Find out the green household products we use in our home.
The green household products we use in our home
Posted on February 14, 2020 Written by Leave a Comment
Greening my music – it’s about time!
Posted on February 6, 2020 Written by Leave a Comment
Find out how you can help save the planet by buying MP3s instead of CDs.
Listening to Vernal Pools
Posted on April 2, 2019 Written by Leave a Comment
Can you identify the sounds around this vernal pool?
Green Household Products Delivered – ePantry now Grove Collaborative
Posted on May 27, 2015 Written by 1 Comment
Updated: ePantry is now Grove Collaborative Here are the reasons we love Grove Collaborative: ✦ 100% carbon neutral shipments ✦ Sustainable materials ✦ Reduce plastic waste ✦ Cruelty-free products ✦ Ingredient transparency We get our regular Grove shipments with laundry detergent, recycled toilet paper without plastic packaging, tissues and dish soap. We have switched to some of […]
Turn down your water heater to save energy
Posted on February 4, 2015 Written by 4 Comments
Many water homes have their water heaters turned up too high. Many health codes used to call for hotter temperatures for home water, to ensure that dishes and clothes got clean enough. However, science has taught us that in most cases, it is the act of rubbing the items, the agitation, that causes things to […]
Is Your Body Wash Killing Fish?
Posted on January 19, 2015 Written by 1 Comment
Is your shampoo, body wash, or toothpaste killing fish? Not with some crazy new chemical, but something very simple: tiny microbeads of plastic. At some point the companies that make personal care products realized that they could put tiny microbeads of plastic in products like shampoo and body wash to exfoliate or lift dirt away. Previously […]
Taking Time To Appreciate Nature
Posted on December 7, 2014 Written by 1 Comment
Take a break today. We live busy lives today. You deserve to stop and take some time to appreciate the nature around you. My children started a new school this year and I drive the carpool most mornings. On our drive in the morning we pass the woods every day. On my way to work after […]
Boycott Thanksgiving
Posted on November 25, 2014 Written by 1 Comment
I asked the cashier at my local grocery store if they were open on Thanksgiving, and she said “No, thank goodness. I don’t understand why people have to shop on Thanksgiving.” However, the bagger had a different opinion. She said “Well, the men watch football and the women go shopping. That’s just natural.” What do […]
Getting Started Hiking
Posted on October 5, 2014 Written by 5 Comments
I’ve loved to hike since shortly after I started going to a summer camp at which you hike one or two mountains each summer and then after summer camp, my mother began dragging me up Mt Washington every year. I eventually became known as an expert hiker at camp, and I think it is perhaps the only […]
How Many Times Should You Use Your Disposable Razor?
Posted on August 15, 2014 Written by 14 Comments
There are a lot of things that we have been taught should be disposable, like silverware and diapers. I agree, sometimes it is wonderfully convenient and helpful to have disposable items. We took plastic forks and spoons to the beach with us this week so that we didn’t accidentally loose any of the real silverware […]
