Alternative to Fabric Softeners

Designed to reduce drying time and soften fabrics without the use of chemical fabric softeners, Dryer Balls are an eco-friendly solution to landfill-clogging dryer sheets and chemical-laden liquid softeners. As your wet laundry tumbles in the dryer, these bumpy balls lift and separate fabric to make it soft and fluffy, and allow air to flow more efficiently. Proven to make ironing easier, decrease lint and reduce drying time up to 25% in independent testing.

There's "chemical" clean and there's "green" clean

For years we have been trained that "clean" smells like lemon, vanilla, orange, pine, or cinnamon. The truth is that real clean doesn't have a smell, real clean can't hurt you. Getting both clean and green means rethinking what you have come to know as clean. In the mid 1950's, women mixed natural household ingredients like vinegar, lemon juice, and baking soda to form natural, safe, cost effective cleaners that worked very well. Slowly, chemical companies began introducing new chemical laden products that claimed to be more effective and easier to use. What we are now beginning to realize is that these products are like Trojan Horses. We brought them into our home thinking they were safe, only to find out they released an army of harmful chemicals. Most Americans, especially children, have many pesticides and other toxic chemicals in their bodies. Studies have shown that the source of these toxins are common, everyday, run of the mill household cleaning products.

Poland Springs "eco-shape": What a Joke!

The environmental movement has come up with a new word for companies that use fake green credentials to deceive consumers into believing their products help the natural world: greenwashing. Poland Springs has come out with a new "eco-shape" bottle that uses 30% less plastic then other bottled water companies. The label on the bottle neglects to mention that the water bottles are one of the most detrimental products for the world, even if they have less plastic than their competitors. Look at it this way, a gas guzzling SUV that gets 10 mpg is bad for the environment. If the same gas guzzling SUV got 30% better mileage (13mpg) it would still be ecologically detrimental, and could not be considered eco-friendly in any sense.

People naively assume that since something is marketed as eco-friendly, it is friendly for the environment. The Poland Spring Eco-Friendly water bottle does have 30% less plastic than an average water bottle, however, though that is a nice baby step in the right direction, it doesn't change the reality. What happens to a Poland Springs Eco-Friendly water bottle after it is used? About 80% of them are thrown away after a single use. According to the Container Recycling Institute, Americans threw out about 50 billion recyclable water bottles so far this year. Water bottles are a growing industry, and as the industry grows, so does its carbon footprint.

The bottom line is that you can get the same clean, great tasting water right from your tap. All you need is a Brita Water Pitcher and a reuseable bottle.