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05
Oct 2011

Win a Seventh Generation Trip to France or Italy!

Author: Seventh Generation
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All scents are not created equal, especially when it comes to dish liquid! The ingredients we use to create the scents in our Natural Dish Liquid come from fields, not factories, honoring their origins and the careful hands that cultivated them.

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04
Oct 2011

Chill Out to Save Big on Laundry Day

Author: greenwrite
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Mom always said getting clothes clean was a job for hot water. Well, maybe in Mom's day it was, but not anymore.

Today's efficient washing machines, combined with new laundry products, make cold water washing a smart option for a lot of very good reasons:

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17
Jun 2011

Getting Closer to Green

Author: abbybrooks
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When my girlfriends and I get a rare slice of time to hang out sans husbands and children, the topics of conversation remain largely the same: husbands and children.  But the last time we were together we also spent some time talking about the varying degrees of green within our circle. 

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31
May 2011

Have You Seen Our New 4X?

Author: Seventh Generation
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Our amazing new formula and compostable bottle for our Natural 4X Laundry Detergent is available in many natural food stores around the country. Have you purchased it? Tell us where by posting to our Facebook page and on June 6th we'll pick 5 posters to receive a coupon for a free Seventh Generation product.

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27
May 2011

Men Vs. Cleaning

Author: the Inkslinger
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Certain things just don't mix. Oil and water. Yankee and Red Sox fans. Men and cleaning.  Especially men and cleaning -- a source of household strife as old as the broom.  I am a man and most of us (if I may aim broadly here) simply do not possess the cleaning gene. It's nature and >>OUCH!<< Which one of you readers threw that?

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20
May 2011

Our Dishwasher Gel Gets Even Better

Author: daron
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We are pleased to announce that our Automatic Dishwasher Gel is now a food-blasting, shine-generating, non-toxic, biodegradable, phosphate-free powerhouse. Plus, you don't have to rinse your dishes clean before they go into the dishwasher -- our gel does all the work for you.

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10
May 2011

9,615 Square Miles of Spring Cleaning

Author: the Inkslinger
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Everybody spring cleans. But nobody does it like Vermonters. We take that art to a whole new level and actually spring clean our entire state.

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09
May 2011

Keeping School Cleaning Green

Author: sheila.B
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Many parents worry about whether there are harmful chemicals in the cleaning supplies used in schools. To their rescue has come Grades of Green, a group that helps parents and schools switch to safe cleaning products and other environment-friendly practices.

Grades of Green's website provides step-by-step instructions for a variety of programs, including how to get schools to switch to cleaning supplies made without toxins.

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05
May 2011

Making the Switch to Green

Author: RealMomofNJ
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28
Apr 2011

April Scours

Author: the Inkslinger
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I've worked for Seventh Generation in one capacity or another for 19 years, which means that it's been about two decades since I switched exclusively to green cleaning products. I am most happy about this decision in April and May, when the annual rites of spring cleaning begin.

After a winter of white-outs and a March filled entirely with mud, our Vermont home is in desperate need of major renewal. So we put our game face on, grab an armload of Seventh Generation products, and jump right in.

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