Many inexpensive beauty products created by big businesses are full of cancer-causing chemicals and hormone disruptors. Making your own beauty products is an all-natural process with almost no negative side effects. Making these products rather than buying them also allows customization of each recipe, reduction of our environmental impact. Also, buying fewer ingredients to make multiple things allows you to…
While holidays and special days are a great excuse to break from diets, school, and work, they’re not an excuse to break from our sustainable efforts. Climate change doesn’t go on vacation. The biggest perpetrator during the holiday season surprisingly isn’t traveling emissions. It’s gift-giving and over-consumption. We end up accepting and giving gifts that we don’t even want (let…
Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives. There are many ways to embrace vegan living. Yet one thing all vegans have in common…
Every year in India, about 67 million tonnes of food is wasted, which has been estimated to be worth Rs 92,000 crores. In other words, this amount is adequate to feed all of Bihar for a year. We need to make changes in our lifestyles to reduce this number. Here are some easy ways to your bit. Check Inventory Do…
Green cleaning has exploded in popularity over the last year as more of us want to move to chemical-free cleaning and making our own cleaning products. Sometimes the best eco-friendly cleaning hacks just need some insider knowledge or old school skills rather than spending money on new products. This Lockdown, let’s clean our home using these methods. Dish Soap: Adding…
Are you thinking about living a more sustainable lifestyle but not sure where to begin? Here are a few zero-waste products available on Amazon India to get you started. While it is difficult to live a truly zero-waste lifestyle, these items will help reduce your household waste significantly. 1. Menstrual Cup Switch to a cup instead of disposable sanitary napkins…
We always say that kids are our future. But looking at the global environmental crisis the world is facing today, we also wonder, what kind of future will our children have? How are they going to fight this crisis in future? And what could be the possible solution for this problem? Well, the solution is quite simple if you are…
Dear fellow parents, In today’s time, raising children has become very challenging and extremely demanding. To add to that, life in the city takes them away from the real joy of living in nature. When the lockdown started my family and I decided to move to our second home in a small town called Navsari where we are surrounded by…
Image Credit: Larimer County Several people send their waste for recycling on a monthly basis. But most of them don’t even know how it works. Do you know how exactly your paper is recycled? Or that plastic shampoo bottle that your raddiwala took last month? Did you know that there are several types of plastics and each one of them is…
Disclaimer: We do not earn any kind of affiliate commission from the products mentioned below. I only recommend products that I like and have received positive information about.* With the recent plastic ban and segregation laws taking effect in Maharashtra, it is important to include children in the conversation as well. After all, this is a generation of children, that…