Green Cleaning for Dummies

Your ecofriendly guide to safer, healthier housekeepingWant to go green as you clean? This authoritative guide provides expert, proven advice on cleaning your home with organic, nontoxic, sustainable resources. From the kitchen and bath to the living room, laundry, and even your garage, you get green solutions for every common cleaning chore.Discover a new way to clean—learn how natural methods can save you money while improving your health and the environmentGet ready to go green—prepare your house and assemble cleaning toolsProtect your family—know the right cleaners to avoid (and which ones you can make yourself)Tackle your inside spaces—get green cleaning solutions for every room in the house and improve the efficiency of your appliancesGo the extra mile—go beyond cleaning with ways to conserve energy and reduce waste Open the book and find:A room-by-room breakdown of green cleaning tipsRecipes for making your own cleaning productsCost-free changes to clean greenTips for improving your sleeping environmentSmall changes to ease cleaning and save resourcesWays to consume fewer resourcesAn appendix of clean, green organizations and programs