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Zero-Waste Spring Cleaning Hacks

Zero-Waste Spring Cleaning Hacks

Ever wonder how you can spring clean like a boss while reducing your carbon footprint and exposure to harmful chemicals?

Believe it or not, there’s really just a handful of eco-friendly cleaning products and everyday items you’ll need, to get your home sparkling clean! And, without all the chemicals and waste.

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TOP 10 Laundry Tips for Greening Up Your Laundry Routine

TOP 10 Laundry Tips for Greening Up Your Laundry Routine

Let's face it. Unless you are joining a nudist colony, doing laundry is here to stay. :) So let's chat today about ways to save money and resources, while in turn helping save the planet!

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The history behind "Elva's Blend Thieves and Thyme Hand Soap"

The history behind "Elva's Blend Thieves and Thyme Hand Soap"
In 1413, thieves robbed dead bodies without getting sick...We decided to add Thyme as an important element because it contains the powerful antiseptic thymol; the EPA recently approved cleaning products containing thymol because it was deemed effective to kill the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Continue reading

Clean or Not? 🛑 What You NEED to Know Before You Buy

Clean or Not? 🛑 What You NEED to Know Before You Buy
Outdated Regulations on Toxic Chemicals in Canada and the USA are a Major Threat to Human Health. The average adult uses between 6 and 15 personal care products daily, containing roughly anywhere from about 112 to 170 chemicals, many of which are banned in other countries. And our skin has over 5 million pores. Here's a list of what to avoid. Continue reading

7 Great Ways to Detox Your Home

7 Great Ways to Detox Your Home

It's another new year, and most of us have it on our list of goals to "be healthier" in some way. People often talk about "detoxing" in reference to their bodies and what they eat and/or eliminate. But what about the very environment our bodies are living in most of the time?

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9 Ways to Reduce Your Holiday Waste 🎄

9 Ways to Reduce Your Holiday Waste 🎄

👉🏽 Did you know that with all of our fun holiday plans, waste is estimated to increase by about 25% during this season?

Luckily, there are easy ways that you can create less waste. Reduce your carbon footprint this holiday season with these nine eco-friendly tips! 

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You Are What You Absorb: Ingredients to Avoid in Your Products

You Are What You Absorb: Ingredients to Avoid in Your Products
While Health Canada has banned or restricted the use of over 500 different chemical ingredients in our cosmetics, we are still very behind the EU that has banned 1,328 ingredients for health and safety concerns (currently-banned chemicals can be found Continue reading

Best Non-Toxic Kitchen Cleaner by Elva’s All Naturals

Best Non-Toxic Kitchen Cleaner by Elva’s All Naturals
It all started because we were really upset about the chemicals found in conventional cleaning and personal care products that were being sold to trusting consumers - some even marketed as “green” - and yet filled with literal poison. (I learned all about it when I worked for GreenPeace as a teenager.) Continue reading