Gaiam

If your looking for great eco-friendly and organic products you should check out Gaiam. They a great variety of things such as bed spreads, candles, fitness products, clothing, and more! I love to spend hours just browsing through the website. I buy a majority of all my fitness products from this site. Everything they are selling is cruelty-free and 100% eco-friendly. Although the website is sort of high priced, there is a money-back guarantee and just think of how good you are doing the Earth. If you sign up for their emailing lists, you will get sales, clearances, and new deals sent directly to you!

Eco-Friendly New Year's Resolutions!

I know this is sorta late but better late than never! If you still haven't decided on a good New Year's Resolution that you could stick to then try some of these!

• Stop using and buying plastic water bottles! Invest in a nice, insulated water bottle. This is one of my resolutions and I've been sticking with it ! I've noticed that since I've stopped using plastic water bottles that I've been drinking more water, weird right? If all you buy for water is in plastic water bottles, then you can buy a nice Brita Filter (These are so fun! You can get special filters if you want flavored water!) or start buying the huge jugs of water. (Which is a lot cheaper!) Click here to learn about delivery of water to your house!
• Start using reusable canvas bags when grocery shopping. Like this one!
• Eat more organic food and less processed. Even if you eat only 5% organic food and 95% processed food, it still helps the environment!
• Have a recycling bin for everything!
• Watch the news daily. This will allow you to see what the traffic is like so you know what highway is congested and where there has been accidents so you can avoid them and save gas!
• Carpool with a friend or co-worker
• Use recycled or reusable lunch bag and utensils for lunches.
• Switch your light bulbs to environmentally friendly ones!

Tired of Hand Washing Dishes?

Well, now you have an excuse to use the dishwasher or to buy one! When you wash dishes by hand you use around 5-10 gallons of water depending on how many dishes you wash. With a dish washer you only use 5.8-8 gallons of water. I know that doesn't sound like much of a difference but think about it, your washing a huge load of dishes with a lot less water. Plus, its less work for you! Its easier on the environment oh and not to mention your hands! If your still not convinced, don't forget that you won't have to dry the dishes either! They are steam dried by using the left over water!