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Blogs: Green Cleaning

Green Cleaning For Valentine's Day

Lately, my hostess gift of choice has been a big, recycled tote filled with natural cleaning products. It definitely stands out on front hallway tables, a giant proclaiming its presence among all the festively-wrapped bottles of wine and boxes of candy. After a bit of a rocky start -- the first...

Make A Clean Sweep

Our good friends at WAGES (Women's Action to Gain Economic Security) have put together a short (we promise!) quiz on green cleaning. Test your green cleaning street cred here. The folks at WAGES know green cleaning. The group sets up cooperatively-owned residential cleaning businesses that use...

Burn Calories While Cleaning

Housecleaning is a chore few of us look forward to, and my feeling is I should get more out of it than a clean living space. I should get...exercise. Remember that Billy Idol song, "Dancing With Myself"? I dance with my vacuum cleaner. I have to get inspired to do more than just a quick surface...

Little Boys are Different

Seventh Generation Nation member accidentallyonpurpose writes about the process of bringing up her family green. When my girls were toddlers, the floors in my house were clean -- kinda. I mean you occasionally got the crunchy sensation of a piece of oat cereal beneath your feet. But so what, right...

Protecting Planet Home: Cleaning Up Your Cleaners

So you've watched Seventh Generation's new television commercial, and have decided to replace all the toxic chemical cleaning products under your sink with natural versions. Getting rid of the old stuff is pretty easy. All you need is a big box or bag and a means of transportation. Collect any...