7 Reasons Why Natural Materials Are All the Rage in 2021

Along with “sustainable,” “organic,” and “eco-friendly,” “natural” is a trending buzzword when it comes to everyday products. From skincare products and cosmetics to medicine, fabrics, and building materials, consumers are making more and more purchases that have a low environmental impact.  But why the sudden interest in these clean, organic materials? They’re growing especially popular … Read more

What Is FloorScore® Certification?

A Standard To Improve Indoor Air Quality: FloorScore® Certification What comes to mind when you think of staying healthy? Seeing your doctor? Eating well? Getting plenty of exercises? Chances are, air quality doesn’t come to mind. However, the quality of the air you breathe can impact your health and that of your family. While you … Read more

About Eucalyptus Flooring & 7 Benefits of Eucalyptus Floors

  If you’re an eco-conscious homeowner, you’ll be pleased to know that in addition to our bamboo floors, Ambient offers strand woven eucalyptus flooring. Eucalyptus flooring is sort of like bamboo’s cousin, and it’s become more popular in recent years. There are hundreds of eucalyptus species out there, so you have a variety of colors … Read more

How to Compost Your Kitchen Trash into Rich Gardening Soil

Hand holing Soil created from Home Composting kitchen scraps or vegetables and fruit along with fall leaves and grass clippings. Final product dark brown earth rich with nutrients and worms to spread around the garden.

When deciding what to recycle and what must go to the landfill, you can’t help but start to wonder about the kitchen scraps. If you’ve ever felt weird about dumping out vegetable stems and leftovers, you’re not alone. Our ancestors survived by figuring out how to make the most of every possible resource and why … Read more

8 Tips for Going Green in the Workplace

Co-workers in an environmentally friendly office

Living a green lifestyle doesn’t stop at your front door or the edge of your property or when you get into the car. Being eco-responsible and reducing waste is something you can do in every aspect of your life, even in the workplace. While it would be great if you could convince your employer to … Read more

7 Tips for a Comfortable In-Law Apartment

inside an in-law apartment

The number of multi-generational households in America has doubled since 1980. Now, more than 57% of households have more than one generation living in them. It’s not that people have more kids. It’s a case of more adult children returning home. Plus, people are living longer and moving in with their adult children for extra … Read more