A twice-weekly sharing of eco-shwag.
Today’s freebie is a copy of Naturally Clean: The Seventh Generation Guide to Safe & Healthy, Non-Toxic Cleaning — a book written by Jeff Hollender, president and chief responsibility officer of Seventh Generation itself, along with Geoff Davis.
Lest you think Naturally Clean‘s simply a bookish infomercial of sorts for Seventh Generation cleaning products, rest assured that the book’s really about cleaning green and keeping your home free of unnecessary environmental dangers. In fact, you’ll be happy to know that Naturally Clean provides a bunch of make-it-at-home-on-the-cheap cleaning product recipes!
You also get tips for cleaning up indoor air, learning which ingredients and products to avoid, and finding out what the 35 greenest cleaning products on the market are. Yes, many Seventh Generation products are on this creme de la creme list — as are products from Life Tree, Ecover, Bi-O-Kleen, Earth Friendly, and more. Unfortunately, the list’s rated only for safety, not effectiveness — but at least you’ll have a well curated list to begin your search for the greenest and most effective cleaners.
Longtime green LA girl readers already know green cleaning will improve your health; switching to green cleaners has certainly helped reduce my allergy attacks. Naturally Clean‘s short chapters will give you a quick grasp of the history and current status of conventional cleaning products, and a handy glossary will give you definitions of chemicals and other ingredients you may have wondered about.
Comment by Tuesday to get into the drawing, which’ll happen Wednesday (more info on freebies here). US addresses only.
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Comment by Emily — March 17, 2010 @ 8:06 am
ooo! I bet this is a better collection than the one I’ve been trying to keep in my head over the years :P
Comment by jeannie — March 17, 2010 @ 8:20 am
As the owner of green cleaning company I’m sure this book is great. Gotta have it;)
Comment by Marzena Ziembicka — March 17, 2010 @ 8:45 am
This would be a great book to help consumers use products which don’t pollute the environment.
Comment by David Rice — March 17, 2010 @ 8:50 am
This book looks great! I’ve been wanting to try some DIY/homemade cleaning products, but so far haven’t been more adventurous than salt in a cast iron pan.
Comment by Jessi — March 17, 2010 @ 10:26 am
I have been looking for better ways to clean, which doesn’t involve so many toxic chemicals. This would be a great go-to guide!
Comment by Sylvia — March 17, 2010 @ 11:08 am
This book would be very useful in trying to navigate away from the many toxic products on store shelves these days!
Comment by Bob Peterson — March 17, 2010 @ 1:28 pm
Not sure 7th generation is all that it claims. I like Method much better.
Comment by Madge — March 17, 2010 @ 5:53 pm
I would love to learn more about safely cleaning my home for the health of my family and the environment.
Comment by Teresa — March 18, 2010 @ 9:36 pm
My niece is really into natural cleaning.
I would love to win this book for her to read
and utilize! Thanks, Cindi
Comment by Cindi — March 19, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
This looks like a great book! Would love to find out more ways of ridding my home of toxic cleaners, especially since I have a newborn at home.
Comment by Liliana — March 20, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
This book looks like a good read!
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Comment by Melissa — March 21, 2010 @ 11:35 am
Emily is the lucky winner :)
Comment by Siel — April 1, 2010 @ 6:01 pm
Three cheers for Emily!
Comment by David Rice — April 1, 2010 @ 6:07 pm