Nothing like mopping your floors, scrubbing your counters and cleaning your shower with hazardous waste. That’s essentially what you’re doing if you use many name brand household cleaners to get your home spic-and-span. But, you eco-conscious clean freaks probably already knew that.

Welcome to part two of our three-part series on eco-moms with Zoe Helene.

Angela May Guerrant is an eco-crusader-executive-poet; she's a lover of music, herbs, Earth, and  a runner – but a mama first. As VP of Sales at Gaia Herbs, she leads a top-tier team of spirited professionals for the company renowned to industry insiders for a devotion to quality and sustainable practices. For someone who believes enlightened consumer choices and herbal traditions can change the world, this is the dream job. Angela lives in the hill country outside of Austin, TX with fiancé Jeremiah McElwee, an executive at Whole Foods Market. Family life is sweet if not a little complex for this power couple. Little Praia is their first child, but Angela takes her role as step-mom (to two tow-haired darlings from Jer’s first marriage) with dignity and courage...  

Breathing in the fresh, clean scent of just-washed linens can make doing laundry feel like less of a chore. Unless you’re breathing in the petroleum-derived ingredients, phthalates, tricolsan and synthetic fragrances found in most conventional laundry detergents. Then, you’re lucky if you don’t have a coughing fit, or an asthma attack. Or worse. Why expose yourself and your family to those nasty chemicals? You can easily make your own laundry detergent at home. It’s cheaper and you’ll know exactly what goes into it. No unknown fragrances or confusing chemicals (1,4-dioxane??) to worry about. Go ahead. Give your laundry routine an eco-makeover with these do-it-yourself laundry detergent recipes.

Welcome to part one of our eco-mom series with Zoe Helene! Make sure to check back in for more  interviews coming to Organic Authority soon!

Autumn Bree Fata describes her life as ‘truly spectacular!’ (I’ll have what she’s having). If you’re looking for ways to improve your health and lifestyle game she’s your BFF, and it’s all about honesty and empowerment. Autumn is a ‘California girl' living in the Midwest of Canada and the reason is partner Mike Fata, little Roan and Rain’s Poppa and CEO and Co-Founder of Manitoba Harvest hemp foods. Autumn expresses her personal-is-political via social media like an artist might explore a new medium or genre (I love her for that!). Friends witnessed her recent pregnancy on Facebook, and little Rain’s ‘Natural Home Birth’ album was nothing short of epic--worthy of publication. The look of pure, unfettered elation on big brother Roan’s face when he first saw his baby sister said it all… 

Homes that are loved and lived in can sometimes reflect that fact malodorously, with aromas of rotting kitchen garbage, bathroom activities and pet filth. You might be tempted to cover up foul odors with traditional air fresheners, however these candy-colored contraptions are a bad bargain when it comes to your health. Keep your family and your pets safe by making your own alternatives to toxic air fresheners and sweeten the smell of your surroundings, naturally.

Chemicals. They are in pretty much everything. So you stay away from nasty chemicals by buying organic food and products, right? Well, have you thought about the chemicals that quite possibly reside in your conventional bedding? If so, awesome! You’re covered (literally and figuratively). If not, read on to find out why it may be a good idea to go organic at bedtime.

If you were to write out the pros and cons of cast iron, the list would likely lean heavily on the pros side. Cast iron is sturdy and durable. It can even handle the heat from the open flame of a campfire. If properly cared for, cast iron will last a lifetime or even past your grandchildren’s lifetimes.

Scrubbing down a bathroom doesn’t usually top the favorite items on a to do list. In fact, it takes last place on most people’s preferred chores. At least mine, anyway.

You eco-minded chore-completers likely don’t want to dirty up your bathroom any more than it already is with those toxic chemicals we can’t see. Many conventional bathroom cleaners contain toxic chemicals, including solvents, ammonia, formaldehyde and carcinogens. At the least many of these cleaners can cause skin, respiratory and eye irritation. At the worst burns, cancer, blindness, and even death if certain products are swallowed. Why risk it? Get a spotless bathroom with safe, natural cleaners that you can easily make yourself! Try out these five green cleaners.

Summertime always brings a bounty of sunshine and blue skies, warm afternoons, long evenings – and bugs. Flies and gnats proliferate in the hotter months, thanks to an abundance of food in the wild and in our homes. If you don’t like gnats flying in your face or those fat raisin-flies that hang out on the windowsills and buzz you into insanity, try the following tips to naturally rid your home environment of these annoying pests.

I haven't given up my dryer completely, but I decided I was done with dryer sheets for good when I found out that what softens your clothes is actually animal fat—yeah, you read that right, fat. (Whether you're vegan or not, that's just GROSS.)