52 Simple Ways to Be Healthier in 2010
1.27.2010
It’s a new year and you are full of hope. This is the year you will claim or reclaim your good health!

New Tool Spotlights Green Practices
9.3.2009
A spa's staff might engage in environmentally healthy practices—but there is always room to do more. This is the message behind a new tool launched by a national organization dedicated to making spas more environmentally responsible.

Build an Eco-friendly Practice
7.15.2009
Going green is no longer a fringe trend popular only in progressive parts of the world. In fact, being eco-friendly has become a key business strategy in industries ranging from automobiles and architecture to fashion and restaurants.

Are Clays Organic?
5.6.2009
To use the term "organic" on any product without holding a certificate that indicates your product has been manufactured, processed or grown under strict USDA guidelines can possibly lead to fines as large as $11,000. Simply claiming a product is organic does not make it so.

Green Economics: Easy and Inexpensive Ways to Help the Environment
4.22.2009
Wherever you look these days, the media is touting the latest green innovation. Whether it’s hybrid cars, wind farms, solar panels or biofuels, typically the flashiest, most expensive green inventions get the most attention. Given this, it’s easy to see why some people think they have to spend lots of money to go green.

New Products from Organic Balance Offer Greater Rates of Absorption
1.29.2010
Organic Balance™ is introducing its new line of nutraceutical products featuring its new patent-pending delivery process called SSP™ (Serum Specific Process™). This revolutionary technology allows the majority of the nutrients from the vitamins or supplements to enter through the digestive tract virtually intact and then be drawn directly into the bloodstream, where the body needs them the most.

Natural Shower Gels are Making a Splash
1.29.2010
With consumer demand for organic personal-care products continuing to grow, Vermont Soap is proud to announce a new collection of certified organic and USDA-approved Moisturizing Shower Gels.

Clean and Green: Supermarket Shelves Awash in Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergents
1.28.2010
Laundry detergent manufacturers are rolling out a new generation of products aimed at making cleaning more efficient and environmentally friendly, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine.

Indigenous Designs Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary of Organic, Fair-trade Apparel
1.22.2010
ndigenous Designs Corporation, a leading provider of eco fashion, welcomed in the New Year by celebrating its 15th anniversary. During the last 15 years, the company has been recognized as the authentic pioneer of organic, fair-trade apparel.

Vermont Soap Organics Launches New Liquid Sunshine Nontoxic Cleaning Kit
12.25.2009
Thanks to Vermont Soapworks, a company that has been creating innovative natural and organic soap products since 1992, cleaning is now safer for home and the environment. Liquid Sunshine Non Toxic Cleaner (NTC) is a USDA certified organic, nontoxic alternative to conventional chemical cleaners that meets or exceeds all USDA Organic Food standards.

Bath & Shower Gels
These scented bath and shower gels can be used in the shower or bath and are meant to refresh, revitalize and moisturize skin while being cleansed. These gels are formulated with natural antioxidants and botanical extracts, such as olive, green tea and aloe.

Dusk til Dawn Detox Masque
This facial mask is made with Bentonite clay, Green Tea extract and Zinc Oxide. It comes in a powder form and mixes with water or vinegar to become an indulgent, skin soothing and detoxifying beauty treatment for all skin types.

Spa Basic Facial Masks
These wet masks are designed to target specific needs. The choices of masks include: allatoin, aloe, aqua collagen, enzyme whitening collagen, eucalyptus collagen, green tea, 4-in-1 collagen crystal mask and more. Each mask is packaged individually in an easy-to-open foil pouch.

Cypress, Spanish Essential Oil
Cypress essential oil is distilled from the leaves of a tall evergreen tree with slender branches and a statuesque conical shape. In terms of Oriental medicine, the principal action of Cypress oil is to enliven and regulate the flow of blood.

Botanical Blend Oil
This deliquescent light oil is handcrafted with grapeseed, sesame, apricot, jojoba, vitamin E and fractionated coconut oils. It's formulated to be water-dispersible and is handcrafted with organic white willow bark extract, organic arnica oil, green tea extract and wild harvest cat's claw extract.

Organic Bath & Body - Blue Green Algae & Seaweed Gel Treatment
This treatment is made with Klamath blue-green algae, which is said to be rich in minerals and chlorophyll. Contains organic extracts as well as the organic essential oils of rose hip seed, aloe vera and Bulgarian lavender. Designed to cleanse, detoxify and impart a wonderful feel to the skin