Old Clothes Cluttering Your Closet? Swap-O-Rama-Rama!
I’ll bet you have clothes in your closet that you haven’t worn for years. And how about shoes? How many of those are cluttering your shoe rack or heaped on the floor? The vast majority of people...
View ArticleWembe Soaps – The “Wild Spirit of the Rainforest”
Get "the wild spirit of the rainforest," says Wembé about their handmade soaps. Each soap is crafted using plants native to Paraguay. The company sells 15 varieties of the Wembé soaps, ranging in price...
View ArticleFauna Extreme Tees – for Inspiration and Style
If you've worn bamboo fabric, you know that it is incredibly soft and comfy. The tees from Fauna Extreme are no exception. I was in love with the organic fabric the minute I touched it. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleChristopher Drummond Eye Shadow Rocks!
When you want a burst of color on your eyes, you normally have to wear heavy, cakey, powdery eye shadow. Not anymore. I reviewed Christopher Drummond Beauty’s eye shadow in petal-pink and sky-blue, and...
View ArticleMy Deodorant Is a Stainless Steel Bar
When the public relations rep for De Odor Works contacted me to try their new deodorant bar made of stainless steel, I was skeptical, but willing. After all, I've seen concerns in the media about the...
View ArticleParsley Plus All Surface Cleaner Does It Right
When Earth Friendly Products makes the claim that they're eco-friendly, they have the credentials to prove it. This family-owned business makes and sells super-effective cleaning products, including...
View ArticleRadius Scores with Source Toothbrush and Natural Floss
How many times a day do you brush your teeth? If you follow the advice of WebMD, you'll brush twice a day – morning and night. (You'll also floss once a day.) So, in a given year, you're brushing at...
View ArticleWicked Fresh! Toothpaste Saves Your Breath (& Your Friends)
Go on, admit it. You've had bad breath — and on more than one occasion. If you were lucky, you figured it out yourself and quickly brushed or rinsed or even chewed some gum. Or maybe a family member...
View ArticleBiokleen Soy Toilet Scrub – Green Cleaning for Your Bathroom
What do you use to clean your toilet? You want it to be clean and look clean. But, since you're concerned about the environment, you surely don't want to use a toxic product that is bad for wildlife or...
View ArticleScented Cleaning Products May Harm Your Health
Cleaning products that are artificially scented with smells like lilac, lemon, pine, and tropical rainforest may be popular with consumers, but the fragrances themselves shouldn’t be. Each fragrance is...
View ArticleECOS Free and Clear Laundry Detergent
Used to be, we had very few choices in laundry detergent. And all of them had fragrances that were so strong people could smell us coming. Now, with Free and Clear detergents as an option, we no longer...
View ArticleTake Action Today to Support the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010
In our house over the past two years or so, we’ve been carefully examining every personal care product we buy. If you’re a long-time reader of Blue Planet Green Living (BPGL), you already know that we...
View ArticleThe Green Garmento – An Eco-Friendly Dry Cleaning Tote
“Using The Green Garmento for your dry cleaning is similar to the reusable totes movement, which started as something grocery stores were offering and has changed the way people do their grocery...
View ArticleNaturally Fresh Deodorants – Odor Protection without Health Risks
When you work at a busy Mexican restaurant with a broken air conditioning system in the middle of summer, you worry about sweat and body odor. So I was really nervous when I tested Naturally Fresh...
View ArticleThe Complete Idiot’s Guide to Making Natural Soaps
Soap: Laundry soap, dish soap, hand soap, body soap, shampoo. Until I thought about it, I never realized how much soap I bought and used on a regular basis. What if I started making all these different...
View ArticleMy 5: Louis Hayner, CSO, Alteva
Louis Hayner, Chief Sales Officer for Alteva, responded to our favorite question for the folks we interview. Alteva provides hosted unified communications to businesses. Following is Hayner’s response....
View ArticleSustainable Fabrics: Eco-Friendly Clothing
If you're interested in finding ways to reduce your carbon footprint with small, daily changes to your lifestyle, there are a lot of options to cut waste and reduce pollution on a personal level. You...
View ArticleThe Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Mystery: What’s With All the Labels?
Like a lot of people, the thought of applying cosmetics that were once slathered into rabbits' eyes or forced down rats' throats makes me want to make a mad dash for the makeup remover. But navigating...
View ArticleOverdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion—A Guide to Staying...
Before last month, the last time I read an entire book was December 1999, after I got the third Harry Potter book for Christmas. However, I completely absorbed myself in “Overdressed: The Shockingly...
View ArticleOvercome Obsolescence by Buying Sustainably
I’ve been writing about sustainability and green lifestyle for a while now. But the recent demise of my kettle, after only three years of use, got me thinking about sustainable consuming in a way that...
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