Making Your Life Greener

My hope is this environmental section will give you ideas on how to make your life greener. I know how overwhelming it can be at times yet

there are lots of things we can do very easily that will make a big difference in reducing our carbon footprint. Did you know that if every U.S.                                                                                                                                                                  

family replaced only one regular light bulb with a CFL it would eliminate 90 billion pounds of greenhouse gases, the same as taking 7.5 million

cars off the road?

Toilet bowl cleaner:

     Sprinkle the bowl with baking soda, add white vinegar and scrub

with a brush.

Strong all pose cleaner:

     Mix1 tablespoon clear, non-sudsing ammonia, 1 tablespoon clear

laundry detergent and 2 cups water in a spray bottle.

Sources: Organic Housekeeping:

Solutions

Concoct Your Own

Stay clean, green and solvent by mixing your own natural

cleaning solutions.

Window Cleaner:

     Mix 2 cups water, 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar and 1/2

teaspoon dish washing liquid in a spray bottle. This will break

down the waxy residue left behind by commercial window

cleaners.

 

 

Toilet bowl cleaner:

Sprinkle the bowl with baking soda, add white vinegar

and scrub with a brush.

Solutions/Issues

Making Your Life Greener

My desire is this environmental section will give us ideas on how to make our lives greener. I know how

overwhelming it can be at times yet there are things we can do pretty easily that will make a big difference in

Strong all-purpose cleaner:

     Mix 1 tablespoon clear, non-sudsing ammonia,

1 tablespoon clear laundry detergent and 2 cups

water in a spray bottle.

Sources: Organic Housekeeping: