Our picks for the best ways to begin a healthier, greener life.
When our friends ask us where to begin, we recommend
Our Top Five
easy enjoyable changes. Just substitute safe options for familiar habits.
Dryer Balls
Ditch the dryer sheets for
reusable, natural wool balls.
How to Use:
Just toss in the dryer like a dryer sheet, and use again and again.
Why it Matters:
Standard disposable dryer sheets are filled with toxic ingredients that can pollute your air and irritate skin. Dryer balls decrease drying time and soften clothes naturally.
Swedish Dishcloths
Choose beautiful premium cloth
instead of sponges.
How to Use:
Wipe counters and spills with Swedish Dishcloths. Each one absorbs 15 times its own weight and lasts 9-12 months.
Why it Matters:
Synthetic sponges and paper towels create lots of landfill waste. Swedish Dishcloths can be reused and composted.
Glass Food Storage
Replace plastic tubs with
tempered glass containers.
How to Use:
Store food in reusable tempered glass containers that can go into the microwave, freezer and dishwasher.
Why it Matters:
Plastic tubs can leach toxins into your food and landfills. Tempered glass is 100% safe, strong and reusable, and can be recycled too.
5-Piece Lys Glass Nesting Containers, Round or Square
Deodorant
Switch to a deodorant that’s
natural, effective and safe.
How to Use:
Stick to your normal routine but fight odor with a non-toxic deodorant.
Why it Matters:
Your armpits do more than sweat. They soak up deodorant ingredients. Conventional options can contain concerning additives that clog pores, disrupt hormones and may even cause cancer. A non-toxic deodorant helps protect your health and keeps you smelling fresh.
Water Bottle
Upgrade to a better water bottle
to avoid single-use plastics
How to Use:
Simply refill a stylish reusable bottle instead of buying water in throw-away plastic bottles.
Why it Matters:
Plastic water bottles leach toxins into our water and the environment, get trashed after one use, and take over 500 years to decompose. A non-toxic reusable water bottle keeps the yuck away from your body and plastic out of the landfill.
We always say, "what goes on your body goes in your body"
The Big 3
are the most important healthy changes you can make.
Why Safe Matters
It’s simple: Big 3 products contact your body’s most delicate tissues, so any of their ingredients can easily enter your bloodstream. Conventional products often include concerning additives that researchers have linked to long term health problems.
Deodorant
Exude confidence and protect
your healthy immune system.
How to Use:
Stick to your normal routine but fight odor with a non-toxic deodorant.
Why it Matters:
Your armpits do more than sweat. They soak up deodorant ingredients. Conventional options can contain concerning additives that clog pores, disrupt hormones and may even cause cancer. A non-toxic deodorant helps protect your health and keeps you smelling fresh.
Toothpaste + rinse
Smile brighter while supporting
a happy gut and healthy hormones.
How to Use:
Simply brush and rinse with naturally safe toothpaste + rinse.
Why it Matters:
Your mouth’s delicate membranes absorb ingredients. Conventional oral products contain overwhelming amounts of allergens, carcinogens and other questionable additives. Protect your health and please your dentist by choosing a non-toxic toothpaste + rinse that really works.
Tampons + Pads
Get real and let organic cotton support your cycle.
How to Use:
Simply choose luxuriously safe organic cotton tampons and pads.
Why it Matters:
During your period, tampons and pads stay in contact with some of your body’s most absorptive tissues. Conventional tampons and pads aren’t required to disclose ingredients but contain many toxic materials. Help free your bloodstream from scary substances by using organic tampons + pads that really work.
Take it to-go but make it earth-friendly.
Reduce Plastic On the Go
Choose our best options for safe and stylish lunch, commuting food, beverages, and shopping.
Water Bottle
Upgrade to a better water bottle
to avoid single-use plastics
How to Use:
Simply refill a stylish reusable bottle instead of buying water in throw-away plastic bottles.
Why it Matters:
Plastic water bottles leach toxins into our water and the environment, get trashed after one use, and take over 500 years to decompose. A non-toxic reusable water bottle keeps the yuck away from your body and plastic out of the landfill.
