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Christmas and the Earth

  It's almost Christmas ! Boom, crack, pow! That's it, we're there. The holiday season is coming. This period when for most of us joy and magic takes hold. Children...

Everyday green pays off!

We often hear a false belief that making a greener shift in our lives is more expensive than not doing so. Obviously, if the person who says it believes that...

Eco-anxiety: turn it into an asset!

    Join Active Ecologists on Facebook! A group for sharing tips, tricks and environmental news for everyone!     We read it, we hear it everywhere, mainly among young...

Shea butter and its thousand virtues (recipe)

    The shea tree is a tree endemic to the savannah of central Africa. This tree is also called ''butter tree'' or ''women's gold''. Shea butter is extracted from...

The toxicity of cosmetics on the market

  Would you spread hundreds of products on your body daily without knowing what they are made of? Well, that’s what many people do! Is this your case? It seems...

Sodium PERcarbonate: a precious ally

    Are you really put off by the smell and composition of bleach? Are you looking for a healthy solution for you and the environment to whiten your bedding,...

10 practical tools for a zero-waste lunchbox

    It's well known that lunch boxes are often full of single-use packaging products! Oh yes ? Good yes ! We only have to think of Tetra Pack juice...

Clothes soap: 100% free

  Free ? Yes. Yes. 100% free. I know that what I am about to write might provoke a reaction. I didn't discover anything. Quite the contrary. Like many things...

Soda crystals: a household essential

Do you know soda crystals ? Not to be confused with baking soda and even less so with caustic soda, used to make bar soap! Soda crystals are ultra versatile....

Dryer lint as a fire starter: a bad idea!

  We take a few minutes to deny something that is happily circulating on social networks and even on several ecological and zero waste sites. But what is it ?...

Everything you need to know: washable toilet paper

  Consumption of disposable toilet paper It was mainly around the 1950s that single-use toilet paper seemed to have become democratized and become an “essential” everyday object. The Planetoscope paints...

Fresco: the vegetable storage bag

  Food is worth gold. We don't always realize it because we may take it for granted here, but that's not the case. You might as well take good care...

Washable sanitary products: motivation and subsidies

  Nothing new under the sun, feminine hygiene products are clearly very polluting when they are single-use! Personally, I have been using the menstrual cup and washable sanitary napkins for...

Marseille soap: a must!

  As seen in a previous article warning about household products , there are a multitude of this type of product on the market. With the aim of reducing our...

Household products alert

  In a family and daily approach which aims to reduce waste and the ecological footprint, there is no other choice than to consider household products. Not only today is...

How can we reduce the release of plastic microparticles from synthetic garments?

  It is increasingly documented: clothing, not only through its design but also through its maintenance, has a major impact on the environment. We can refer to water, energy and...