Wear Fair Releases Fair Trade Organic Cotton Clothing Line
A new project of SUMAC Community worker co-operative has just been released. SUMAC is a co-operative located in Guelph, Ontario that is dedicated to providing products from Fair Trade and Organic organisations throughout the world.
This new project involves cotton producers in India that have made a shift from conventional practices to Fair Trade Certified practices.
SUMACs initiative is called Wear Fair. Wear Fair sources organic cotton from fair trade certified farmers and then has garments created by a fair trade certified …

Environmentally Unfriendly Kitty Litter
Cat owners everywhere…LISTEN UP! You may not know this, or it may simply be something you overlooked, but……Some kitty litters can be down right horrible for the environment. It is estimated that around 1/3 to 1/2 of the worlds population have cats as pets. Think about how many little kitties are running around out there, and think also about how much kitty litter is tossed in the garbage every day! Dumped in landfills, cat litter takes up quite a bit of space! …

Window and glass cleaners such as windex contain harmful chemicals such as ammonia. Ammonia is a severe respiratory tract irritant. It is known to cause sore throats, induce asthma like symptoms and is generally a chemical you want to avoid using in your home where children and pets especially are around.
Why not try out a homemade glass cleaner recipe.  This recipe is completely safe, non-toxic and can be used on any type of glass.  It can be used as an auto glass cleaner, it can be …

Yep,  clearing clogged drains……horrible thing to deal with.  Believe it or not, there is a giant industry that is dedicated to nothing but clearing clogged drains.   Somewhere around $150,000,000 is spent each year on extremely toxic chemical products like Drano, Liquid Plumr and many more.
Here’s the scoop on chemical drain cleaners…..If you’ve got a problem with a clogged drain that is jammed up with lard, soap, hair, toothpaste or other oily substances, most chemical drain cleaners won’t be too effective. Tests have shown that even after half …

Wooden furniture tends to collect quite a bit of dust, and constant cleaning is necessary to maintain that great shine you love to see. Unfortunately, most furniture cleaners and polishes are full of unhealthy chemicals and come in spray cans that are quite damaging to the atmosphere. There is a simple alternative to replace those lemon scented furniture polishes that you can buy.
Alternative Furniture Polish
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar
2 tsp lemon juice
Simply mix up these items in a spray bottle and shake it up. Squirt this …

Lets face it, toilets need to be cleaned…..often. Most of the toilet cleaning products available consist of some pretty harsh, and very environmentally damaging chemicals. Those chemicals flow through the sewage system to a treatment plant, after which the water is expelled back into the water system. Not a good thing. Luckily there is a very safe alternative that you can use for toilet bowl cleaning.
Alternative Toilet Bowl Cleaner
1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup baking soda
The very simple procedure that goes along with this recipe is……Put the vinegar …

Here’s a recipe for an all purpose, safe and environmentally friendly cleaner. Most all purpose cleaners contain a number of harsh chemicals which are dangerous to both your health and the environment. Theres no need to expose yourself to something like that when there is a completely safe and eco-friendly way of going about it.
Alternative All Purpose Cleaner Recipe
What you’ll need here are a few simple items that you probably have lying around the house anyways. A spray bottle, some borax, some lemon juice and a bit …

Brighter Planet is thrilled to announce our latest climate change awareness campaign. This time we’ve joined forces with the great folks at 1Sky to launch the Climate Matters video contest.
We’re asking people to create a 30 or 60 second video to help to inspire our next president to take action on climate change. We have an amazing panel of judges and over $4500 in prizes. As an added bonus, the top ten videos will be shown to Congress—so you can be sure your message will be heard.
http://vimeo.com/climatematters
The competition will run …