Tag: Simple Green | Apartment Therapy

How To: Keep Your Laundry Healthy

We mentioned some habits to start in the new year that would help keep the bedroom a serene, restful place. A big part of that is creating routines for keeping it clean. But how clean is your laundr...

Affordable Resources For Organic Bedding

We've already made the switch to nontoxic cleansers and laundry soap to keep our home free from weird chemicals and things that are harmful to our sensitive skin and environment. Now we're looking at...

6 Alternatives To Wrapping Paper
That You Can Find Around The House

We love beautiful wrapping paper as much as the next guy, but this year we're not keen on spending more on it. So we're looking around the house and finding ways to reuse what we've got (hey it's che...

Simple Green: J.R. Watkins For the Home

Cruising Target this weekend we almost came out empty handed (after all we're trying to live with less and be conscious of what we bring into our home) but at the last minute we remembered that we wan...

Green: Cool your home in summer
Melbourne

To build on from Bethz’s easy sustainable living tips, we have a post for all the southern hemisphere readers. With summer nearly here, its time to think about how you are going to keep cool at hom...

5 Eco-Friendly Things
We Just Discovered And Wanted to Share

Looking for a place in Venice to buy some eco-friendly paint, or a source for sustainable, high quality furniture in Pasadena? Searching for a simple, luxurious soy candle (that will burn for 50 hour...

Jumpstart to Green Kit: Give The Gift of Green

A few months ago, during Green@Home month, we posted a variety of simple suggestions for going green in your home. If you'd like to spread the word, Jumpstart to Green has put together a kit that in...

Bright Idea: New Use For An Old Bulb

We've been slowly phasing out our regular lightbulbs and replacing them with compact fluorescents. This has rendered the regular bulb a little redundant. But we just found a great alternative use fo...

Biodegradable Poop Bags

We know, it's not very sexy to talk about bags for poop, but when you're a pet owner (or a new parent?) it's a part of life. Although we normally use leftover plastic bags for the job, using biodegra...

Simple Green: Put It In The Green Bin

The other day we noticed something about our green yard waste bin that rocked our world a little bit:...

Thanks, Pasadena! Power of 10 CFL Kits

The city of Pasadena is doing its part trying to encourage residents to change 10 standard light bulbs to CFLs by sending every single household (53,000) the Power of 10 Challenge Kit during the month...

Simple Green: Biodegradable Dinnerware
Austin

Companies around the country have been taking steps towards running more environmentally aware businesses. One step that companies can take is the use of biodegradable, compostable food packaging. Co...

Organic Garden Miracle: Worm Castings

Looking to spruce up the garden for the dog days of summer? Don't want to 'roid them out with a chemical fertilizer? Us either, that's why we use a nice organic fertilizer: ...

Water Saving: Big W Buckets
Melbourne

We were strolling down the laundry aisle in Big W the other day and came across these colourful 28 litre buckets that are perfect for the ‘bucket in shower water re-use’ concept. It’s been menti...