Going Green with Lisa Bronner

A Sunscreen Summary

Updated June 2020 to incorporate new research and new regulations. Sunscreen is no longer a summertime thing. Since I first wrote this, I’ve had my first brush with skin cancer. That ro [...]

Body

9 Ways to Use Hemp Oil In Body Care (& Why)

There are a lot of superlative claims about hemp oil: most unsaturated oil, best essential fatty acids (EFA) ratio and combination, highest amino acid variety, only plant source of vitamin [...]

Castile Soap

Castile Soap Garden Spray

As flattered as I am that pests find my garden delicious – after all, this is precisely my purpose in planting it – I still don’t want them there. Call me selfish, but I really want to eat [...]

Certifications

“Regenerative” Merges 3 Key Certifications

I’ll be the first to admit, certifications can make shopping a headache. I’m talking about all those official looking little seals on labels of products from food to cosmetics to clothing [...]

A person reaching for a jug of Dr Bronner's soap.

Green Living

My Cleaning Cabinet

Updated May 2020 - Because it’s been 8 years since I first published this and things have only gotten simpler. Here’s what all the housecleaning info on my blog boils down to: in th [...]

Castile Soap

The Poetry of the Lavender Label

I was 20 when my grandfather Dr. Emanuel Bronner died from Parkinson’s Disease. I had spent his last two summers interning in the Dr. Bronner’s office, which was in his house. I was pe [...]

Cleaning Upholstery with Dr. Bronner’s

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