seventh generation

According to Consumer Reports, you can spend almost two thousand dollars on disposable diapers before your baby turns two. Luckily, there are lots of ways to save on these essential items. It starts with a choice: What sort of diaper will you use? Let's begin by considering cloth.

Do you get a warm fuzzy feeling when you open your cupboards? If you use products made by companies like Method, King Arthur Flour Company, and Seventh Generation, you're supporting businesses officially certified as do-good corporations by the nonprofit B Lab -- where the "B" stands for "benefit."

Supposedly "green" cleaners may not be as green as you think. You're probably being exposed to chemicals even if you're using presumably eco-friendly household cleaners, laundry detergents, air fresheners or personal-care products around the house, a new study suggests. Some of those chemicals are...

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This week's freebies are totally about self indulgence: free candy, free celebrity gossip mags, free lattes, and free roast beef sandwiches from Arby's. WaHoo the weekend is here! Get a free Butterfinger candy bar if you are one of the first 100,000 to "make a claim" on the candy maker's Facebook...

Here is a faaaaabulous reason to clip coupons: free Seventh Generation cleaners at Target. Here's how to get the freebie: 1. Buy three Seventh Generation cleaning products, some of which are on sale right now for $2.99. 2. Use three $1 off coupons from the 1/10 Red Plum insert. 3. Print three...

Former fabric designer Julia Fry started Vaska a decade ago because she found traditional soaps were ruining her clothes. Her young green laundry products company has already won coveted shelf space in Duane Reade and Sam's Club. Fry talks about how she did it, and what's next.

If you're like me, you like to eat Nutella at your desk, out of the jar, and offer your spoon to any co-worker who walks by looking disgusted. Once, I smeared a dollop of Nutella on my desk, to see if the desk wanted some. OK, actually, I was running a consumer experiment testing leading brands of paper towels, investigating which one gives you the easiest clean-up and return on investment. Let's meet our three challengers.

Imagine, if you will, that you are wandering through the aisles of your local grocery store. While shopping for detergent, you find yourself on the horns of an ethical and economic dilemma: you're loyal to one brand, but you find your attention drawn to another product. The new, prettier product...