In my recent post; 23 Refillable Liquid Hand Soap Pumps, a reader (and cool blogger I know - Angelique) asked:
“I was wondering if you (or any readers) knew of a cheap way to make your own liquid soap from all those crazy “soap slivers” that slime around the kitchen, bathrooms, showers and tubs?
There has […]
Refillable liquid hand soap is one of the best green bathroom and kitchen steps you can take. Easy too. If you haven’t jumped on the hand soap pump train yet, I’m going to make it even easier for you. After the jump are 23 great hand soap pump options.
Tags: green bathroom, green home accessories refillable […]
Look what we saw on our walk the other day!
The lilacs are starting to bloom! FYI this is the perfect time to collect some and try that Candied Flower recipe - you know you want to.
Or maybe you’d rather make some air freshening mixes that aren’t toxic. I saw some great dried lavender at the […]
You know about the problems with traditional dry cleaning and green options, but do you know about methods that are applauded as green that aren’t so green?
Some “green” dry cleaning methods to question:
•Hydrocarbon cleaners (use petroleum-based solvent)
•GreenEarth Cleaning (use silicone-based solvent, D-5) It may seem innocent enough, but there have been mixed conclusions on […]
Earlier today we talked about alternatives to dry cleaning, but if that’s not possible for you, there are green dry cleaning options.
What’s wrong with traditional dry cleaning?
Traditional dry cleaning uses the solvent perchloroethylene (perc), classified by the EPA as toxic. And 85% of cleaners still use it.
Perc is a chlorinated hydrocarbon that can contaminate […]
Since we discussed essential oil use with laundry yesterday, why not talk about dry cleaning today?
I have to admit that I’m a casual person. Most of my clothes are comfortably cottony. And some are wonderfully organic cottony. So, I don’t visit the cleaners except on very rare occasions.
What can you do if your dress code […]
Peggy posted a review a bit ago about Seventh Generation dishwasher detergent. She tried the Seventh Generation’s Free & Clear Automatic Dishwasher Powder. She liked it overall but noted that she likes gels better - she gets powder all over.
I’ve always used powder. Actually, I’ve mostly lived sans dishwasher in my life, so technically, I’ve […]
As promised in my rant about Palmolive eco+ Dishwasher Gel, I’m reviewing Seventh Generation’s dishwasher detergent. I could not find the gel at my local grocery store, so I went with the powder. I paid around $4 for the 45 oz. box. I snagged the photo below from Seventh Generation’s site. Even though I like […]
In my last post; Are We So Clean That We’re Breeding Super Germs? I noted that next I’d cover why I think the whole Palmolive eco+ Gel Dishwasher Detergent issue is bunk. Peggy wrote about how Palmolive is greenwashing - I agree. Not everyone agreed though.
From the comments:
“Just thought you might like to know […]
We’ve been talking about cleaners pretty obsessively here the last couple of days. Maybe the most interesting of posts has been the Palmolive eco+ Gel Dishwasher Detergent post that Peggy wrote. A post I figured no one would have any argument against. But it looks like some people think that Palmolive Eco sounds like a […]
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