In light of the latest major egg recall, many people are considering getting their own flock of chickens. Farmers have been raising backyard fowl for over 3,000 years but in the last five years, it’s become accessible for even the beginner farmer like you and me. With 380 million eggs recalled, raising chickens at home never sounded so reassuring. You’ll be able to raise them organically, free of hormones and antibiotics, and let them run around your yard versus being cooped up in a cage. You’ll get around 300 eggs per hen per year but the benefits don’t stop there. Here are 7 more reasons to convince you.

Stinky dog? No need to fill up the tub for a battle of the baths, just follow this tip from Get Lick’d Eco-Friendly Dog to keep your dog smelling great in between bath time.

If you suffer from allergy, asthma, or other sensitivities, then you already know that commercial air fresheners – which are loaded with artificial chemicals no matter what natural-sounding scent they boast – can be harmful (and even toxic) to the eyes, skin, throat, and lungs. And they don’t even really get the job done! Instead of eliminating odors, they often mask them by coating your nasal passages with oils to diminish your sense of smell.

If it wasn’t for leftovers, I don’t know how my husband and I would survive. Sometimes after a long day of work, the last thing you feel like doing is throwing together a meal. That’s why we’ve invested in a wide array of food storage solutions, so nothing we make goes to waste. Here are a few safe and eco-friendly tips for storing your food:

When I first heard that the stove was one of the most powerful tools used in the ancient practice of Feng Shui, I thought it sounded pretty crazy. My stove? How could that possibly affect my health, wealth and relationships? Turns out after 13 years of study and consulting clients, I have not only recognized its potency – I have been humbled by it.

On a mild summer day, there’s nothing I enjoy more than a nice, shady spot where I can kick back and read a good book. It’s the best time of year to enjoy your outdoor space, so why not liven it up with some "green" decore?

If you go to your local home or office supply store, you’ll find aisles and aisles of bins, shelves, binders, boxes, planners, containers, folders, and other, well, junk to get you organized. This is where most of us head when it comes time to re-evaluate our current system of organization. It’s usually after a frantic Monday morning where you can’t find that document you need before you get to work or when you discover you haven’t paid off the electric bill because it got lost under that pile of mail building up by the doorway, and you’ve vowed to yourself, never again!

But before you head to the store, look for other ways you can get organized by using what you already have at home. 

When you bought the kitchen table, it was to die for. Now you don’t know what you were thinking. It’s ugly, out-dated, and doesn’t go with anything else in the kitchen. But hold on – before you toss it in the dumpster, consider ways you can revitalize the table.

With the temperatures rising across the country, don’t escape the heat; enjoy it! It’s the perfect time to relax in a nice shady spot and light up your grill surrounded by family and friends. But before you do, consider an easy environmental “tune-up” for your usual barbecue. Did you know that on the 4^th of July – just one day – we burn the equivalent of 2,300 acres of forest and release 225,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide? The good news is that it’s easy to reduce your party’s carbon footprint. So get out your skewers -- and get cookin’!