Yeah, I totally agree with Baxatax. The city sells itself hard as green by widely publicizing what it does do and convincing non-residents that its changes are more systemic than they are. Most of ...
Chicago's green initiatives are sorely, sorely limited and mostly contained to the better off, mostly white neighborhoods. The South Side, apart from a pocket around the U of C is devoid of recycli...
Everyone must remove their shoes, even at a bigger gathering... the only exception is maintenance people of various sorts. I feel rude asking the plumber to remove his shoes... I have a sign on the...
We have had really great results and only needed to use one coat with Freshaire paint, which we nabbed from Home Depot. We claimed we wouldn't use it twice if it didn't deliver results... but it lo...
I also agree that Bon Ami, which is sold in most grocery stores, is a good substitute. I also like baking soda pastes and Bio-Kleen products, which smell great and have micro-scrubbies in them.
Thank you for the detailed reply. I think we paid about $1500 for this sofa. The cushions do come out, but the arm is showing wear too. (It's a microsuede fabric.)
If I found an uphuls...
I rely on these for a quick lunch sometimes. My office is nowhere near any food options and I hate to cook. When I can, I bring leftovers or lunch instead.
They do use a lot of essential oils in their products.
For a tip- I order from the UK website and it's actually much cheaper. The products are priced lower there
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Twist Clean sells some really good ones, which are sold at my nearby Whole Foods. Their sponges are good in general!
Will have to try the Trader Joe's kind.
Mine is a huge sin- my Keurig k-cup machine. Huge amounts of waste in each individually portioned coffee cup. But I don't waste coffee anymore, and they do have fair trade and organic coffee availa...
Oh man, I have two rescue dogs already, but in the future? Hm, perhaps a brussels griffon from a rescue.
Where did you get that gorgeous table in the last image?
Well, by using a soap dispenser you can buy those big hand soap refills and thus ultimately save on packaging. And soap dispensers can be made out of many glass bottles (mine came from greenfeet.co...
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Yeah, I totally agree with Baxatax. The city sells itself hard as green by widely publicizing what it does do and convincing non-residents that its changes are more systemic than they are. Most of ...
Chicago's green initiatives are sorely, sorely limited and mostly contained to the better off, mostly white neighborhoods. The South Side, apart from a pocket around the U of C is devoid of recycli...
Everyone must remove their shoes, even at a bigger gathering... the only exception is maintenance people of various sorts. I feel rude asking the plumber to remove his shoes... I have a sign on the...
The solutions here look intriguing: http://www.greenhome.com/products/housekeeping/drain_treatments/
We have had really great results and only needed to use one coat with Freshaire paint, which we nabbed from Home Depot. We claimed we wouldn't use it twice if it didn't deliver results... but it lo...
I also agree that Bon Ami, which is sold in most grocery stores, is a good substitute. I also like baking soda pastes and Bio-Kleen products, which smell great and have micro-scrubbies in them.
Thank you for the detailed reply. I think we paid about $1500 for this sofa. The cushions do come out, but the arm is showing wear too. (It's a microsuede fabric.) If I found an uphuls...
To respond quickly to the first post- no, the photo posted is not our sofa, alas. That looks a ton better than ours :)
I got most of the mixtures that work from various green cleaning books. My favorite for eco-cleaning tips is
I rely on these for a quick lunch sometimes. My office is nowhere near any food options and I hate to cook. When I can, I bring leftovers or lunch instead.
They do use a lot of essential oils in their products. For a tip- I order from the UK website and it's actually much cheaper. The products are priced lower there T...
Ah, the Twist version are available on Amazon for 4 for 3.88
Twist Clean sells some really good ones, which are sold at my nearby Whole Foods. Their sponges are good in general! Will have to try the Trader Joe's kind.
Bon Ami- it's like a green version of Comet :)
@Nudik - Have you tried Earth Friendly Cleaners' glass "kleener" ? It works as well for me.
Mine is a huge sin- my Keurig k-cup machine. Huge amounts of waste in each individually portioned coffee cup. But I don't waste coffee anymore, and they do have fair trade and organic coffee availa...
Oh man, I have two rescue dogs already, but in the future? Hm, perhaps a brussels griffon from a rescue. Where did you get that gorgeous table in the last image?
Well, by using a soap dispenser you can buy those big hand soap refills and thus ultimately save on packaging. And soap dispensers can be made out of many glass bottles (mine came from greenfeet.co...
If I owned a home and they were willing to work far from Austin I'd hire them in a heartbeat.
Hm, "Tough Green Kitchen Cleanser" and the post about Underpants seem to go to a 404.