That time of year is quickly approaching, some people dread it, and some people live for it, but we all call it the same thing, spring cleaning. This year, after organizing all of your closets and de-cluttering the rest of your home, but before you head to the store to purchase all of your cleaning supplies, consider trying eco-friendly cleaning solutions that you can make right there in your organized home. Eco-Friendly cleaning products provide an excellent alternative to buying...

That time of year is quickly approaching, some people dread it, and some people live for it, but we all call it the same thing, spring cleaning. This year, after organizing all of your closets and de-cluttering the rest of your home, but before you head to the store to purchase all of your cleaning supplies, consider trying eco-friendly cleaning solutions that you can make right there in your organized home. Eco-Friendly cleaning products provide an excellent alternative to buying...

It is easy to see our culture as one that always focuses on “bigger and better.” We have natural tendencies to compare with others, exhausting our precious time and energy, ultimately resulting in envy, misplaced hope, and constant dreaming. This creates an opening through which advertisers and marketers prey on us weak consumers who think we need more stuff in order to be happy and impress others. Ultimately, there will always be another “want,” but this doesn’t get us more. It...

When you first read the facts about the amount of trash Americans can produce in just one day, you will not only be astonished, but might be hesitant to believe the facts. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that Americans generate trash at a rate of over four pounds per day, per person. This equates to 600,000 tons of trash per day and 251 million tons per year. But you don’t have to take their word for it. You can test it yourself. Most Americans often just throw things in...

It seems the whole world is on a giant “green” kick. We see it on NBC’s Green Week, and billboards encouraging us to recycle are found on freeways around the country. There is still a small minority of people who feel this is just a fad, and only hippies care about the environment. The truth is, caring for our planet IS important, but it isn’t always easy to be ‘green,’ and we don’t always understand the harm in our old habits. Reduce, reuse, and recycle are like puzzle pieces;...