Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Greening my cleaning

Remember a few days ago when I posted about how eating clean inspired me to live a greener lifestyle in general? I'm excited to report that I've really been working on this. I used my new mesh produce bags at the grocery store, have been toting my stainless steel water bottle everywhere, unearthed the biggest stash of cloth napkins I never knew existed in my house (38 and counting!) and just today purchased some sample-sized Dr. Bronner's soaps for use around the house. I have a metal mesh can in the kitchen for tossing used non-paper towels, I bought a washable cloth mophead for using on my existing Swiffer, and we're expecting a delivery of Charlie's laundry powder any day. It makes me feel good knowing I am creating less paper/packaging waste and also treating our environment--both my little house and the world at large--just a little more kindly. The fact that it's going to smell good in here rather than singeing our nose hairs with the scent of bleach and Tilex doesn't hurt, either.

3 comments:

  1. Hi, Kate! Did you buy the mesh produce bags somewhere locally? I'd love to get some.

    ~ Keri/Kasa

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  2. Keri, I got them from etsy, but the seller wasn't local. It was amkdesigns, and I love them, but maybe a local-handmade search would yield something similar. I didn't realize I could search locally before I bought them.

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