• Luxurious Eco-Friendly Escapes

    Luxurious Eco-Friendly Escapes

    Traveling, while thrilling, invigorating and inspiring, often has a negative impact on the environment. From the amount of energy used to transport you to your exotic destination to the imported delicacies youโ€™ll be dining on, your carbon footprint grows substantially once you pull out your passport.ย  Although this news sounds discouraging, donโ€™t let it derail…

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  • Green Clean Your Ride

    Green Clean Your Ride

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    Which is better, washing your car at home or taking it to a car wash? Many sources suggest carwashes are the most eco-friendly way to clean your ride because they capitalize on reusing and re-routing water and other sustainable practices. However, many people may not have that option and must wash their car at home.…

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  • Plants That Improve Indoor Air Quality

    Plants That Improve Indoor Air Quality

    Fall and its cool temperatures are upon us.ย  And in a few weeks, instead of keeping our windows open to let the crisp breeze in, weโ€™ll be shutting them to try and keep the cold air out!ย  But by keeping those windows shut, fresh, clean air cannot make its way inside. And when fresh air…

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  • Fallโ€™s Bountiful Recipes

    Fallโ€™s Bountiful Recipes

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    If youโ€™ve been cooking the same meals over and over again, fall harvests are a great time to spice up your recipe repertoire. There are dozens of fruits and vegetables that reach their peak this time of year, and here we highlight a few of our favorite recipes. You can also feel good knowing that…

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  • Eco-Friendly Garden Pest Control

    Eco-Friendly Garden Pest Control

    You spent all summer tending your garden.ย  Now that fall is upon us, the last thing you want is an invasion of hungry insects ruining your hard work. The second to last thing you want is to keep all those pests at bay using harmful chemicals that cause environmental damageโ€”not to mention the potential dangers…

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  • Hut Hut! Your Guide to a Green Tailgate

    Hut Hut! Your Guide to a Green Tailgate

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    Itโ€™s the most wonderful time of the year!ย  No, itโ€™s not Christmas timeโ€”itโ€™s football season! Time to don your favorite teamโ€™s jersey, dust off your pom poms and pack up those yummy tailgating treats for a pre-gridiron gathering! And just like your team thatโ€™s working harder to get to the playoffs (place your bets now!),…

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  • Our Five Favorite Tips for a Great, Green Labor Day

    Our Five Favorite Tips for a Great, Green Labor Day

    Whether you spell it with a โ€˜uโ€™ or not, Labour/Labor Day in Canada and the U.S. is celebrated in much the same way – with family and friends marking the end of summer with outdoor festivities. All summer long, weโ€™ve been dishing out tips on this blog for keeping different aspects of your summer life…

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  • Book Your Stay at These Green Hotels in the U.S.

    Book Your Stay at These Green Hotels in the U.S.

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    One of the best parts about luxurious hotels is their breathtaking views. Whether you’re enjoying scenes of the beach, mountains or lakes, it’s nice to take a step back and admire nature. Since we appreciate the beautiful landscapes while we’re on vacation, it is also important to protect them. These hotels make an effort to…

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  • BPA – Free Back to School

    BPA – Free Back to School

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    For the past few years, youโ€™ve probably noticed the words โ€œBPA-Freeโ€ stamped onto your refillable water bottles, sandwich containers, perhaps even your kidsโ€™ backpacks. But whatโ€™s so bad about BPA and why should you be concerned that youโ€™re free of it? BPA, more formally known as Bisphenol A, is a chemical found in the plastics…

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  • All Natural? Organic? Fair Trade? A Primer on Eco-Sounding Words and Terms

    All Natural? Organic? Fair Trade? A Primer on Eco-Sounding Words and Terms

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    โ€œOrganic,โ€ โ€œfair trade,โ€ and โ€œall-natural,โ€ are just a few of the latest buzz words swarming around everything youโ€™re eating, drinking, wearing and breathing. But what do these terms really mean? With โ€œall-naturalโ€ cigarettes and โ€œorganicโ€ cheeseburgers on the market, does that mean you can smoke and eat fatty foods without any adverse health effects? Of…

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