By: Joseph Mayton
Go to the beach. Swim. Kill some ecosystems and go home. All in a full day trip to any of the world’s sandy getaways. Until recently, this was a trip to get away from the world’s problems, but now, with the reporting on what our sunscreen is doing to marine life, the ocean jaunting is becoming increasingly dangerous to our planet’s wonders of the sea.
National Geographic has done extensive research on the topic in recent years and their reporting has been staggering, almost shocking.
According to their studies, chemical …

By: Daria Mahgoub

The heat is unbearable, school’s over, your boss expects your vacation notice anytime now. It’s time for Sahel (North Coast) – it’s time for parties.  For those of us stuck in Cairo, indoor and garden parties are just as good!
Months ago I organized an eco-party at my place, it was spontaneous and I just actively worked on reducing the carbon footprint using common sense. I’m organizing another eco-party and wanted to do it right down to the last detail, so I went rummaging where the experts make …

By: Daria Mahgoub
Between the experts constantly warning you of the health and environmental hazards in your bath cabinet, and manufacturers hammering you with new products; what happens to the size of our cabinets and their contents when we decide to go eco-friendly?
One of our readers has little ones that love playing in their bubble baths, and being a concerned mother, she has asked us to look into it.
Bubble baths. We’re alarmed at what’s out there (and relieved by the eco-alternative) and we’re bringing the facts to the table
The widely …

By: Nader Ramadan
Paying your electrical bill can be a painful process. Remembering those endless hours of TV watching, and hot showering you feel like kicking yourself for being the idiot who wanted to use the extra Watts for useless enjoyment. But you’re not the only one who wants less of those zeros on your electric bill.
Electricity has become an extra fiscal burden for many Egyptian families and a good chunk of that electricity is spent on heating water. But what if the sun was your new source of electrical heat? Well, …

By: Daria Mahgoub
Are you looking for volume? Shine? Straighter hair? Curlier hair? No problem, there’s a shampoo for everything. It will penetrate your hair strands and fluff them, wax them, babyliss them and roll them too!
Shampoo manufacturers seem to have forgotten why it was created. What happened to cleaning dirt, oils, sebum and debris? Why is eye irritation a common thing with most shampoos? Why are some detergents-like-chemicals that are known to corrode and damage the hair scalp commonly used?
Scents and dyes are seemingly more important. It’s true we all …