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Green Your Stain Removers

December 27th, 2013 • BY

If you’re like me, you never think about stain removal until a crisis is at hand—red wine on your favorite tablecloth; crayon markings on the wall; blood on […]

12 DIY Green Cleaning Recipes That Work

November 26th, 2013 • BY

I know you’re busy. I’m busy, too. That’s why I make many of my own household cleaning products. It saves me time. It saves me money. It only […]

How Do You Find the Right Green Cleaning Person?

November 4th, 2013 • BY

If you’re like me, your time can be better spent doing anything but cleaning your house. Granted, hiring someone to clean is a luxury but, over the years, […]

Cleaning Green 101: How to Read Product Labels

October 16th, 2013 • BY

Illustration: Created for GreenCleaningMagazine.com by Three Green Rats, An Eco Tale co-author and illustrator Suzanne Summersgill If you’ve thought about greening your lifestyle but didn’t know where to […]

Why Clean Green?

September 13th, 2013 • BY

There are many reasons why cleaning with healthy, eco-friendly products and methods simply makes sense. Our great grandparents used baking soda and lemon juice, homemade cleaning recipes, and […]

4 Green Cleaning Secrets

July 28th, 2013 • BY

Linda Mason Hunter has a few tricks up her sleeve. The author of Green Clean: The Environmentally Sound Guide to Cleaning Your Home, Hunter is also a green […]

GCM Contest! WIN a box packed with Seventh Generation products!

July 28th, 2013 • BY

This contest, one poll participant will win a covet-worthy box chock full of Seventh Generation products—perfect for greening your cleaning routine! To enter, simply VOTE and LEAVE A […]

Green Cleaning: EWG Healthy Cleaning Guide

May 6th, 2013 • BY

The Ultimate Green Cleaning Database Finding greener cleaners in a sea of products that lack ingredient labeling is no easy task. Enter the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a […]

Green Cleaning: Whole Foods Eco-Scale Rating System

April 6th, 2013 • BY

Whole Foods’ New Eco-Scale™ Rating System Ranks its Household Cleaning Products  Do you know what’s in your cleaning products? Since cleaning product ingredient transparency isn’t currently required by […]

Green Cleaning: Party in a Box

March 6th, 2013 • BY

The key elements of a modern soiree? Today’s ingredients include good conversation, inventive drinks, tasty snacks, and—surprise—green cleaning supplies. To get the eco party started, the Green Cleaning […]