If you are anything like me, you know that “going green” is not a new trend, cutting-edge ideological change or massive historical discovery of this century. Growing up at my Grandmother’s house, I learned to cover leftovers with slightly used shower caps, store dry items in old jam jars, and recycle my soda cans. I even watched as she saved vegetable trimmings to feed to her unbelievable rose gardens. I guess you could say that I grew up green before green got trendy.

However, while I don’t view conserving resources, recycling products or even composting and home gardening as new trends, I do appreciate how this current “green revolution” introduced us to all-natural and organic home cleaning products. I grew up cleaning my home with heavy bleach solutions because, well, bleach works and it works well (especially if you’re cleaning up after messy boys). I never thought of the consequences of using harsh chemicals in my home. I never thought how synthetic chemicals damage and kill our natural environment. Looking back now, I feel like an idiot.

Luckily today, we all have a choice in cleaning products. We can now rely on supermarkets to carry cleaning options with effective and environmentally-friendly ingredients. Cleaning products with 95% natural and bio-degradable ingredients, use cruelty-free testing processes and stray away from synthetic, harsh chemicals. We, also, now live in an era where companies use all-natural, green practices and products. They too make an active choice to improve healthy living for our homes and environment. For that, I do thank this renewed green revolution.