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New Year's Eve is a generally wasteful holiday — here's how to ensure your celebration is low-impact this year by thrifting your 'fit and more.

Just like birthstones, each month has loosely assigned birth flowers. Those born in January have two birth flowers: carnations and snowdrops.

Looking for the best couch material for dogs? These scratch and stain-resistant fabrics will keep your furniture free from pet hair and looking great.

These easy crochet kits from Target, Etsy, and more, are eco-friendly and perfect for beginners. Stick around to learn more about these kits.

If you have a hiker in your life, you know dedicated they are to their hobby. Check out these gifts for hikers for their next adventure.

Tomato stains from your leftovers can be hard to get off your plastic containers. Here's a hack on how to get tomato stains out of plastic that's going viral on social media.

From Chanel N°5 to Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille dupes, we've compiled a list of vegan and cruelty-free luxury perfume copycats that don't break the bank.

Your smoky quartz crystal may have been mined unethically, polluting the planet and endangering an underpaid miner. Hunting down ethically sourced crystals is a challenge.

What is Amazon's environmental impact on Black Friday? The notoriously unsustainable site's sales skyrocket during the consumer-driven holiday.

Subtly abrasive items and household ingredients like jewelry cloths, toothpaste, and baking soda can be used to keep stainless steel jewelry squeaky clean.

An easy home hack uses rubbing alcohol to eliminate body odor. Here's how it can work, plus a few cautions about when not to use rubbing alcohol.

If you're tired of the same old salad, add a little crunch and dash of earthy flavoring with hearts of palm. So, what does hearts of palm taste like?

People often confuse palliative care with hospice care, giving it a bad rap. Palliative care is actually for any stage of an illness, not just end-of-life.

Some find that using these crystals can help them focus and feel more connected with their surroundings while meditating.

There’s no need to waste your leftover pumpkin. Instead, make pumpkin cream cold foam, create a sugar scrub, or add it to a simmer pot.

The cost of breast reduction surgery is impacted by the surgeon you choose, location of surgery, your insurance coverage, and other factors.

In an exclusive interview with 'Green Matters,' Dr. Michael J. Breus discussed the screens in bed controversy and pre-sleep rituals.

Peppermint oil can be used to get rid of pests, clean the house, treat cold symptoms, reduce stress, flavor foods, and more.

People love their pets, but a photo of a deer spray-painted with the word "PET" has raised questions about whether deer can be pets.

Found some old jeans in your closet? Try a few DIYs, consider upcycling, or see if you can recycle them.

Although giving away used bras feels awkward, don't trash them — instead, these organizations will properly reuse and recycle them.

These brands are making cozy and luxurious silk sheets from plant-based and vegan materials.

Acupressure mats are covered in small plastic spikes and are said to provide pain and stress relief by laying on it or standing on it.

To create a sustainable boo basket, try finding a basket at the thrift store, making homemade treats, and including items that can be reused.

Learning how to read crochet patterns can be overwhelming. It’s best to start by studying the most popular terms and abbreviations.

The Pine Barrens of New Jersey are notorious for being the burial site of a number of bodies linked to crimes, and many fear that the area is dangerous.

Cupro fabric is made from cotton, and is a vegan alternative to fabrics made from nonrenewable resources — but it also uses toxic chemicals.

People normally can't see stars up close, but research tells us generally how stars would appear. Check out these awesome images of close-up stars.

Some houses are harder to clean than others, which could be due to what is in the home — and these five features definitely make things more difficult.

Fake spider webs may look festive for the fall, but they're not good for the environment. Here's why you'll want other ways to decorate.

An alternative therapy called a Myers' cocktail involves intravenous nutrient therapy, but it comes with potential risk factors and limited benefits.

Items like soda cans are known to be highly recyclable, but how does one recycle aluminum foil properly?

Kraft Heinz has made a voluntary Kraft singles recall of over 83,000 cases of its processed cheese slices. Here's what customers should know.

A U.K. man has likely broken the record for growing the world's largest onion. Read all about his long journey to growing this massive veggie!

We're rounding up some of the coziest organic cotton pajamas to help you sleep soundly.

A woman posted a flight attendant's alkaline water hack to pee less on a long flight. Here's what science says about alkaline water in your body.

Here's what we know about the long-term use of "magic mushrooms".

There are a few scientific reasons to why alcohol makes you pee so often.

When chrome or silver-looking appliances grow dingy, you might consider cleaning them with ketchup.

Plexus has long been making outsized health claims, but sales reps are leaving in droves due to the company's MLM operations.