You don’t have to spend $20 on a Valentine’s decoration! Here is a great DIY that you can complete with things from your home or for just a couple bucks if you need to get a couple more decks of cards! Decorating for the holidays is always a lot of fun but spending money on […]

“Have you ever heard about ecovillage? Happy people, happy faces, peaceful life? Or maybe a gang of savages using raw food only? Or people who reject all benefits of the scientific progress? You might get surprised but the idea of ecovillage includes none from above…except the happiness.” “An ecovillage is a traditional or intentional community […]

When Cortney Gusick’s father died eight years ago, she searched for a casket to match his environmentally-conscious lifestyle but was turned off by the metal and plastic models she saw. “For our family it didn’t make sense in the end to then, in my dad’s name as his eco-legacy, bury these materials in the ground,” […]

Making Christmas easier on the environment shouldn’t mean missing out. Follow our simple guide to your greenest Christmas yet. In the rush to stock up on last-minute Christmas essentials, spare a thought for the eco-friendliness of the contents of your trolley. With a few simple swaps, a little forward planning and some essential recycling know-how […]

It all started when I turned on the eco-documentary The Clean Bin Project back in June 2013. Up until that point, I wasn’t particularly environmentally aware, but that movie was a huge wake-up call for me. As I watched the devastating effects plastic had on everything around us—our environment, our food, our water, and even […]

Halloween is almost here, and that means a thrilling holiday filled with great food and wild celebration, too much candy and impressive Jack-O-Lanterns. In most of suburban North America, cries of “Trick or Treat” will soon echo around the neighborhood. Excited young voices giggle behind dazzling costumes and spooky masks. “Trick or treating” is a […]

Branch: A Family of Farms have launched new eco-friendly corn trays. These new compostable trays are available to customers for the company’s year-round corn program. The company wanted to make an effort to be more sustainable in all of its farm practices, and it therefore explored various eco-friendly packaging options. According to Branch, the new […]

So you’ve already installed eco-friendly lightbulbs, added a filtering pitcher to your refrigerator in place of bottled water and picked out an energy-efficient heat system. Now it’s time to add the finishing green touches to your environmentally conscious home with sustainable decorating techniques. Good news: It’s easier than you may think to make choices that […]

When it comes to cleaning up around the house, few tools are as convenient as the trusty paper towel roll. But, like most things we use once and then throw away, these aren’t the most eco-friendly. Made from wood fibers that are broken down and dyed with bleach, paper towels require a lot of water […]

With the passage of time, researchers have been able to identify aspects of our everyday life and items of regular use that contribute to the degradation of our planet. The 3Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle – are more than a string of three words and time has come that we go further than just […]