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The Cleaning Power of Vodka

by Becky Striepe on March 8th, 2010

Getting that green cleaning regiment together means gathering lots of household ingredients from lemons to baking soda to vinegar to... vodka?

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6 Reasons Why You Should Be Cleaning Your House with Lemon Juice

by Becky Striepe on February 2nd, 2010

The humble lemon can be a powerful, versatile addition to your cleaning regimen.

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Cleaning Green: Baking Soda Power!

by Becky Striepe on January 5th, 2010

Last week, we talked about cleaning with vinegar, and it got such a great response, I thought it would be fun to take a look this week at vinegar's best friend: baking soda.

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Cleaning Green: An Ode to Vinegar

by Becky Striepe on December 22nd, 2009

Plain old vinegar has so many uses beyond being a delicious addition to salad dressing and critical for making pickles! You know you can use vinegar as an all-natural hair rinse. Did you know it’s a great disinfectant, too? Toxic cleaning supplies contribute to poor indoor air quality, not to mention the damage they do [...]

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Warning: This Non-Toxic Cleaner May Shock You

by Beth Buczynski on March 26th, 2009

Until recently, no one associated sparkling clean bathrooms and kitchens with poisoned air and mutated aquatic life. But the same lemony fresh cleaners, disinfectants, and degreasers that shine your stove top can also make you sick and can cause real problems for the waterways they drain into. Just ask the Environmental Protection Agency, which reports that "the air inside the typical home is on average 2-5 times more polluted than the air just outside—and in extreme cases 100 times more contaminated—largely because of household cleaners and pesticides."

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DIY: Make Your Swiffer Guilt Free

by Becky Striepe on March 25th, 2009

Oh, Swiffer! You are so convenient; why must you also be so wasteful? The thought of all of those pads ending up in the landfill has had me racked with Swiffer Guilt. Our Swiffer has been living in the closet for quite some time now, but we recently pulled it out again.

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