- Vinegar makes the best cleaning product. Buy a tiny jar of a nice-smelling essential oil (pine and bergamot are nice) and mix pickling vinegar (it's stronger) with a few drops of the essential oil in a spray bottle for cleaning counters, bathrooms, sinks, and toilets. Add a little baking soda to clean the bathtub. Dilute in hot water to wash floors. By the way, vinegar is dirt cheap--cheaper than ordinary cleaners and way, way cheaper than enviro cleaners!
- Eat vegetarian once a week. If you don't like tofu, add lentils to your pasta, or put almonds on your salad. Meat production and processing also produces a lot of greenhouse gasses. Come on--one supper a week isn't all that hard. Just ask Trent!
- Clothes lines are awesome! They make your clothes smell so nice, and wind is a natural fabric softener. Except in the winter. In winter, it's just a freeze-solid-crunchifier.
- Nellie's All-Natural and Watkins make awesome natural laundry detergents. Nellie's even makes a great bleach substitute. Add a tablespoon each of vinegar and baking soda to your laundry for extra cleaning power. Buy powders, not liquids, and always wash on cold.
Okay, now your turn: tell me the ones I've been missing. Oh, and click on the link in my first paragraph and join the challenge!
1 comment:
i really like this LJ community:
http://community.livejournal.com/naturalliving/
I used it when i needed to get some laundry dry faster. I added a dry towel to the load. My original idea was to add something like a tennis ball to it, but you need the expensive ones that are made of natural rubber and wool. otherwise they have harmful chemicals in them. Same with the dryer balls... Heating up plastics is never a good idea.
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