I love candles. I can’t get enough of them. While I have ample electrical lighting at home, there is nothing like a bunch of scented candles to create a relaxing atmosphere at any given time. More than the aesthetic and relaxing aspect of using candles, however, there is also the environment to [...]
Being conscious about the environment is the “cool” thing to be these days, isn’t it? More than the “coolness” factor though, living a green life really does mean something to a lot of people – and it seems that the First Family belongs to this group.
If you think about it, the Obamas are not [...]
Do you have living plants inside your home? Just the other day I realized that while I made sure my garden was in good condition, I hardly had any living plants inside. When we first moved into this house a year and a half ago, I had two large houseplants inside, one very tall, reaching [...]
The night after her baby brother’s birthday party, my 6-year-old daughter came into our bedroom at around midnight saying “Mom I feel si….” and promptly projectile vomited in the middle of our doorway. The next 24 hours were awful, she couldn’t hold anything down, had a fever, and felt absolutely terrible. Classic symptoms of [...]
Wherever you live in the world, it seems to be that it’s colder than usual. Ok it’s January, but I don’t ever remember it being this cold ever. Only a week ago, we were vacationing in the tropical island of Palawan to see the Subterranean River (an amazing 8 kilometers long), and I had [...]
If you still haven’t gotten your little ones the “big” Christmas present from the man in the big red suit, or from you and Dad, here a wonderful one I wish I did get this year (unfortunately I’m an early shopper when it comes to Christmas – but this will definitely be on my list [...]
Sorry for the cliche, but even if Christmas is the “most wonderful time of the year”, the grim reality is that the holidays are also one of the most wasteful times around. Its all about excess this time of year – decorating inside and outside your home, in stores, in schools, in offices, (ok, [...]
It isn’t too early to start holiday shopping, in fact, the more organized you are, the less likely you are to go on last-minute panic mode and make not-very-green shopping decisions. In the following weeks, here at Yurto we’ll be giving you some great holiday shopping tips which will make the yearly task fun, efficient [...]
With Halloween come and gone, we shouldn’t forget that we have now an opportunity to show some more green savvy. How? Well, the most important thing is the Jack-O-Lantern. Before going green , I shamefully admit that at our household we just tossed poor old Jack into the trash. But that was before [...]
Delicious organic produce for lunch, soft sustainable cotton in our bed sheets, color coordinated recycling bins in the garage – going green seems to be all lovely jubbly, until we get to the place that decidedly is not – the toilet.
I recently read an article in the UK Guardian on this, under Ethical Dilemmas. The [...]
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