Did you realize that you can buy green soaps and detergents? I am sure you did.
You may find that using soap does not work too well with the water that is in your area. If you do find this is so, you can soften water with baking soda. If you add ¼ cup baking soda to the rinse cycle your clothes will come out nice and soft as though you have used a commercial softener. You can increase the amount of soda you… Continue reading
Did you ever wonder how much effort is needed to produce and transport food from a farm to your local chain market? Most of us don’t think about such factors when we are choosing our food from markets shelves. What we care most is the price and expiration date on the products. However transportation of food and other merchandise in general have substantial footprint on Earth’s environment which most people are not fully aware.
Did you know that roughly 25% of all… Continue reading
Almost all of us associated water with health and vitality becoming part of a good lifestyle too. No wonder, water is necessary for our proper functionality, it takes part in various important processes within our bodies. We can live weeks without food, but we cannot stand a few days without water.
Recently, there is a lot of news where people somewhere in undeveloped countries struggle with insufficient amount of water to meet basic needs. On the contrary, very often we hear that in Europe or somewhere in America factories… Continue reading
Do you always turn off and put aside your iron?
Do you keep your hot kettle on the back burners?
Do you secure properly your cooker when you bake something?
Iron is one of the most common reasons of children’s burns. How many times do you leave your hot iron unsecured? Do you think about putting away your iron in a secure place, so that your child will not be able to reach it, when in a hurry, you are ironing… Continue reading
I have another interesting question. Do you need a vacuum cleaner if you have wooden floors?
Definitely yes!
It’s good to know that fiber cloth or broom doesn’t wipe dust as well as vacuum cleaner. When you are using a vacuum cleaner be sure that you have the proper end designed for wooden floors, so that you will not scratch the surface. Vacuum very carefully wipes the dust from the floor. If you have an allergy, make sure that you have a special filter “HEPA”
Many of us think that going green is always connected with spending more on ecological products. We often say that only wealthy people can afford expensive products that are harmless for the environment whereas normal people are forced to buy regular products which in many ways are dangerous for their health. It’s not surprise thought, if we compare prices of the organic food to regular ones very often the difference is enormous. Fortunately, being green is not about buying things, it’s about wasting… Continue reading
The garbage disposal is definitely a serious problem, especially in New York City. Every year we produce more and more garbage which is very hard to decompose. The utilization is becoming more expensive compare to the past. The garbage we produce is far from natural one. In addition, transportation requires trucks which not always are friendly to the environment. Because of that, we should more seriously approach towards garbage disposal and be aware what we put into the bin.
Garbage doesn’t disappear so easily, it needs time. Therefore… Continue reading
I love NYC. This city never sleeps; here always happens something interesting. I even dare to say that everything starts here in New York City. Ok, maybe not everything but at least majority of things.
Recently, I have occasion to hear a live comment spoken by Erin Brockovich who alongside with Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Dr Greene are leading partners in the Seven Generation’s campaign called “Crawl to Action”.
What do they want to achieve? They want to change the US law in order to get… Continue reading
Very often customers ask me questions which vacuum cleaner will be most helpful for their families. They ask constantly which is the most helpful in cleaning fur of their bellowed pets, how can they decrease allergy of their child, or they just want to have clean floors.
Most department stores, which I know, recommend upright vacuum cleaners. Why? I am not sure. Maybe because most of us believe that we don’t have to bend down, or maybe, it is safer for walls in our apartment… Continue reading
I know, I know you are probably thinking what these two things have in common? Recently, I was watching the news where a terrorist group had been caught on Queens. Part of the group was recognized thanks to the cameras in the pharmacy where they had bought beauty products. You will probably ask what so strange about it. After all each of us buys cosmetics from time to time. That’s true, but did you know that they were buying those cosmetics in order to make a bomb. Now imagine that these… Continue reading
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