What’s the good of organic?
The organic movement is all about wellbeing – the wellbeing of the soil, the environment and human health. It is not elitist, it is about offering a real difference: products that respect our earth and all living things. Here at Greenscents, (where every product in...
Why are allergies on the rise and what to do about it
Image Courtesy: Lukasz Szmigiel There is no doubt that more people are suffering from allergies. In the UK, twenty-one million adults have at least one allergy. The number of people with allergies is growing by 5% every year, and half of these people are children....
Are organic household products as effective as conventional ones?
We were at Helen Browning’s organic farm near Swindon with The Soil Association and Marie Claire last week discussing what makes organic cleaning products different. There will be a short film released in September featuring a number of organic brands so we will keep...
Focus on Greenscents Castile Soap
Castile soap is a really lovely product with so many possibilities! It is perfect for travelling and a small bottle is all you need for your summer holidays. Castile soap originated in Spain at the time of the Crusades and has been popular ever since. It has always...
It’s holiday time!
Picture Courtesy - Annie Spratt After two years cooped up at home everyone is looking for a getaway. Promises of sea and sunshine are hard to resist after the pressures of Covid-19 and despite chaos at airports many of us will be jetting overseas this summer. Often...
Focus on Greenscents Laundry Liquid
Laundry liquid is one of our best loved products and for good reason! Every ingredient in our laundry liquid is listed on the label and the more the ingredient weighs in the formula the higher it appears in the list. This is so important if you want to know what’s in...
Meet Debbie from Tabitha Eve – making beautiful, reusable products for the home!
We always love meeting other brands with strong ethics like our own. One of our latest favourites is Tabitha Eve, who are passionate about creating ethically made items for the home that are not only beautiful but also reusable. We had a lovely chat with Debbie the...
Prevention is better than cure: the case of Covid-19 and future pandemics
Covid-19 has killed over 6.2 million people worldwide and over 175,000 people in the UK. In the last week of April 2022, on average 313 people a day in were still dying of the virus in the UK. Although Omicron is more infectious than other common viruses, it is less...
Your plastic-free home
Is it possible or ideal to have a 100% plastic-free home? Most of us will have seen videos of the damage caused by plastics and microplastics in our oceans and plastic accounts for around 60% of the waste found in canals and rivers. In our towns and cities, litter is...
Meet Seep, Makers of Green Cleaning Accessories That Are Kind To The Planet
We recently shared a blog post about the importance of making sustainable choices when it comes to our spring-cleaning products and accessories. Like everything we buy, it’s important to consider how each product is made, and disposed of. Each plastic cleaning brush,...