Everything You Need to Know About Creating a Community Garden
Does your neighborhood need a community garden? Not only can community gardens bring people together in a fun and safe space, but, depending on [...]
Micro Gardening: Small and Green
What is a Micro Garden? A micro garden is a high yield garden built to take advantage of a small space. Although they can [...]
How to Recycle – Even When Your City Doesn’t Have a Program
You can analyze your consumerism in light of reducing the amount of stuff you throw away, regardless of whether there is a recycling program or [...]
Slow Foods: It’s a Movement
There’s a movement happening here in the U.S.A. It’s called Slow Foods and their mission is clear: to bring healthier foods into local schools and [...]
Look for the Helpers…
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. [...]
Shop “Small” with My Green Mattress!
Did you know that My Green Mattress, a division of Quality Sleep Shop, is a small, independently owned business in LaGrange, IL? Quality Sleep Shop [...]
Aquaponics, It’s Time!
At My Green Mattress, we keep environmental conservation very close to heart. It’s one of the many reasons that we source the best organic and [...]
Making a Difference – One Piece of Trash at a Time
You’ve probably heard the story “The Star Thrower” by Loren Eiseley at some point. It’s the one where a man is throwing stranded starfish back [...]