Many people choose to use cloth diapers because of environmental reasons or because they feel it’s more comfortable for the child. Some people use cloth to be more natural or to keep chemicals away from their baby’s skin. And still others make this choice of the cost factor. With our first child I chose cloth [...]
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Email This PostThough of course the Olympics games are a celebration of sportsmanship, human achievement and international community, they also represent an opportunity to show off the organisational skills and vision of the host nation. London’s Olympic committee have recently revealed their plans to make London 2012 the first sustainable games, which they hope will set new [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostAs Christmas approaches once again, increasingly more and more of us are realizing the situation we and our planet face due to the effects of climate change. Whilst Christmas is a time for giving, eco-friendly, green gifts are becoming more popular for many people. Indeed, it is becoming clear that we simply cannot continue buying [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostIf you’re interested in making a small step toward a more eco-friendly Christmas, try making a cranberry garland. It’s a natural decoration that can be used to embellish the tree or mantle, and once the holidays are over it can hang outside for the birds to enjoy. An eco-friendly garland is easy to make. You [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostFive Organic Finds The organic-food category is growing fast, and now the same concept has taken hold in the beauty industry; we love these organic* products for skin, hair and body. The Healing Garden Organics Wild Honey body-care line ($6-$9 each; at drugstores) includes a scrub, body wash, soap and moisturizing mist–all formulated with organic [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostNatural, organic products launch into baby care space When it comes to baby care, it is no secret that moms are drawn to products that they feel are safe and gentle enough for their little ones. This has given way to new niche brands that largely compete in the natural, organic and hypoallergenic product space, [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostGreen living is no longer a vague term known only by environmentalists. One of the ways we know that an important social trend has hit the big time is when major consumer providers adopt the term. Just about every major influencer in our society from Walmart to national broadcasting networks, are using the term to [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostIs It Just Another Marketing Tool? Many of you may have noticed the plethora of organic foods in the supermarkets these days. From the produce department to the frozen food section, it seems like everything is an organic food. This is not surprising since consumers are buying more and more organic foods. The trend started [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostOne cleaning task that has become common for all of us is cleaning our laptop, netbook, and tablet screens. By far, the best way to do this is to use a microfiber cloth. These can be found cheaply, and do an excellent job. Here’s how they work…. Microfiber cloths do an excellent job of picking [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostWash tinted windows without turning them purple. Choose a safe & effective method to keep your windows clean without risk of damage. For vehicles or houses.
Print this Page | Email This PostThese days, modern educational facilities are faced with concerns that past generations rarely had to face when going to school-threatening environments, safety fears, and narcotics, but some of us forget about another threat-a silent fear-more common in educational facilities now a days. That is, the wellbeing of an educational building as well as the wellbeing [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostBecoming greener often feels like an impossible task – there is so much to think about and so many ways in which you could change your lifestyle. Taking small steps, making one little change at a time, is the best way of dealing with this feeling, and gives you that warm glow of doing good [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostIt is a word many if not all of us have heard in reference to gardening, but probably few of us know what it is, how it is made, and what services it can provide. Have you ever been to a friend’s house and seen that smelly disgusting hole at the far corner of the [...]
Print this Page | Email This Post“Among the most exciting applications of herbal medicine lie in treating abnormalities of the immune system. Clinical studies have shown that various herbal products are effective in treating allergies, asthma, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. Herbal medicine also has a unique potential usefulness in balancing the immune system in cases of chronic infection, preventing the immune [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostOrganic Gardening Organic gardening involves the utilization of materials derived from living things like compost and manure. The fertilizers contain only naturally occurring animal or plant materials with hardly any man-made chemicals or pesticides ever being used. The fundamentals of organic gardening begin with the soil used for the process. The importance of organic gardening [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostThere are many essential physical and psychological factors that will assist in the process of staying or becoming healthy. The most important of these have been listed in this article. It may for many people seem to be a very challenging list. If you are one of these people then I suggest that you make [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostMy wife recently cleaned our oven. Not the inside but the top. You know, around the elements where it is just burnt on. We recently have changed to natural cleaning. So when it came time for the oven, my wife used non-toxic general purpose cleaner. While this is highly concentrated, the stains were also quite [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostA mist fountain is possibly the best way to purify the air in your home or office. These decorative accents are great to look at, but they also have many health benefits as well. Put one in your home to naturally remove the air of pollutants, using the negative ions generated. Add just a few [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostThe new Parisian shop Lavinia, which bills itself as Europe’s largest wine and spirits shop, devotes a generous section to French organic wines. But they cannot be found among the hundreds of bottles laid out appealingly in stylish wood and glass racks. The enviable selection is tucked away at the back of the shop, in [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostThe EPA released its list of the Top 25 Green Power Partners for 2005, and the list includes some surprising entries. Here is the list, with Power Partners appearing in order of purchase size:You may have noticed a large increase in the number of television commercials for vehicles that are able to run on E85 [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostSustainable homes utilize responsible, eco friendly practices to produce less waste and conserve more energy, a goal that everyone should aspire to. Even if you live in one of the many sustainable housing communities that are being built across the country, there are still areas of your home that can undoubtedly use a green makeover. [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostIncreasingly we find ourselves beset by problems that seem beyond our control; global warming, GM Foods, animal testing, the spread of factory farming, the arms trade and human rights abuses, to list but a few. Shoppers are often left feeling helpless, the typical response being theres nothing I can do.But you can by shopping in [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostForget playing up the environment, data increasingly shows that it’s better to stress a product’s health benefits for humans. When the dairy cows at Horizon Organic’s farms get sick, they are treated with aspirin and massages. The cows’ feed is grown in soil that is carefully cultivated to stay rich and healthy through crop rotation, [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostWhen consumers think of natural food, their focus may extend beyond organic origin and preparation. Although organic foods continue to be a strong and growing market, the natural food category now contains products that incorporate ethical and sustainability factors, such as equitable trade practices, genetic modification and humane treatment of animals. Baby Boomers, the largest [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostSimply Good Tips is meant to compliment our main site, www.simplygoodstuff.com. We designed this blog to provide our customers with cleaning and decorating tips to make these tasks faster and easier. At simplygoodstuff.com we specialize in non-toxic and all natural cleaning products for the home and office. Clean without chemicals. We carry some of the [...]
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