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Conventional laundry detergents and fabric softeners often contain dangerous chemicals that can be harmful to your health and the environment. These chemicals come in the form of fragrances and dyes that often attract us to the detergent in the first ...

Washing your hands is a good thing, this is true. However, we have become a culture that is so germaphobic that we may just be causing more harm than good. Everywhere you turn, you see antibacterial soaps, creams and wipes. ...

How do you keep your house warm during winter? If you are like me and millions of other Americans, you use wood. Figures in a recent Census showed that the number of homes heating with wood grew 34 percent between ...

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that ...

Most of us have stuff that we don’t particularly need but seem to like to keep around. Perhaps you are a collector of sorts and just enjoy a good bargain, or can’t resist an estate sale or yard sale.  For ...

While it may not seem like the best time to plant, fall is a really good season to get in some perennial flowers, herbs and yes … delicious and nutritious vegetables. It is a wonderful thing to know that you ...

We have come a long way since the first mass-produced telephones, radios and TVs drastically changed human communication. Nowadays, we have added smartphones, tablets, laptops and other electronics into the mix. They have revolutionized how we work, communicate and entertain ...

The striking beauty of the desert draws hikers, bikers and recreational enthusiasts galore. While many enter this beautiful landscape prepared, many also go unprepared and sadly suffer the consequences. Spending the night in a treeless desert landscape with unlimited view ...

We live in very volatile times, times that are marked by increasingly horrific weather events, water scarcity, financial instability and in many cases, civil unrest. What does this mean for us? It means we need to live in a state ...

We live in a society that has a well-oiled system in place to meet our various needs, be it providing the food we eat, the clothes we wear, or the house we live in. Can you imagine how helpless we ...