Maybe you’re a clean-as-you-go type of home cook? Or, do you cook under the leave-the-mess-for-later philosophy? Either way, kitchens get dirty—and fast.

Instead of using toxic chemicals to clean your kitchen, get it naturally clean with ingredients that you’d eat! Can’t get safer than that. You can make most homemade cleaners with different mixtures of baking soda, vinegar, water, olive oil and lemon juice. If you add in non-food grade essential oils though, don’t be tempted to taste test your homemade cleaning supplies! These homemade cleaner recipes will get your kitchen looking good enough to eat in no time.

Here in Atlanta, the weather is cooling down. Have you pulled your fall sweaters out yet? Chances are, there's at least one sweater from last year that you're not too excited about wearing. Maybe it fits a little strangely or you accidentally sent it through the dryer, and now it's more than a little snug. Whatever the reason, you can give last year's sweater a new life by turning it into a cute throw pillow! Check out our tutorial below.

Getting stains out of a shirt that you thought was a lost cause can make you feel powerful. Like the queen or king of the laundry room. Yeah, you got rid of that red wine spot on that white shirt. AND, you got the grass stains out of those jeans to boot. Did you do it with all-natural ingredients? That makes you even more awesome.

You eco-conscious laundry doers don’t need the chemical concoctions sold in laundry aisles today to remove stains and get your clothes clean. All it takes is a little know how and the right natural ingredients. Give these two laundry stain removers a try with your next load.

Even if you recycle, compost your food waste and clean with vinegar instead of harsh chemicals, there still may be a few sticky eco-conundrums that have you scratching your head. We answer seven of them once and for all.

Inhale, and, oh—ew. The putrid smell wafting from your mudroom is probably a combination of your sweat-stained trail running shoes, crusty pool towels and the cooler you forgot to clean out after the family picnic, which was a month ago.

OK, your place may not be in that bad of shape, but during crazy busy summer days, it's easy to neglect some areas of the home. So, before autumn’s crisp, cool weather hits, take a day (or two) to give your home a thorough scrubbing and yard a much-needed spruce.

Steam cleaning your carpets is one of the most toxic things you can do to your home because of the chemical perchloroethylene contained in most commercial carpet cleaning solutions. But for the do-it-yourselfer, there is a simple, natural alternative for green carpet cleaning. 

A thriving hanging plant can brighten most any room. And if you’re like me, your floor and window space is limited (as in my beagle refuses to budge from her sun perch).

So, which type of hanging plant is right for your home? While it certainly doesn’t take a ton of research to find out that information, it’s smart to know what plants will fair best in your home.

So, the first day of autumn is less than a month away… Perhaps it’s time you consult that fall home maintenance to-do list penned this spring?

Weatherproofing your house before temperatures plunge will keep you and your family comfortable during the awkward, summer-to-fall transition. Also: you’ll waste less energy and save money!

Welcome to part three of our eco-mom series with Zoe Helene!

This feisty Fire Dragon leads one of the most successful wellness and grocery brokerages in the premium sustainable sector. She’s got the gift—get your product into her goodie bag and it will get prime shelf space. Environmental cluster cancers in the family led Karen to study herbalism, which then led to midwifery. She has assisted more natural births than she can count, including in Indonesia, just after the tsunami, and Haiti the week of the Earthquake. Little Ry is Karen and hubby Karl’s first born son. I was curious about how she felt being the one having the baby this time…

If you make your own cleaning products, you likely love that you can get your home sparkling clean without any dangerous chemicals, like those found in most name brand cleaning products. You also probably know that homemade cleaners can smell pretty…blah.