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Make Homemade Green Cleaners and Save $1,612 in Five Years

November 12, 2011

I’ve been slacking on my, “Save $50,000 in five years” series. It’s a lot of work (all those calculations!) However, it’s time we got back to it, so without further ado… Let’s look at cleaning products. Why use green cleaning products? In this post I’ll be comparing the costs green cleaning products only – both [...]

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Flower & Herb Safety Guide for Homemade Body Care Products

August 27, 2011

If you’re going to use flowers or herbs as ingredients in a homemade beauty product, follow these safety tips… Use only organic herbs and flowers – you don’t want pesticides on your body. Know your herbs and flowers before you use them. Get a good guidebook so you can recognize the subtle differences between various herbs and [...]

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Arguments for paper towel use – benefits of paper towels over cloth

June 12, 2010

Right now I’m on a bit of a paper towel kick. Paper towels are one of my pet eco-topics and once I get going look out. Hopefully I’ll be off this kick in a week or so and back to a more general eco-friendly post schedule. In general I think cloth towels can be used [...]

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Green clean correctly with cloth towels vs. paper towels

March 19, 2010

One of the best green cleaning tips is to clean with cloth, not paper towels. There’s many reasons for this such as money savings, tree savings, manufacturing energy savings and more. In the last three or so years I’ve owned exactly two rolls of paper towels, but only because they were sent to me. Those [...]

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Homemade Green Kitchen Cleaners

March 1, 2010

Keeping your kitchen clean and green is easy once you get into the swing of homemade cleaners. There’s no need to go toxic, not even with hard to clean ovens. Read on for all sorts of great homemade kitchen cleaners that actually work. Oven cleaning: Prevention is your first line of defense. First of all [...]

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Homemade All-Purpose Cleaners & Safer Mold Cleaners

February 27, 2010

If your goal is to live greener you should stick with non-toxic cleaners. There are some major dangers and safety hazards of conventional cleaners to be aware of. Risks of conventional cleaners range from health concerns, to home air pollution, to environmental contamination and more. Below are some good homemade green cleaners that will save [...]

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