Banana Peels Can Purify Your Water!
A little off topic but in a word, bananas: Researchers have found that minced banana peels can quickly remove heavy metals from water! In a new study published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry...
View ArticleAnother Reason to Ditch Your [Insert Laundry Brand Here]
Oh hey. Do laundry this weekend? Yeah, same. I’m of the mind that the only thing worse than doing laundry is the stuff we actually pour into the machine (and down the drain) when we’re doing it. If...
View ArticleDo You Use Clean Cosmetics for Your Health, or the Planet’s?
Happy earth week something-something-something-about-how-every-day-is-earth-day, yes? Sure. But here’s a question we have been wanting to ask for some time, and before you answer, a rule: Chances are...
View ArticleCould You Live Without Garbage?
What does a life without garbage look like? If you’re the Johnson family it’s something of a modernist (and minimalist) utopia. Featured on the Today Show (above), as well as in Sunset Magazine, the...
View ArticleHappy Memorial Day Weekend! The EWG Sunscreen Report Is Out.
Happy memorial day, les amies! What are you going to get up to? (See above for my plans.) As you prepare for a weekend of frisbee and barbecue, may we remind you, as always, that sunscreen is a good...
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