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Are Your Household Cleaners In The 'Hall of Shame'?

Posted 05.07.2012

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From Mother Nature Network's Matt Hickman: Sorry to disturb if you’re still reeling from the news that America’s favorite black market laundry ...

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Top 10 Green Spring Cleaning Tips

Brian Keane | Posted 05.19.2012

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Brian Keane

Springtime presents the perfect opportunity to get outside, talk to your neighbors and demonstrate how to be a good steward to your shared environment. Here are my top ten green, spring cleaning tips.

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Understanding "Green" Product Labels

Women & Co | Posted 05.08.2012

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Women & Co

How do you decide which cleaning products to use in your home? Clearly the effectiveness of the products we use is important, but what about their impact on the environment?

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It's A Green Home If It Saves You Money, Right?

Courtney Cachet | Posted 09.28.2011

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Courtney Cachet

There are some ways to go green that are so effortless, so easy, so less toxic and so less expensive that you'd be foolish not to do them. Here are four easy ways you can go green and save money without sacrificing a thing.

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Green Washing -- the Good Kind

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Avital Binshtock

Hate germs but love the planet? Fortunately, a growing array of greener cleaning products lines stores' shelves these days. Here's a list that can comfort even the most neurotic germophobe.

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How To Make Your Own Non-Toxic Cleaning Products

Posted 05.25.2011

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From Networx.com's Linda Merrill: You probably already know that you can clean with common kitchen pantry items like baking soda, vinegar and lemons....

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Cleaning House the Old-Fashioned Way

Michael McGown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael McGown

There are great cleaning products available today that don't need any more water than what is available from your own tap.

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Avoid Household Toxins: Take Action!

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

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By guest blogger Andy Igrejas, national campaign director of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition These days, more of us are thinking abou...

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Green Cleaning Parties

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maria Rodale

By guest blogger Cassidy Randall. Cassidy coordinates efforts to mobilize and engage women at Women's Voices for the Earth. She developed the Green Cl...

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Eco-Friendly Cleaning Service Thrives In Tough Economy

Chicago Tribune | Leslie Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yes, we are in an economic downturn. Yes, hiring a housecleaner is a luxury, not a need. And, yes, most homeowners can do this themselves. But despite...

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Non-Toxic Cleaners: Make Your Own (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Want to be more environmentally friendly when cleaning your house, but can't afford those expensive products? WatchMojo.com shows an easy and inexpen...

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How Worried Should We Be About Every Day Chemicals?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Gavigan

Among the roughly 2,000 chemicals produced in quantities of more than a million pounds per year, only about 7% have undergone the recommended slate of basic toxicity studies.

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When it Comes to Green, it's All About...Me!

David Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Becker

Like to support local farmers? Hurray! And you know what? It turns out their food tastes amazing. Funny how food tastes so much better when it was dug out of the ground that morning.

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Erin Brockovich, Seventh Generation Launch Million Baby Crawl Campaign (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...

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8 Ways to Green Your Thanksgiving Celebration

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.07.2011

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Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, 5 million extra tons of trash are created each week. It's easy to reduce your contribution to all that waste by greening your Thanksgiving.

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One Stop Shopping for Greening Your Home: Green Depot Has It All

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

Find out how Sarah Beatty, a determined new green business woman, has earned Green Depot's moniker as America's leading one-stop shop for building solutions.

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Eco Etiquette: The Obsessively Organic Parent, Best Green Cleaners

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Grayson

Sure, you could send your daughter off to every single play date accompanied by organic carrot sticks and tamari roasted almonds, but what's going to happen when she's in a situation that you can't reasonably control or change?

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5 Secrets Conventional Cleaning Product Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Gavigan

These products were meant for use all over the house. If they were as toxic as their labels implied, why were we using them where we ate, bathed, slept and played?

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Battle For The Best Green Cleaner

Grist | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ah, dish duty. Who hasn't ignored it, dreaded it, rock-paper-scissored over it? But there comes a time in each eater's life when dishes must be done. ...

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