The term “natural floor cleaner” is a popular search on the Krya website. This is a marked difference from about 20-25 years ago, when many households fell for the strong anti bacterial santiser trap, and we outdid each other looking…
Category: Toxin free home care
Krya Baby Skin 101 series : 5 simple ayurvedic tips to care for baby’s skin
2 non toxic cleaner recipes and a Krya factory update
When we started Krya, the life we left behind was hurried, quite thoughtless, filled with consumption and was full of products. I went from a seven step skin care routine and a 4 step hair care routine to a completely…
Urban Survival 101 : the science of reading food labels
We speak about label reading in this article in response to many queries we received after our last posts on toxics in cosmetic products, especially those sold for children. One mother went as far as to describe her children’s complete…
6 myths & 3 facts : why toxics continually enter your home
In my earlier life, I worked in one of India’s leading biscuit and confectionary companies. My office was near the production facility, so 4 pm would have the odours of baking biscuits and vanilla essence wafting into my room. In…
Try this instead – the new series on toxic free living
One of my most memorable trips was a visit to Officina Profumo Farmaceutica of the Santa Maria Novella Church in Florence. Listed as one of the world’s oldest pharmacies, this apothecary & pharmacy was founded in 1221 A.D. by the…
The One Person Satyagraha
And one wash to care for them all – a guide to maintaining your cloth napkins
The Holiday Eco Spring Cleaning series – Part 2 : The 3P Purge
Part 1 of the holiday spring cleaning series outlined the travails of the urban environmentalist as she or he navigates through the toxic nasties present around the home. Besides seriously affecting human health, our air and water, these synthetics also…
The Holiday Eco Spring cleaning series – Part 1
This blog is dedicated to helping everyone lead a more environmentally sustainable life, no matter where they are. We choose to in this blog, focus on the unique travails of the environmental enthusiast who lives in a crowded urban city.…