Make a Soap Saver: neat, clean bar soap with no waste!
Photographs by Nicholas Efran This is a handy tip I learned as a Girl Scout that I still use in my home today. It’s a great project for Girl Scouts (or any group of kids) as a follow-up to soap...
View ArticleGo Green in 2017: How to Clean
Photographs by Nicholas Efran. It’s time for New Year’s resolutions! There are many ways you could change your habits to reduce your environmental impact. One change you could make is replacing...
View ArticleAdvanced Task Juggling with Gamification
This is a guest post by Ben Stallings (Becca’s brother), a Web developer and permaculture designer in Emporia, Kansas. “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun, and...
View ArticleHand Soap of the Zygons [method ocean plastic soap review]
Earthlings have been discarding too much plastic too irresponsibly for the past five decades, and a lot of it has ended up in our oceans. Plastic never goes away. It just swirls around, breaking into...
View ArticleTop 17 Articles of 2017
This isn’t really a blog. It’s a constantly expanding reference book. Most years, the most popular articles are more than a year old--they've had more time for other sites to link to them. I've made...
View ArticleWould decluttering save you from buying a new appliance?
Life here on Earth presents an astonishing array of abundance. There's so much stuff that we can gather to fulfill not only our basic needs but also our more frivolous desires and, perhaps, our need...
View ArticleHow to get slug slime out of car upholstery
Let it dry and scrape it off with a used-up gift-card. Simple! Much simpler than I feared.
View ArticleHow to Get Preschoolers to Help with Housework
There are various methods for teaching a child how to do household tasks and motivating her to be involved in the daily work of maintaining the family home. One that's worked well for me is this: Show...
View ArticleGreat green goods from Grove Collaborative!
Grove Collaborative continues to expand its range of environmentally friendly cleaning products, including some items now available at Target stores. After 20+ years' experience going greener, here are...
View ArticlePlastic-Free Product Reviews
Peach deodorant. Tom's of Maine deodorant. Blueland foaming hand soap. Blueland dishwasher detergent. Blueland dishwashing powder. Seventh Generation toilet bowl cleaner.
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