Archive for April, 2009


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April

Help the environment by switching to green cleaning

There are many things that people do not know about basic cleaning supplies that they have cleaned with for most of their lives but due to the new Green cleaning marketing that you see everywhere, people are learning. While cleaning with the basic products that we have always used, you might not realize that you might actually be making your home a lot worse than it should be. A lot of the cleaning supplies are petroleum based and the toxins that are in them are not good for the air that you breathe and the environment around you.

There are so many products on the market today and so many websites that you can visit in order to get tips and tricks on how to clean using natural products that it would be just silly to continue to use the basic toxic products to clean because why would you not want to help save the environment while at the same time saving yourself more money due to the fact that Green cleaning is less expensive. You can go to the store and see a lot of the products that have the bold word green printed on them that tell you these are good cleaning products.

Once you find these products, you should compare the prices of them with the prices of the regular cleaning products that you have been using and you will be surprised at the difference you will save by going green. There are probably products in your home that clean just as good as your basic non green products but you just were not informed. That is why there is so much information on the Internet in order to tell people that it is easy to get into Green cleaning and they should take advantage of all the information that is available.

If you have a chance to do your part in helping to clean up the environment and make the earth healthy again, then you should definitely do it and Green cleaning is a way to give you that chance. Throw away all of your non green cleaning supplies the correct way and research on all of the other substances you can use that will still have the same affect in keeping your home really clean and smelling fresh but with an extra additive called giving. By doing this, you are giving to the environment the stability that it so desperately needs.

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April

Those three words that start with ‘R’

Reuse – Reduce – Recycle!

Most of us know the three R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle, but when we work on conserving, we often leave reuse out of the picture. While you can often find tips on how to reuse common products from other people, what you need most is creativity. With a little thought there are many items around your home that can be reused – toilet paper holders can be used to sow seeds for the vegetable patch. And old yogurt containers can be cut into strip to make plant labels. Old food jars can be refilled with homemade foods or can make great impromptu vases. Use environmentally friendly products. When you go to the grocery store, you probably see more and more “natural” or “eco friendly” products every time. There are generally two big problems with these products: 1. Just because they’re more natural than regular products, doesn’t mean they’re entirely natural. 2, They’re often expensive. If you want inexpensive, natural, safe products, why not just make them yourself. Vinegar is a great way to clean and disinfect glass and other surfaces. Need to remove stubborn stains? Just add some baking soda to your vinegar cleaner. Some quick searching online will lead you to hundreds of other natural safe home-made cleaning products.

We all knowing that going green means better for the environment, but it’s also better for you. Conserving resources also helps save you money, which is something most of us are happy to live with.


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