Make June the month you discover a new GREEN Cleaner. There are plenty out there although they can be difficult to find. This leads us to challenge #2 for June. At your next visit to your local retailer, look around for the green cleaners, if you can't find any here's what you'll do. Once you've paid for your purchases ask to speak to the manager. (This usually freaks out the clerk a little, so keep smiling!) When the manager arrives, simply mention you couldn't find any environmentally friendly cleaners and you would like to see some available at this store. If enough of you do it, changes will occur! For every one person who speaks out, there are another 100 thinking the same thing. Yes, I have done it and the manager listens and I feel warm and fuzzy afterwards!
Why should you add a green cleaner to your shopping list???
- The Environmental Protection Agency studies indicated that indoor air pollutants may be 2-5 higher then outdoor.
- Over 150 chemicals found in the home are connected to allergies, birth defects and cancer.
- A highly toxic product known as 2-butoxyethanol used in spray cleaners has been linked to reduced sperm count in men and learning disabilities in children.
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7 comments:
This is timely -- just last week my husband and I decided to start replacing all our non-green cleaners. I've been trying to convince my friends and family to do the same.
Next time my cleaning ladies are here I will check to see if they use green products. I know for windows and dusting, they use nothing but a micro-fibre cloth that works extremely well. However, the processing involved in producing a micro-fibre cloth is possibly another environmental nightmare that I don't really want to go into at the moment.
I don't clean that often, but when I do, I find vinegar and water goes a long way for most things.
I have been using green cleaners for sometime and really enjoy Ecover dishwashing tabs. They produce no harmful odour and get your dishes sparkling. I too am a fan of the microfibre to clean windows and wipe up spills.
On another note I would like to appeal to everyone not to shop in stores (especially coffee shops) that have their doors open and the air conditioning running. My husband and I were on Queen Street last night for dinner and were shocked to see Much Music and the Much Music store with doors open wide and cold air blasting out onto Queen Street. Ironically, the Much Store had manikins in the windows wearing Flick Off
t-shirts. Flick Off is a campaign urging youth to get serious about the environment and reduce carbon emissions. One concept they promote is using less electricity. I went in and spoke with the sales lady about the irony of the open door and the promotion of the Flick Off campaign...she looked at me like I had 3 heads! I have since emailed Much Music to complain, and I plan on going to the Flick Off blog and writing a letter. Starbucks is also famous for the open door + air conditioning blasting concept as well. Please speak up against this!
Thanks,
Nicole
One of my favourite eco-cleaners is the SUN! When line drying my clothes, it does a fabulous job of brightening my whites. Diapers that come out of the wash with faint stains dry to a pristine white. It's truly amazing!
I love the Nature Clean Cleaning Lotion. One bottle does a variety of jobs: dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, stain remover, general household cleaner. A Genuine Multitasker!
Amy
I use good old vinegar for most of my cleaning. Thanks for the tip about the Ecover diswhasher tabs Nicole. I'll give them a try. That is the only area where I have not switched to a green cleaner because every one I tried did not do a very good job.
My contention is that there are all natural stuff for virtually everything, so why are they being suppresed and hidden from you. what is the motive?? the answer is simple money and power. yet there are organisations, govt agencies, companies and the entire industry spending billions of dollars trying to hide natural cures from you. lets say you sell some cleaning solutions in the market, and someone discovered a all natural cleaner.. would you be happy .. of course not.. to all corporations around the world you are just a customer as long as you ae sick you are potentially a good customer.. there is no financial incentive for industries for people to live disease free or find a cure....theses people are the most ruthless, wealhiest and greediest people on the planet.. they dont care about you or your children or the enviroment...we spend lot of money on donations , walk for cures, etc to research on cures.. where does all this money go,, follow the trail you will know.
what vinegar doesn't get, baking soda will, and the two together will even de-grease drains. (put the soda in first.) Remember to heat the vinegar for tough jobs. Aubrey Organics has a natural multipurpose cleaner (they have natural everything) that smells really good, natural essential oils, I've used for laundry some times. Earth Friendly brand Wave dishwasher detergent gel works pretty well, and didn't gunk up my plastics with that white yucky film that the "regular" detergents do, and their Dishmate dishsoap is good. Dr. Bronner's castille is also a good multi-purpose natural liquid soap. I use Aubrey Organics for face, body & lotions, and they are what I use on the rare occassion I wear makeup. The lip stuff I use all the time, but usually put the clear on and then blend in just a teenie dab of whatever color because the colors are too potent for my fair skin. Okay I'm done rambling now-- trying out the baking soda shampoo thing, sounds like a good idea.
Beth
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