How Hotels Are Going Green

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Natural Living RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Many consumers are beginning to actively seek out green hotels as part of their desire to be eco conscious on the road as well as at home. Hotels are rising to the occasion because eco-friendly lodging [...]

Video: Build a Worm Composting Bin

This is a great video that will show you just how easy it is to start a worm composting bin. What you need:

Red Composting Worms
Rubbermaid Bin
Worm bedding such as old leaves, grass clippings or shredded newspapers

You can put it under your sink, feed it anything compostable, do your part to save the [...]

Green Kitchens are Happy Kitchens

The kitchen is a great place to start going green because traditionally a kitchen is capable of gobbling resources faster than you can say “carbon footprint”. Start with energy star rated appliances, use the light of the sun more than the switch, eat fresh and raw and compost the scraps. That is just [...]

Worm Composting Tips

“This is a fascinating, fun, and easy way to recycle your organic kitchen wastes. Worm composting, or vermiculture, requires very little work, produces no offensive odors, and helps plants thrive. Only a few things are needed to make good worm compost: a bin, bedding, worms, and worm food.” Worm Composting - Earth911.org
Author: Duong Vicki
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Green Home Makeover Part 2 Video

In this fantastic video you can learn about the features and benefits of bamboo flooring as an alternative to carpeting or hardwood. For example, did you know that chemicals are not required in the manufacture of bamboo flooring? That means no VOCs or offgassing into your home after installing new flooring. Still want [...]

How to Design an Eco-Friendly Kitchen

by Ian and Jo Ludlow
Home owners who are remodeling their kitchens are increasingly seeking environmentally friendly kitchen design ideas. Kitchens are responsible for around 40 percent of a home’s energy consumption so not only does an eco friendly design help on a global scale but it can also seriously reduce a family’s electric bill.
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Video: Green Home Makeover Part 1

Alive & Well TV Green Home Makeover Part 1. This is great video to watch to get ideas to make your home more eco-friendly. The video features furnishings that are free of particleboard and made from environmentally friendly, natural, sustainable and/or recycled materials. They video also showcases some fabulous recycled [...]

Composting Food Scraps Makes the Earth Happy

by Duong Vicki
Not too many people realize it, but composting is one of the best ways to return your resources back into the earth. In a way, composting is our way of saying thank you to Mother Earth for providing us with the resources needed to feed ourselves and our families. Simply put, composting is [...]

Biodegradable Utensils Are Great For Composting

By Duong Vicki

Summer means barbeques, family gatherings, picnics, beach parties, and even more barbeques! Summer is the time of year that all your good dishware and silverware stay in their cupboards and drawers and you utilize nothing but disposable plates and cutlery. But did you ever consider how much waste that adds up at [...]

Feng Shui Life - Declutter With A Yard Sale

by Laurie Raphael
As you may already know, the first step to obtaining a feng shui life is to rid your home and yourself of all the stale and dead energy around you by getting rid of all the clutter. One really good way to do that is by having a yard sale.
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