Sustainable Living – Practical Eco-Friendly Tips for Green Living and Self-Sufficiency in the 21st Century Today I am going to take a little twist on our Eco-friendly My Eco Maid posts and share about a new book called “Sustainable Living – Practical, Eco-friendly Tips for Green Living and Self-Sufficiency in the 21st Century”. I have to admit this is a…
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EarthScents, Changing the Way the World Cleans, Naturally. I am delighted to share with you today about a great new product that is natural, Eco-friendly and made here in the US. But before I share about the product, I have to give a big Thank you to Steve Hess for allowing me to sample two of their EarthScents Natural Cleaning…
read moreAll Natural Cleaner “A Pet Friendly Review” Pop’s Pet Organics All Purpose Cleaner It would be hard to imagine that a cleaner could pose so much of risk to our well being and to our little furry friends. In the article All Natural Cleaners featured back in March we shared about all the harmful chemicals that make up many of…
read moreOrganic and Natural Pet Stain Remover Last week we shared about a great Eco-friendly and natural product for your yard that helps keep pets safe called Spot Gone! This week I would like to share with you another very unique and Eco-friendly product that helps remove pet odor and urine stains from carpets, naturally. First I would like to thank…
read moreLast week we began a 5 part series on 5 Green Business Ideas, “How to Start a Green Business Series”. In the first part we talked about how to start and Eco-friendly lawn care business by offering zero emission lawn mowing and all natural lawn care services. This week we will talk about how to start an all natural cleaning…
read moreGreen Cleaning Tips Did you know that you can make awesome cleaning products with items found in your kitchen? Consider that before the invention of Lysol, Mr. Clean, or Scrubbing Bubbles, we had to resort to other cleaning methods. By combining common ingredients, our ancestors discovered that you can make practically any kind of cleaner, ranging from glass cleaners to…
read moreThis week (March 20-26, 2011) the EPA is observing National Poison Prevention Week. The purpose of this event is to increase awareness of the dangers that pesticides and household cleaners pose to children. Remember those Mr. Yuck stickers? They were used for a good reason: Every 13 seconds, US Poison Control Centers receive a call about someone’s exposure to poison.…
read moreThis topic strikes close to home as cleaning has been a passion of our family for many years. As a young kid I use to go with my father to help clean floors for commercial accounts. One of the things I vividly remember was when we would strip floors to clean them of the old floor finish. The stripper would burn the nostrils and also make it difficult to breathe. Back then I did not realize how harmful those chemicals were that we used on many occasions for our various cleaning jobs. Today, however I am very careful in choosing what cleaners to use and in fact have started two cleaning companies that use all natural cleaning methods. If you would like to find out more about all natural cleaning or looking for a way to go green
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