Trying to avoid harsh chemicals in your cleaning products? Replace the rinse agent (ie “JetDry”) in your dishwasher with vinegar. Vinegar will leave your dishes shiny and spotless with no…
Category: Sustainable Living
Party Balloons and Sustainability: What’s the Eco-Parent to Do?
Turns out balloons may not be as much of a no-no as I feared. When I wrote about Flintstone’s Second Birthday and Sustainable Party Tips, I admitted that my major…
Sustainable Second Birthday
As with any other event we have, we wanted to keep Flintstone’s Second Birthday party as sustainable as possible. And, as with everything else in our lives, this goal had…
Henna Hair Color: Beauty Needn’t Burn
Just how much are we willing to suffer for beauty? I see no reason to bear the risks of harsh, toxic chemicals when there are such effective natural alternatives. When it…
Mom Enough: The Breastfeeding Working Mom
It’s a balmy, buggy night in South Carolina, though there is a very pleasant breeze softly shifting the palmettos. The streetlights have been on for a couple hours already,…
Green Birth Control or Birth Control Hypocrite?
o Oddly enough, though, even though I have fewer followers now, I’ve been getting a lot more private messages and emails about the blog and our lifestyle. I’ve even picked up…
What is Ethical Eating?
I’ve mentioned Ethical Eating a number of times on this blog, and I wrote about it a good bit over at Cheap Wine and Cookies. The Ethical Eating…
Reduce, Recycle, Regrow
If you’re on Pinterest*, I’m sure you’ve seen the latest wave of pins on regrowing celery. The first time I saw one of these pins, I was completely ashamed…
Dear Shampoo, You’re Fired
Natural, organic, crunchy, ethical living can be sort of a slippery slope. When I was in Law School, I cut out bleached carbs, high fructose corn syrup, and hydrogenated…