Travel Tumbler
Upgrade to a premium insulated travel tumbler.
How to Use:
Replace disposable take-out cups with a durable insulated mug. Fill it up at home or at the café.
Why it Matters:
Disposable paper cups create waste and contain toxin-leaching plastics. Non-toxic travel tumblers keep drinks hot, safe and stylish without the waste.
Straws
Save the oceans one straw at a time.
How to Use:
Skip plastic straws and sip from a sustainable straw.
Why it Matters:
Americans use over 100 million straws every day. Many of these end up in the ocean and can kill marine life that mistake them for food. Sustainable straws are a simple switch with big impact.
Endurance Stainless Steel Straws, 4-pack (bent or straight)
Shopping Bags
How to Use:
As you shop, put produce in handy mesh bags. At check-out, pack everything in durable nylon bags instead of using the store’s paper or plastic bags.
Why it Matters:
Single-use plastic and paper grocery bags create loads of unnecessary trash. Plastic bags end up in trees, seas and landfills. Paper bags usually end up in landfills too. By bringing your own bags, you help reduce environmental waste.
Lunch Baggies
Pack it to-go without the
single-use paper and plastic.
How to Use:
Pop your sandwiches and snacks into cute reusable baggies.
Why it Matters:
Plastic bags leach toxins into food and create long-lasting waste. Non toxic reusable lunch baggies are an easy green way to keep food stylish and safe.
Get cooking but keep it healthy!
Get Plastic Out of Your Kitchen
Try a fresh approach with our favorite non-toxic options.
Food Wrap
Choose reusable Bee’s Wrap
instead of plastic food wrap.
How to Use:
When you’re prepping lunch or storing leftovers, reach for Bee’s Wrap to pack sandwiches, store cheese, or cover bowls.
Why it Matters:
Plastic wrap can contain BPA and other toxins that leach into foods, especially when they are hot or moist. Bee’s Wrap is non-toxic and handmade from renewable resources in Vermont.
Glass Food Storage
Replace plastic tubs with
tempered glass containers.
How to Use:
Store food in reusable tempered glass containers that can go into the microwave, freezer and dishwasher.
Why it Matters:
Plastic tubs can leach toxins into your food and landfills. Tempered glass is 100% safe, strong and reusable, and can be recycled too.
5-Piece Lys Glass Nesting Containers, Round or Square
Cooking Utensils
Choose safe, non-toxic tools
to prepare fresh ingredients.
How to Use:
Replace plastic cooking utensils with safe bamboo and stainless steel.
Why it Matters:
Disturbing health issues have been tied to materials found in everyday cooking utensils, such as Teflon BPA, aluminum, and other toxic chemicals. Non-toxic cooking tools help keep your food and body safe.
Cutting Boards
Reach for a bamboo cutting board
that’s naturally anti-bacterial.
How to Use:
Replace your plastic and wooden boards with a sustainable bamboo cutting board.
Why it Matters:
Plastic cutting boards harbor bacteria in cracks and nicks and end up in landfills. Many wooden boards are finished with petroleum-based mineral oil. Sustainable bamboo boards are responsibly harvested and 100% non-toxic.
Zip-top Bags
Store food in platinum silicone
storage bags instead of zip-top plastic.
How to Use:
Store fresh ingredients and leftovers in food-grade zip-top silicone bags that are safe for fridge, freezer and microwave
Why it Matters:
Plastic bags leach toxins into food and create lots of landfill waste. Non-toxic platinum silicone bags actually inhibit bacterial growth, resist leaks and are endlessly reusable.
What goes on your body goes in your body.
Safe Body Care
Avoid bad-dream ingredients by simply choosing toxin-free products.
Deodorant
Exude confidence and protect
your healthy immune system.
How to Use:
Stick to your normal routine but fight odor with a non-toxic deodorant.
Why it Matters:
Your armpits do more than sweat. They soak up deodorant ingredients. Conventional options can contain concerning additives that clog pores, disrupt hormones and may even cause cancer. A non-toxic deodorant helps protect your health and keeps you smelling fresh.
