Tag: Detergents
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Most Popular Articles of September: Clever Uses for Binder Clips, Robotic Cheetah, and More
These 16 clever uses for binder clips will change your life! We also have a robotic cheetah clocking in at 28.3 mph, vintage food waste posters, and more.
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All Aboard the Helsinki Plant Tram, A Whimsical Urban Garden Made on the Move
Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden.
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5 New Eco Cleaning Products Seen at Natural Products Expo West 2012
Making spring cleaning harmful chemical-free can be confusing with so many products on the market: Try these.
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Greening Your Home: How to Make Your Own Household Cleaners
I wrote the other day about a green cleaning service in New York. If you're interested in doing some green cleaning of your own, click through for a quick overview of how to make your own cleaners from natural, nontoxic ingredients. It's the most
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Lemonade Out of Lemons: Out-of-Work Day Laborers Open Eco-Friendly Cleaning Service in NYC
The New York Times had a nice story last week about women who would wait at a Williamsburg intersection to find work on a day-by-day basis. But there was no work on far too many days for comfort—getting a job for
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Infographic: How Dangerous is your House?
Ecomom has a really cool infographic explaining the "surprise" toxins found in your home, from bathrooms to garages. It also highlights natural solutions for keeping a clean home.
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Redesigning How We Clean: Ami Shah of iQ on Their Award Winning Refill Packaging (Interview)
Over one billion plastic cleaning containers go into landfill each year, according to the Canadian eco-cleaning company Planet People. And did you know that the majority of household cleaners are 95 per cent water and only five per
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Seventh Generation Leads the Way in Recycled Packaging and Green (Healthy) Cleaning
Just over a month ago, Seventh Generation launched new packaging with 96 percent post-consumer recycled content. Anyone familiar with the numerous difficulties of plastics recycling knows that's huge. The company's also
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Seventh Generation Partnering With Walmart Will Create a Healthier World: Jeffrey Hollender
When I first heard yesterday's announcement that Seventh Generation and Walmart are entering into a long-term strategic partnership to get Seventh Gen's eco-friendly cleaning products, diapers and wipes into Walmart's stores as well as online shop, my
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Laundry's Dirty Secret: The Overdose Dilemma
I blog here about design as intention, which is to say that if you broaden your design intention to include social and environmental factors, your designs can become transformational.
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Method Commercial Turns Cleaners Dirty with Disturbingly Funny Shiny Suds (Video)
In so many cleaner commercials, the happy housewife works alongside singing, scrubbing bubbles that show how cheerfully the cleaner can battle soap scum, germs, and whatever other grime is building up in your
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Giants Ban Nasty Chemicals... From Team Uniforms
As the San Francisco Giants continue their chase for a Wild Card berth in the October playoffs, fans are bound
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Are Paper Napkins More Environmentally Friendly?
Image Source: Francesca Tronchin Dear Pablo: With the energy and water used in washing and drying, isn't it actually more environmentally friendly to use paper napkins instead of cotton?Cloth napkins not only use water in washing and a lot of energy in
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Goodbye Detergent: Lose Your Suds Addiction With Scrubs From Recycled Food Powders
I admit to two kitchen addictions - dish detergent that provides suds, and horror of horrors - steel wool impregnated with soap, similar to Brillo pads. Otherwise I'm using baking soda, vinegar and lemon juice for most tasks. But now over at the Cool
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Green Eyes On: Cleaning Cushions Naturally
As the last of the winter’s snow melted, it revealed our inviting back patio, where the sage and oregano was just beginning to poke through in the herb garden on the perimeter, bird feeders begging to be refilled so that the birds could flock in
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Seventh Generation CEO Jeffrey Hollender on "Big Green Lies" and Earth Day
This past Tuesday, I had the fortune of attending a premiere party hosted by my favorite green cleaning brand, Seventh Generation. Partying in the penthouse
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The Cleaning Quiz: Which Methods of Cleaning are Healthiest and Most Effective?
Do you think you know how to keep your home clean, while also keeping yourself, your family, and the environment safe while doing it? Let's put your knowledge to the test... The following is a series of questions posed from
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5 Great Reasons to Use Clay as Soap: Take the 1-Week Challenge, Part II
Look over your own bathroom shelves - you are sure to find more than a few bottles that never got used up, or have never even been used! Reducing that clutter was the goal during a one-week "clay only" challenge taken by
