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12 Clean & Natural Hand Soaps

12 Clean & Natural Hand Soaps

In an era of frequent handwashing, it’s more important than ever to pick good, clean, natural soaps. Washing my hands 20 times a day with generic o...

15 Brands to Lounge In

Let’s be real: 2020 sucked. For those of us in lockdown, it's felt like an unrelenting cycle of wake, work from home, eat, and sleep. We’re all loo...

Personal Care: Buyer Beware

Like you and me, people across the world use a wide variety of cosmetics and personal care products in their daily lives. We all brush our teeth, w...

Capsule Wardrobes

Capsule wardrobes are wildly popular these days, and with good reason. Originally a niche practice, the term “capsule wardrobe” was first coined by...

Green(ish) Disinfectants

If you’ve read our last blog post on the dangers of chemicals in conventional cleaning products, then you’ve hopefully taken steps to eliminate the...

Green Cleaning

No matter who you are, cleaning is a chore that needs to get done. Not only does it make your home look better, it’s crucial to maintaining a healt...

Caring for Your Clothing

Following our previous posts about fast fashion and slow fashion, today we want to talk about one of the best ways to reduce your environmental imp...

The Rise of Slow Fashion

In our last post we talked about the true cost of fast fashion and its harmful impacts on the environment, human health, and our wallets. This week...

The True Cost of Fast Fashion

“Fast fashion” has become a buzz phrase in recent years. But what exactly is fast fashion, and why is it a problem? Let’s break it down. We should ...

The Plastic Problem

By now, everyone knows plastics are a problem. But what actually are they and how did they become such a problem?

Hello, World!

Hello world! Monteverde is a place where you can continue to get the things you need and love, while resting assured that your consumption is being...