Toothpaste + rinse
Smile brighter while supporting
a happy gut and healthy hormones.
How to Use:
Simply brush and rinse with naturally safe toothpaste + rinse.
Why it Matters:
Your mouth’s delicate membranes absorb ingredients. Conventional oral products contain overwhelming amounts of allergens, carcinogens and other questionable additives. Protect your health and please your dentist by choosing a non-toxic toothpaste + rinse that really works.
Tampons + Pads
Get real and let organic cotton support your cycle.
How to Use:
Simply choose luxuriously safe organic cotton tampons and pads.
Why it Matters:
During your period, tampons and pads stay in contact with some of your body’s most absorptive tissues. Conventional tampons and pads aren’t required to disclose ingredients but contain many toxic materials. Help free your bloodstream from scary substances by using organic tampons + pads that really work.
Sunscreen
Block the sun with mineral-based sunscreen.
How to Use:
Apply safe sunscreen products to your body, face and lips.
Why it Matters:
Conventional sunscreens contain questionable ingredients that absorb directly into your skin. Mineral-based natural sunscreens form a non-toxic barrier between your skin and the sun with ingredients that support good health.
Vitamins
Upgrade to supplements made
from fresh fruits and vegetables
How to Use:
Give your family whole foods vitamins that exceed government standards.
Why it Matters:
Many multivitamins contain icky ingredients like artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners and preservatives. Premium whole foods supplements nourish your family with organic and/or sustainable ingredients from small family farms.
Women's One Daily Vitamins
Your choice of original, over 40, or over 55
If you’re cleaning with it, you’re breathing it.
Toxin-Free Cleaning
Step into safe & green: the fresh way to clean your home.
All-purpose Spray
Make your home sparkle with non-toxic all-purpose spray.
How to Use:
Mist anything that needs cleaning (kitchen counter, toilet, toys, whatever!) with a powerful natural spray, then wipe with a reusable cloth.
Why it Matters:
Most conventional all-purpose cleaning sprays disperse chemicals that can be harmful to family, pets and our waterways. Tackle tough jobs with an all-natural cleaner that’s completely safe.
Home Cleaning Starter Pack
1 All-purpose Spray, 1 Swedish dishcloth
Water-based Cleaning
Use powerful microfiber cloths to clean without synthetic chemicals.
How to Use:
Attack grease and grime by spraying pure water from a reusable bottle and wiping with a microfiber cloth.
Why it Matters:
Conventional cleaners contain harsh chemicals and come in disposable plastic bottles. Single-use paper towels create lots of waste. Microfiber cloths are precision engineered (and scientifically proven) to remove 98% of bacteria, mold and dirt using only plain water.
House Cleaning with Water Starter Pack
8 microfiber cloths, 1 reusable glass spray bottle
Dishwashing
Green your dishes routine with eco-friendly soap, pods and scrubbers.
How to Use:
Swap out conventional dishwashing soap, pods and scrubbers for green options.
Why it Matters:
The ingredients in standard dishwashing soaps and pods pollute waterways and can trigger allergies. Disposable plastic sponges won’t decompose for centuries. Go easy on the planet and protect your health with plant-based cleaning products that get the job done.
Dishwashing Basics Starter Pack
2 bottles dishsoap, 1 bag dishwasher pods, 1 walnut scrubber sponge
Laundry Detergent
Choose natural laundry detergent for toxin-free textiles.
How to Use:
Use natural laundry powder in your high efficiency or standard washing machine.
Why it Matters:
Standard laundry detergents contain long lists of toxic, irritating, and/or secret ingredients that can trigger skin irritation and allergies. Natural laundry powder effectively cleans clothes with simple, safe ingredients.
Paper Towels
Roll over from paper towels to renewable organic cloth.
How to Use:
Reach for a cotton dishcloth to clean counters, scrub sticky messes, or mop up surprise spills.
Why it Matters:
Paper towels eat up precious wood resources and generate waste after just one use. 100% organic dish cloths work as well or better than paper, but can be washed and reused again and again.
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