In the last five years, the market for eco-friendly products has never been better, making it one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy, according to Mintel International, a London-based independent award-winning research firm of world-leading market intelligence. However, it is important to understand the meaning of  eco-friendly. Incorporating environmental sustainability into our way of life is all about respect. Respect for the environment and the people that make and craft our products. In addition to reduce, reuse… Read more

We could be saving energy everyday by going to sleep an hour earlier or more than our usual sleep time. The idea of wasting less energy by turning lights off for an hour on Earth Day started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, when over 2 million homes and businesses turned off the switch. There are several advantages of taking an extra hour of rest. By going to bed an hour early, you’ll be up an hour earlier and you’ll have… Read more

The California State Assembly passed the ban on single-use plastic bags (AB 1998) on June 2. Hilex Poly, LLC, a manufacturer of plastic bags, has suggested that cutting plastic bags will cut jobs. Their defense, like others oppose to the ban, is that the ban is not doing much to conserve the environment. Plastic bags swirl around in the ocean for 500 years and harm wildlife. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has reported that there have been sea animals, including… Read more

It takes 1.5 million barrels of oil – enough to fuel 100,000 cars for a year – to make plastic bottles and an estimated 38 billion water bottles end up in landfills each year, taking an average of 700 years before they begin decomposing, according to Earth Policy Institute. If your plastic bottle has a number 1, 3 or 7 inside the recycling symbol then try to avoid them as much as possible. These bottles contain Bisphenol A (BPA), a… Read more