I'm finally finished with flying all over the country to promote my new book Really Green. It's good to be home! Spring is coming here in Florida. The azaleas are blooming outside the window where I sit at my desk and work, and yesterday my husband and I cleared my kitchen garden patch next to our back door in preparation for planting. This week I'll have a lot more time to add new things to my website. I've got a big pile waiting...(you kept me busy the last few days since I've been home--I had to review more than 85 comments on my Green Living Q&A blog!) Debra :-)
HEALTH, HOME & HABITAT #122 ~ 19 February 2008 * GREEN LIVING Q&A BLOG: new Q&As / new comments on previous Q&As If the links don't work on this newsletter, you can view it online at http://www.dld123.com/newsletter/newsletterupdateback.html Health, Home & Habitat Back Issues (tables of contents)
Wow! Really Green gave me the distilled essence of what it is green means NOW, in 2008 from the current perspective! Ms. Dadd encourages each of us to ask: how does a product REALLY effect us? This short, concise, well organized and right up-to-the-minute book is your answer. It's all here, very digestible, biodegradable and greenly packaged. Today, when there are so many products being marketed "green," each one of us needs to have the ability to evaluate for ourselves if a product is green or not. In this simple guide, I've compiled everything I know about choosing green products, the basics that go through my mind when I am looking at products. Now you can have and use this knowledge yourself. Last week when I was on a NBC news show in California, the commercial right before my segment was about bottled water. It pointed out that producing the bottles for American consumption of bottled water last year required more than 17 million barrels of oil, not including the energy for transportation. Bottling the water produced more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide, and it took 3 liters of water to produce 1 liter of bottled water. All fine and good. But their recommended solution was to drink tap water! No mention of the toxic pollutants in the tap water. As more and more information about things green is being provided by people with little knowledge or experience in the field, you need to be able to know for yourself what is green and what isn't. Really Green gives you an accurate and useable foundation from which you can make good green decisions. Read more about Really Green and order...
GREEN LIVING Q&A BLOG Here are the questions and new comments posted through this morning. Remember, you are welcome to share your own comments and experience in response to any of these questions, and post questions of your own. To read and comment on more questions posted previously go to Green Living Q&A blog.
* Eliminating the smell of cat urine has A LOT of suggestions * Berkey water filter has a new evaluation of this product from me * Emu oil has a response from me to a comment questioning the "naturalness" of killing animals for massage oil * Shaklee Basic G has some suggestions for alternatives to using this product * Method cleaning products? Is Persil laundry detergent green? We've been looking all over the web all evening trying to find any kind of review of Persil laundry detergents and their ingredients without luck. We're looking for the best detergent to use with a new Miele front-loading washer, while also minimizing impacts on our own health and on the environment. alternative to plastic garbage bags What would you recommend for a green garbage bag? Could you try to demystify the different materials used in the biodegradable ones? Exterminator Recommendation Hello- pacifiers Hello Debra and readers,
Clean House, Clean Planet I have been looking very carefully into alternative household cleaning products and wanted to know if anyone has any feedback on the book Clean House, Clean planet by Karen Logan. For example, do the ideas/products work effectively, is it really cost effective, etc. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
most energy efficient stereo? Hi Debra Lynn, and thanks for having this site.
spilled window cleaner on beige rug I spilled a little of a Windex kind of window cleaner on a beige rug about the size of a dime. I tried a mixture of 1 part white vinegar to 10 parts water. It's still there. Any suggestions? Removing Perc from previously dry cleaned clothes My "new" used coat came to me with a strong toxic chemical smell. It smells like a very sweet fragrance, but has a much more intense component to it than any other scented item I've had to deal with. The coat is a fake suede/sherpa made from polyester, I believe. The label says it's dry clean only, so I suspect part of what I'm smelling is perc...
Stainless Steel Canteens Recently I have noticed a flood of Stainless Steel Canteens on the market as potential replacements for plastic water bottles.
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