Green Products

By Sarojni Mehta-Lissak

Throughout the year, it’s not uncommon to have visitors for overnight stays; whether for holidays, celebrations or just to catch up on lost time. You may have relatives arriving from the Midwest or a close friend driving in from out of town to join you for a weekend. So where do you put your guests to make them feel at home, welcomed and ready for a good night’s sleep? (more…)

By Debra Lynn Dadd

Let’s face it. We’re all going to eat chocolate for Valentine’s Day. But there’s no need to feel guilty! Chocolate is actually good for you…it’s all the things added to it that are the problem. Here’s how you can choose delicious healthy chocolates for your Valentine. (more…)

By Tara Bzdok

Eco-Friendly Gifts for Significant Others

• Flowers sold in traditional flower shops are covered in pesticides and are grown in South America where workers are not paid a decent wage and are exposed to toxic levels of pesticides, so this year try an organic bouquet (more…)

Review by C. Delia Scarpitti

During this darkest time of year, burning candles can be a practice of bringing light into our homes and our lives. With recent EPA studies showing how harsh chemically laden candles can significantly deteriorate air quality in our personal spaces, we, as consumers, need to be more judicious than ever before in opting to use non-toxic clean-burning candles. (more…)

Review by C. Delia Scarpitti

The popularity of knitting as a pastime continues to grow, especially during these long winter months. But, many current chemical processes used during the production of yarn and its cultivation leave knitters facing an ecological-dilemma even far more pressing than the color-selections at the local fabric supply store. (more…)

By Sarojni Mehta-Lissak

The gifts are spread out before you and they need to be wrapped ASAP. But what will it be? The drugstore variety wrapping paper, or rolls and sheets that unfold with an eco-friendly purrrr because they’re made from sustainable resources? (more…)

By Katharina Bishop

“All-natural” beauty product lines are big business these days, but many so-called “natural” products are filled with chemicals, dyes, petroleum products and other undesirable ingredients. (more…)