Greenista Girl Brianne likes to do yoga on her terrace in the mornings.
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We are all concerned with living well at the least expense to the environment, but how do we make sure we are not only eco-conscious but healthy-lifestyle conscious as well? I’m Latham Thomas and I’m the founder of Tender Shoots Wellness, a boutique holistic lifestyle practice that serves women offering green culinary services, nutritional counseling, and yoga. I’m a single mother of a 7-year-old-boy and we live in the heart of the Green Apple, New York City. I’m a new addition to the Greenista team and I’m going to share some savvy tips on how to live your very best!
Holistic living means to live in balance with all components of our life … relationships, career, diet, fitness, passions, and the ambient environment. Here is one way to live an eco existence:
Exercise during the mornings whenever possible. When you work out at the start of your day it decreases your appetite and stimulates the thyroid to burn calories all day long. Try power walking, jogging, swimming, or spinning in the mornings to start off your day, add some resistance training at the end of the workout to further stimulate the fat burning process. This might include push-ups, pull-ups, crunches, and squats. Since it’s warmer outside, our bodies naturally desire more sunlight and activity. Carve out some time in your busy schedule to do some of the things you love to do outdoors, which might include: rollerblading, bike-riding, recreational sports, dancing, walking more, etc. It saves on gym membership, averts emissions expelled by workout machines, and is green!
Written by Greenista Guest Latham Thomas
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Working out outside saves on gym membership, averts emissions expelled by workout machines, and is green!
Greenista Girl Brianne’s boyfriend’s family summer home in Cape Cod is decorated with washed ashore buoys his family collected over the years.
Brianne
Decorating your home with eco finds doesn’t have to be expensive … just look in your backyard or even better, at the beach! Not just for coastal living anymore, beach-inspired looks give your home the laid-back scenery that’s just right for summer and for remembering those warmer vacation days. Go green and unique at the same time by collecting seashells … you’ll have a blast searching for certain colors and shapes. So what exactly can you do with these shells? You can place shells around a frame or mirror, put some shells in a shadow box, keep them in a decorative bowl in the bathroom, attach them to lamp or a back splash, use them as decorative drawer pulls, and you can even use larger ones as a paper weight or to hold items like soap, paper clips, or jewelry. The possibilities are endless. Using shells to decorate allows you to create your own custom look while keeping your home eco-friendly.
Written by Greenista Girl Brianne
Photos by Country Living
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By decorating with objects found in nature, you’re not contributing to more products being made thus you won’t be contributing to unnecessary energy and
Certain shrubbery can help eliminate indoor air pollutants like formaldehyde and benzene. Try Golden pothos, English ivy, and peace lilies.
Brianne
Wanna make your place sparkle like the top of Mr. Clean’s head? Skip the toxic cleaners for eco-friendly brands like SimpleGreen, Greenworks, Mrs. Meyers, Ecover, Method, Green Depot, and Seventh Generation. Cleaning products end up … in our homes, cars, and office as well as on dishes, countertops, furniture, clothes, floors, windows, and hovering through the air. Most of the conventional ones we’re used to are toxic and nearly all of the traditional cleaning products we have grown up with are petroleum-based and have perilous health and environmental implications. Sit back and think about it for a moment … our traditional household cleaners all have the warning seal, DO NOT CONSUME. Fair enough. But if it’s harmful to consume isn’t it harmful to breathe it in and let it leach into our skin? We think, yes! Instead of opting for cleaning products that annihilate everything in their path with toxic, there are plenty of natural products and methods that keep a house clean and fresh-smelling minus the toxic side effects. Try it!
Written by Greenista Girl Brianne
Photos by Mom Logic
The kiddos are highly vulnerable to chemical toxicants. Children drink more water, eat more food, and breathe more air than adults … this means that children will have substantially heavier exposures than adults to any toxins that are present.
Dogs can't eat chocolate but they can eat carob aka "nature's chocolate."
Brianne
Wanna treat your pooch to a winning surprise? Do what Greenista Girl Brianne, owner of Get Lick’d Dog Goodies, does to indulge her furry friends. Give ‘em some yummy organic dog treats. Brianne makes crunchy little mini muffins for pups that come in four fab, drool-worthy flavors: Peanut Butter Carob, Sweet Potato Oatmeal, Banana Carob Chip, and Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal. They are made using organic, human-grade ingredients and are free of wheat, preservatives, and artificial colors and flavors. They come packaged in adorable Tiffany blue bakery boxes and look so good we might beg for one.
Win a pack! To enter, follow @getlickd on Twitter and tweet “I want to win a pack of @getlickd organic dog treats!”
PS: Check out the Get Lick’d new eco-friendly dog blog for more ways to green your dog.
Written by Greenista Girl Brianne
Photos by Get Lick’d
Feed organic treats to your dogs all the time. Treats and food should never have by-products, which are basically everything not fit for human consumption like organs, bones, eyes, brains, hoofs, etc.
Greenista Girl Brianne is obsessed with cleaning with baking soda … it makes everything super white and sparkly.
Brianne
Summer grime like sand, dirt, grass, and bugs (eek!) sneaking up on your abode? Give it a deep clean with the help of The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas for Green Cleaning by Karyn Siegel-Maier ($7 used). Many household cleansing items contain harmful chemicals that are toxic to you, me, our babies, and pets. Avoid having excess pollutants in your home and stick to this guide for surefire ways to have a clean, organic abode. All you need are the essentials like baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice, herbs, and borax (which sounds scary but isn’t, trust us) to whip up nontoxic, biodegradable, fresh-smelling cleaning solutions. The Greenista Girls love their cheap, easy, and organic remedies like DIY Rosemary-Geranium Floor Wipes for electrostatic floor mops, Thyme to Make Your Own Carpet Steamer, Weekend Warrior Wicker Wash, Telephone Dirty Talk Tamer, Clear the Air Room Spritzer, Lavender Lift Automatic Dishwasher Soap, and Shoo-Fly Shake. We’re ready for our white glove test now.
Written by Greenista Girl Brianne
Photos by Amazon
One of the largest culprits in ocean pollution is phosphates which are found in laundry detergents and other cleaning products. Americans use nearly 8.3 billion pounds of dry detergent and a billion gallons of liquid detergent each year, which in turn can kill life in rivers, streams, and oceans by causing phosphate-laden "algae blooms"
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