A New Year’s Clean Begins at Home

For generations of families like mine, it is a tradition to “sweep away the old and usher in the new” by getting the house in order.  Our annual ritual begins just before New Year's Eve.  The home is a sacred place where love is shared and relationships are strengthened.  After weeks of nonstop activity from Thanksgiving to Christmas, the house is a chaotic mess.  Now that Christmas has come and gone and the dust has settled, I arm myself with a broom and dustpan to Read More >

8 Tips on How to Have a Green Christmas

The trappings of the holidays add to the festive air and the excitement of the season.  However, the amount of post-holiday trash grows every year.  Americans throw out 900,000 metric tons of garbage between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day each week!  With a little planning, you can still enjoy the season without adding to the mounds of garbage heading to the landfills every January.  A few ideas: 1.  Invest in a Live Tree It takes from seven to ten years to grow a Read More >