Rethinking Clean ~ 5 Reasons to Detox Your Household Cleaners

07/17/2014
True Goods - Cleaning products

ByTrue Goods This post is courtesy of our friends at truegoods.com, where it’s easy to make truly toxin-free choices for healthier, safer, cleaner living.” True or False? Cleaning products are totally safe for human consumption? The answer is false, of course. This one’s a no brainer. If we handed you a cup of disinfectant or…

No more water plastic bottles!

07/13/2014
PODCAST-The-Green-Divas

Listen to “No more plastic water bottles!” on Spreaker. Summer time is here and that for me this means an increase in the water that I drink. I want to have water with me at all times when I’m out so I need to look at my options. As ecogal: The Curious Consumer, I want…

Nature. Beauty. Gratitude. A Ted Talk by Louie Schwartzberg

07/07/2014
Louie Schwartzberg - Nature. Beauty. Gratitude. Ted Talk

Nature’s beauty can be easily missed — but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day. (Filmed at TEDxSF.) Check Ted Talks for more videos

Love Nutella? Here’s how to enjoy a guilt-free and actually nutritious version of it!

06/23/2014
sunflower seed chocolate spread, on bread

Sometimes we just need that moment of self rewarding utter pleasure only sweets can give, but how could this become a superfood and healthy snack with no guilt pangs? Surely this daunting task is impossible? Not at all! DIY at the rescue, here is how I got a wonderful homemade chocolate spread that would satisfy…

The story of ecogal’s bee

06/17/2014
The story of ecogal’s bee

  By Ashleigh Prince out&about is my personal journey of discovery asking questions and getting more informed. I want to share my findings with you so we can travel the journey together. While I was looking for what would be a great little symbol for ecogal, I had many ideas, from chemical symbols to scientists and…