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On the left is my spray bottle with a squirt of Castile soap (just to the right of the bottle) and water. I use this everywhere for dusting, but in the kitchen I use it on the countertops. I’ve been known to wash my kids’ hands with it in a pinch – it’s soap! It…

People who know me know how excited I get when Environmental Working Group comes out with their guide to safer sunscreen every year. I also rely on them for their dirty dozen/clean 15 lists of produce, and I use their cosmetics database to check the safety of personal care and cleaning products. I’m so excited…

There’s a lot going on in this pic, but I think it all fits under the same umbrella.  Starting from the bottom and foreground, we have the sandwich wrappers and snack bags. The sandwich wraps are so great because, as you can can see, they open up and make a placemat. They wipe clean pretty…

The content highlights the impact of bottled water and the importance of using reusable water bottles and travel mugs. It emphasizes the environmental and health benefits of opting for tap water and reusable containers, encouraging conscious choices to reduce waste and promote sustainability.

Containers, of course! Tupperware has been around since the beginning of time, it seems, and it is very convenient. Especially for those of us with kids, who wants to risk broken glass? But, I’m here to tell you I’ve been using glass containers for several years, and the only person who has broken any of…

Everyone knows about reusable shopping bags – if you don’t have several bags full of bags somewhere in your home, garage, or car, I don’t know who you are. So, why are so many people not using them? My guess is the people I see walking out of the grocery store with plastic bags probably…