A Big Guide To Cleaning Your House Without Toxins You know that feeling you get after you deep clean a small bathroom? Not the “Wow! Look at how the faucets sparkle! I did a darn good job!” feeling. The woozy one. The, “I’m a little out of breath and dizzy” feeling. The “oh, I should
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Gift Guides
Ethical Gift Guide for Little Ones
This is probably the easiest gift guide I will do this year. I just picked a few of our favorite things, both mine and Buggy’s, (who just turned two at the time of writing) that we have received or purchased in the last few years. So, easy! Here is my collection of plastic-free, low-tech, ethically
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A Series | The Ethical Stylist’s Guide to Summer
If you are anything like me, you look forward to summer all year! From the delicious stone fruit, the barbecues and pool parties (doesn’t everything taste better when eaten outside?), to the lazy beach days, and the vacations and weddings, there is nothing sweeter than summer. While we are still in the midst of the
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How to Really Celebrate Earth Day
The first Earth Day, in 1970, gave birth to an environmental movement. It brought the environment into the political conversation, and it worked! We have cleaner air, safer drinking water, and more environmental regulations. Unfortunately, today, Earth Day has become a traditional consumer holiday, with giveaways, Earth Day greeting cards (seriously. This exists), Earth Day
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A Pretty Long List of Things to Do On Earth Day, and Everyday
There is so much to do to reduce your impact on the environment, and what better time to do it than Earth Day, and to that end, while not completely exhaustive, here is a pretty long list of things to do on Earth Day, and everyday: Get indoor plants Invest in quality not quantity. Learn
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DIY Eco-Friendly Easter Egg Dye
After last years Easter extravaganza, (my niece said, “this is what it’s like when Easter gets extreme.”), I decided that this year, we would do things a little differently (read: scaled down). We are celebrating with just my parents and brother, at our house, no nieces and nephews, so we get to call the shots, making
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7 Ideas For More Ethical Gift Giving
Obviously, we are big believers in making our purchases as ethical as possible, and this time of year, it sometimes becomes more difficult. Beyond what we buy, there are other ways to keep the planet and people in mind. Here are a 7 ideas for more ethical gift giving that we are working on to
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Sustainability Focus: Reducing Food Waste
Reducing Food Waste Last year, we our sustainability focus was focused on reducing food waste. Note: This post has been updated as I’ve discovered more recipes that I love that work with overly ripe fruit or not as fresh veggies. We were doing a pretty good job of eating mostly plant based, mostly organic, and
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Sparkling Lavender Lemon Water
Sparkling Lavender Lemon Water Anyone who has been with F:S for more than a few years knows that my weakness (and one of my biggest eco-failures) was diet coke. I used to say that Future:Standard was powered on dreams and Diet Coke, yikes! Well, a few months ago, I gave it up cold turkey. It