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home green home (house cleaning)
The Seventh Generation newsletter recently shared this news about a new healthy house-cleaning service: We recently launched a new and innovative partnership to help you maintain a clean and healthy home called Home Green Home. We are working with our … Continue reading
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Tagged cleaning, house-cleaning, office cleaning
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when was the last time you vacuumed your refrigerator?
NEVER, probably. At least that was true for me until recently, when I cleaned the heat-exchange condenser coils, which are what cool your refrigerator by releasing heat. If the coils are covered in a blanket of dust, the refrigerator has … Continue reading
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line drying: good for the earth, good for your clothes
90-degree April days, a perfect time to inaugurate my new clothesline. Did you know your clothes dryer accounts for about 10-15% of your house’s energy consumption? Do you know where all that lint comes from? YOUR CLOTHES! Have you noticed … Continue reading
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Tagged clothesline, dry line, Project Laundry List
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suburbia spotlight: Safeway
I felt like a tourist, wheeling my shopping cart through the rows and rows of aisles filled sky high with stuff at the local Safeway. This was not the same Safeway where I shopped over 15 years ago. Literally; it … Continue reading
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Tagged "liquid soap", Method, organic, refillable, Safeway, suburbs
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Things you should NEVER buy again
I’m not a big fan of lists of MUSTs or MUST NOTs, since I think that it’s difficult to come up with a list that is relevant for everyone. That said, those little lists that are printed on wallet-size paper … Continue reading
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Tagged cleaners, Co-op America, green, mahagony, packaging, plastic, PVC, styrofoam, sustainable, teak, toys, unshopping, wood
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Elephant Pharmacy birthday sale
Yesterday I wrote about the accessibility of green products. Well here’s something that helps. It’s Elephant Pharmacy’s birthday!!! It’s a store (a small local chain of stores in this case) that specializes in stocking green and sustainable products, and if you … Continue reading
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Tagged coupon, elephant, green, pharmacy, sale, sustainable
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ESP Day 7: Laundry
I don’t do laundry every day, but many households do. So we’ll break this down into Washing, Drying, Dry Cleaning, and related Recycling. WASHING. For Everyday Sustainable clothes washing, I do the following: Wash in cold water. According to the … Continue reading
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