Sleep is something I have been thinking much about, mostly because I’m not getting any thanks to my sweet 6-week-old little girl. But it also got me thinking about what we sleep on. Most mattresses are made of metal springs (usually steel); cushion in the forms of polyurethane foam, puffed-up polyester, cotton batting or maybe wool; and ticking and/or quilting [...]
In this series, “Back to Basics”, I am covering the essentials of “going green” by focusing on the basic principles of green living. First in the series was Reduce, the second was Reuse, and today we will cover Recycle. The purpose of recycling is similar to reusing, except that recycling is usually done to create new products of old ones [...]
In this series, “Back to Basics”, I am covering the essentials of “going green” by focusing on the basic principles of green living. First in the series was Reduce and today we will cover Reuse, or as I like to call it, repurposing! The very point of reusing items to take a once useful item and use it again to [...]
As I was planning this post I came across an article about Starbucks’ recent national break to re-educate their baristas with the intricacies of espresso and cappaccino making (Google “Starbucks 3 hour break to find various articles on the subject). As I read over that particular article it kept occurring to me how often people confuse their message and purpose [...]
A few weeks ago I did a post on ditching both paper and plastic bags to go reusable to which Matty, from Green Eggs & Planet, left this comment: Excellent post — I too am trying as hard as possible to get into the comprehensive habit of ALWAYS having a bag with me. Maybe a post about how to establish [...]
Today we will be focusing on the fun chore we all deal with. LAUNDRY. Laundry, to be honest, is a chore I can just never keep up with. It seems that as soon as the weekly wash is done, there is already another pile that needs washing. But does that have to do with being nice to the environment? PLENTY. [...]
For this post, I will be forgoing the typical recommendations for the stages of the environmentally-conscious out there because I just want to share a great find with you. I have no idea what brought me to ReusableBags.com but I LOVE LOVE LOVE them! For example, I hate that I haven’t had many options to get rid of those horrible [...]
I read a fascinating article that stated: “In a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an 800-cubic foot room (10 feet by 10 feet by 8 feet) contained pollution levels of approximately 1,808 micrograms of formaldehyde, 112 micrograms of xylene, and 67 micrograms of benzene. A single Boston fern can remove 1,800 micrograms of formaldehyde from the air [...]
