Topics:

1) Cleaning your home without chemicals
2) Energy and conservation tips
3) Natural lawn and garden care
4) Healthy organic foods and cooking
5) Making green choices when shopping
6) Printer-friendly recipes, summary and tips

Tips:

1) Natural cleaning products are safe to use around food.
2) Make your own natural cleaning products using basic ingredients such as: baking soda, borax, vinegar and pure soap.
3) Proper insulation and ventilation allows more control over how energy is being used in our environment. Maintain the air quality of your home at the most energy efficient level possible. This will save you money!

Related Statistics:


• “Most air fresheners interfere with your ability to smell by coating your nasal passages with an oil film, or by releasing a nerve deadening agent. Known toxic chemicals found in an air freshener: Formaldehyde: Highly toxic, known carcinogen: Phenol. When phenol touches your skin it can cause it to swell, burn, peel and break out in hives. Can cause cold sweats, convulsions, circulatory collapse, coma and even death.”
- Richard Alexander
The Consumer Law Page

• “The quality of food has definitely gone down since the Second World War. For instance, the levels of vitamin C in today’s fruit bear no resemblance to the levels found in wartime fruit. Organic food is known to contain 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed.”
- OrganicFoodInfo.net