More About: 'Environmentally-friendly'
Best Sustainable Kids & Baby Brands at Thrive Market
As parents, we want the best for our little ones—safe, nourishing, and eco-conscious products that support a healthy future for both our children and the planet. Fortunately, many brands are dedicated to sustainable sourcing, responsible packaging, and clean ingredients. At Thrive Market, we carefully curate products that align with these values, offering families sustainable choices ...
How to Stock an Eco-Friendly Laundry Room
When the University of Washington studied some of the most popular laundry products in the U.S., it found plenty of questionable chemicals that had been omitted from the ingredients list. Researcher Anne Steinmann was “surprised by both the number and the potential toxicity of the chemicals that were found,” and shares that “nearly 100 volatile ...
What COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Addressing Climate Change
To say it’s hard to be hopeful as millions of people around the world are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is an understatement. At the time of this writing, hundreds of thousands have become ill and nearly 40,000 have died. Some have family members to help coordinate their care; others are facing the situation on ...
Thrive Market & Surfrider Foundation Join Forces to Clean Up the Beach
Recently, a group of more than 50 Thrive Market volunteers—including employees, local members, and influencers—came together to clean up some of the trash littering Breakwater Beach in Venice, California. In partnership with Surfrider Foundation, an organization committed to the “protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans,” the volunteer group removed 87.6 pounds of trash from the ...
Make DIY Laundry Tablets With 3 Natural Ingredients
Nix harsh chemicals and clean your clothes the natural way. These all-in-one laundry tablets combine eco-friendly Molly’s Suds detergent (made from only five earth-derived ingredients), refreshing lemon essential oil, and clarifying white vinegar. Just add 1 tablet per load of laundry to refresh your wardrobe.
This 2-Ingredient Spot Treatment Helps Lift Even the Toughest Laundry Stains
Grass streaks. Tomato sauce splashes. Mascara smudges. Some stains feel almost impossible to get out. Enter this pre-wash treatment, which you can make in minutes with just two ingredients—detergent and water—to help lift out tough stains during the wash.
9 Ways to Detox Your Laundry for Truly Clean Clothes
Laundry is a cycle—and we’re not just talking “spin” or “tumble dry low.” Rather, the task of laundry as a whole is just one big never-ending cycle. Today’s favorite jeans are tomorrow’s first load. So don’t you want to know that all this washing, drying, folding, and fluffing is actually doing something, like, oh… cleaning ...
Lemon Juice Laundry Whitener: A Natural Bleach Alternative
Bye bye, bleach—a small amount of lemon juice brightens white laundry just as well.
6 Ways to Make Laundry Eco-Friendlier
Do you feel weird re-wearing a bra once, twice…maybe three times? Not to worry—you’re totally good. No need to feel shame about tucking your bras back into the drawer until the next load of laundry.
The Problem With Microbeads—And How You Can Avoid Them
Facial cleansers. Body scrubs. Toothpaste. What do these three common personal care products have in common? All three of these products contain microbeads—and they’re destroying the environment, billions of beads at a time.
When It Comes to Saving Water, Tiny Changes Make a Huge Difference
If you live in California, you know things are about to get real when it comes to water conservation. Governor Jerry Brown recently called for the state’s first-ever mandatory water reduction in urban areas due the the state’s exceptional drought.
10 Foods That Use More Water Than You Do
Water conservation has been in the national spotlight for decades now—at this point, even preschool kids know to turn off the faucet when they’re brushing their teeth.