This is a good thing. Ten years ago in 2013, a steady decline in the use of cardboard applicator tampons began. Markedly, plastic applicator tampons were introduced and within two years, by 2015, approximately 88% of tampons sold and used were plastic applicator...
Sustainability
4 Reasons to Use Organic and Natural Personal Lubricants
I'll admit it. It took a 2 minute hysterical 'verbal assault' from a 70-something, unstable due to recent divorce by by gay husband, yam-waving, Grace on the Netflix original to get it through my head - there's nothing wrong with organic and natural personal...
10 Environmental New Years Resolutions
As 2017 stretches before us, we urge you to consider your commitment to the environmental new years resolutions - to protecting ecosystems from human waste, to sharing resources with your neighbors, to living a more mindful lifestyle. Our planet has been consumed past...
#FWOTM: Erin Switalski, Rallying Women’s Voices for the Earth & for Themselves
Out of an estimated 85,000 chemicals currently in use in the environment in the United States, only about 200 have been tested for safety. Of those chemicals that have been tested, most have been evaluated only for their acute impacts to adult males in industrial...
The Perils of Plastic Applicator Tampons
For those of us who have never used an applicator-less tampon before, the idea of sticking a cotton bullet into our bloody vagina with our bare finger can seem icky, but in reality, it's a fairly clean process (once you've read the instructions), equally effective,...
Parabens: The Truth About Preservatives in Your Products
From the minty toothpaste you use in the morning to the shampoo you cleanse with in the evening to the lipstick you paint on for date night and the lube you might use later that night, the majority of cosmetic products we use (and 90% of most grocery items) contain...
#FWOTM: Gretchen Ki Steidle, “The Mindful Warrior” of Global Grassroots
Before being nicknamed 'The Mindful Warrior' of Global Grassroots, Gretchen Ki Steidle began her humanitarian pilgrimage by first listening to and learning from the marginalized. From the deserts of Eastern Chad to the corners of Thailand and the townships of South...
If Malala Was a Green Feminine Hygiene Queen…
Instead of using the opportunity of having a female presidential candidate to shine light on certain women's issues that are rarely discussed, like the movement to end the 'Tampon Tax,' or to make glyphosate a well-recognized carcinogen, it seems like we're spending a...
Building an Eco-Friendly, Green and Sustainable Home
Last week's post introduced you to Ashleigh Sergeant, our #FWOTM that lives the yogi talk, naturally and sustainably. We learned she not only teaches people to "build a life you love" in spirit, but also in physical form with the example of the beautiful sustainable...