Dusting the winter cobwebs away doesn’t have to be a dirty game. In addition to sprucing up your space, spring cleaning can add lightness to your life by clearing your mind and helping you establish fresh habits all year round. After all, once you’ve gone through the effort to whip your rooms and closets into … Continue reading
From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, household waste increases by more than 25 percent, and this extra trash — mostly food, shopping bags, product packaging and wrapping paper — adds up to an additional 1 million tons of waste a week that’s sent to U.S. landfills, according to the EPA.
The new school year is just around the corner and that means two things for parents: your child will advance their education by one year and that back to school shopping will put a dent in your wallet. But what parents don’t know is that this time of year doesn’t have to be a financial … Continue reading
Invista, a business with apparel as one of its four major cornerstones, is leading the way for green-based spandex with the launching of their Lycra brand of new bio-derived spandex made of 70 percent renewable bio-based materials. This makes Invista the only company to sell commercially available spandex not made from raw materials provided by … Continue reading
Landlords are getting in on going green with the Multi-Family Home Energy Savings Program. In major metropolitan areas, such as Chicago, renters may start seeing changes in their apartments made available through the Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas “Natural Gas Savings Program” and ComEd’s “Smart Ideas for Your Home.” This past weekend, Chicago-based real … Continue reading
Pajama pants, yoga shorts, T-shirts and sandals have been getting ditched for more fashionable apparel on college campuses. It’s no longer a rarity to see students headed to class in the latest fashionable clothes and shoes in the new “hot” color. So how can college students who are struggling to pay for textbooks, food and … Continue reading
Consumers can barely walk out of their cell phone providers’ stores before their “new” Smartphones are outdated. The tweaks to mobile devices, mp3 players, iPods and tablets have grown into an overwhelmingly profitable business. Techies are about equal to fashionistas keeping up with the latest clothing trends. And just like the issues with CO2 from … Continue reading
Let’s face it. Doing laundry is a pain in itself. Many of us can remember cringing at an Easter pink dress shirt that used to be white before it went into a washer. So adding more knobs to turn, temperatures to set and buttons to push can make the laundry experience even more of a … Continue reading
As convenient as plastic bags may be for grocery shopping, they’re not nearly as convenient on the environment. According to National Geographic, somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Ocean Conservancy counts these bags in the top five items for most likely to litter coasts and waterways around the world. But … Continue reading
Planning a wedding may be stressful for the bride, the groom and the rest of the wedding party. And it’s not just cringeworthy for the wallet, although Forbes estimates the average wedding is $28,000 – the price of some people’s annual salary. There’s also the issue of trying to make sure all of the guests … Continue reading
