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For several years I lived on Midway Atoll, one of the most remote points on the planet, an idyllic speck of sand in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean. But an appalling inc...
When I was 16, I spent the summer barefoot. I was exploring my hippie heritage and it really worked for me.
It helped me channel my younger self—running through summer sho...
While canvassing door-to-door last fall for progressive change in government, I often felt choked by an eerie neighborhood miasma. Its source: the synthetic perfume of fabric ...
Jeffrey Hollender’s title is Chief Inspired Protagonist, or CIP. He is cofounder of Seventh Generation, one of North America’s most trusted brands of environmentally and s...
My favorite day of the week when I was a little girl was Saturday, laundry day with my grandmother. Mimi’s washing machine sat in the middle of the basement of the tenement ...
I’ve always loathed cleaning. Cleaning house is number four trillion, five hundred million, eight hundred thousand, fifty-two on my list of favorite things to do. Right betw...
A few days ago, I was reminded of the strength of tea tree oil when I accidentally spilled a few drops on a freshly painted dresser. Within moments, it ate through the paint. ...
As a convenient, affordable way to conserve energy and lower electricity bills, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) have gained increasing popularity. That’s no surprise, ...
Beyond those listed in part 1 and part 2 of this series, here are a few more natural cleaning tips and tricks I've picked up over the years while sharing my green home-cleanin...
No matter how loudly any idealistic raw foodist evangelizes about being immune to sunburn, resistant to jet lag or impervious to other travelers’ maladies, raw food has offe...
When I went to pick up my daughter from her friend’s this summer, I noticed fresh laundry pinned to an extension cord strung across the family’s back patio. The friend’s...
There are certain bacteria and parasites that I want nothing to do with. But since meningitis and malaria are not realistic threats in my personal toilet bowl (despite consume...
So you’ve just stained that beautiful cashmere sweater made from free-range alpacas, and the only way that you can launder it is through dry cleaning. But wait, being eco-ch...
Turning back the tide of ecological destruction may seem a daunting task, especially when viewed from the perspective of one individual up against multinational corporate gree...
There was a time when we used Windex for everything—scuffs, scrapes, bee bites, ant bites, jellyfish stings, cleaning glass and oven-tops, huffing, pouring into shot glasses...
I’ve been moving for the last year. No, for the last three and a quarter years. At the end of March 2006, I filed for divorce after 24 years of marriage and two then-teenage...
Whether due to the desire to become more eco-friendly, to create a healthier home environment sans the use of chemicals (particularly for those with allergy, respiratory and o...
The cats would lie in the sun for as long as it would shine through our window. Cats sleep 20 out of 24 hours per day, anyway. Without even a dream twitch, they'd sun bake for...
For those of us who live a more natural lifestyle, interacting with our relatives who do not can be challenging. We want to stick with our homemade, natural lives without look...
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