With the icy winter winds once again ravaging our lips, a variety of green products can bring eternal spring. Most conventional lip products are petroleum based, and any essential oils are derived from plants grown with chemicals.
Coombs Family Farms has spent seven generations producing maple syrup while maintaining a commitment to quality, environmental stewardship and sustainable forestry.
Tired of candy coming in the same old flavors? Ecuador-based Yachana Gourmet offers organic alternatives to the candy mainstream. The all-natural Jungle Chocolate ($2.49) combines dried, roasted cacao beans (the source of chocolate) with sugar cane syrup and a variety of tasty ingredients.
Handcrafted in Vermont using a GMO-free vegetable wax, Way Out Wax‘s Bug Out! ($6.49 for a 12-ounce tin) provides a natural approach to keeping your outdoor activities free from pesky insects. Made with plant-based oils of lavender, tea tree and neem, Bug Out! candles deter mosquitoes and black flies, enabling you to venture outside without the threat of being eaten alive.
It’s hard to find travel-size, environmentally friendly shampoo and shaving gel, and when you finally do, what becomes of the almost-empty plastic bottles you bring back from your backpacking adventure in Ecuador or business trip in France?
Once you have the perfect environmentally friendly gift, why cover it in traditional throwaway wrapping? Instead, try reusable wrapping from Wrapsacks. These fun cotton gift bags are available in six sizes, including candle and wine shapes. All you have to do is slip your gift in and tie on a card.
TURNING OVER AN OLD LEAF One of the world’s largest agricultural crops until the late 1800s, hemp is not only the plant from which marijuana is derived, it is also thought to be the first cultivated plant. Indeed, hemp fiber, harvested from the Cannibis sativa plant, is famous for its versatility, and is found in […]
Affordable Lodging for the Green Spirited From alpine forests to urban jungles and tropical savannahs, youth hostels offer a friendly atmosphere for global eco-travelers. Since the international youth hostel movement began in 1907, nearly 5,000 hostels have sprung up around the globe—and some are taking on environmental agendas. The first hostel was on the classroom […]
Planned Giving Helps Green Groups–And Keeps the Tax Man at Bay Death and taxes may be inevitable, but there are ways to soften the blow. Bequeathing a gift to an environmental group can ensure that your conservation ethic lives on, while also considerably reducing taxes for you and your beneficiaries. The simplest way to give […]
The 10 Most Important Foods to Buy Organic In 1984, Elizabeth Ryan bought a farm in New York’s mid Hudson Valley. The farm and orchard had been managed conventionally for many years, but Ryan decided to severely restrict the use of chemical pesticides. Her farm is now run under a preventive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) […]
