Make Your Own All Natural Lip Balm! {Tutorial}
I am a certified lip balm addict! I spend a lot of money on lip balms and I am constantly testing them out, here on my blog. In fact, my very first review was for a lip balm company! Of course I was excited when I found out I could make my own with simple […]
D.I.Y. Natural Hand Sanitizer
Hand Sanitizer is a staple of any mom’s gear. While most people use it a lot during the cold and flu season, it is still important to have on hand for the summer. I use it for outdoor picnics when there is no facilities nearby to wash hands before eating or on camping trips and […]
Honey Green Tea Facial
I made some green tea body butter and I had a lot of leftover matcha powder so I decided I wanted to try to make something else with it. I had heard of the skin benefits of green tea (which is what matcha powder is, in powder form) and thought a facial might be something […]
Mint & Green Tea Whipped Body Butter
This recipe is a long time coming. I have wanted to come up with my own body butter pretty much since I started going more natural a couple years ago. I experimented with several that I found online and I always found them too greasy, too hard, too complicated and just not the right ingredients. […]
How to Cut Your Use of Plastic
It’s no secret that plastic is not good for our environment. Unless you have been living under a rock, you probably know that it uses lots of resources and puts toxic waste into our environment as well as plastic pretty much never breaking down. While it is almost impossible to avoid plastic entirely in […]
I tried “Family Cloth” for a Month- Here’s How it Went
If you spend any amount of time on the internet like I do, you have maybe come across the idea of Family Cloth. If you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about- let me break it down for you. Essentially, family cloth is reusable toilet ‘paper’. It’s what a lot of people would […]
How to Save Money on Organic Coffee
I will admit it- I’m not a big coffee fan, however, my husband would hook himself up to an IV of it if he could, and he doesn’t just want any coffee, but organic or fair trade coffee that doesn’t “hurt the orangutans”. I’ll get into that last part in a minute because I think […]