clear the air
Filed Under Going Green, Stuff | March 3, 2009
Did you know that estimates show the people spend 90% of their time indoors? And that the air inside your home can be more polluted than the air outside? That’s because everything from furniture, dry cleaned clothes and products release chemicals that linger indoors. Keeping your house well ventilated and keeping out cigarette smoke, excess moisture and chemicals all help improve your air quality. You can also help clear the air with Eco-Me’s Home Kit full of non-toxic and chemical-free cleaning products.
Eco-Me’s helps you tackle spring cleaning naturally. Their Home Kit comes in a natural fibre bag packed with two spray bottles, a jar, a natural bristle scrub brush, a microfiber cleaning cloth and one bottle of Home Cleaning Essential Oil. At first you may wonder what to do with all this paraphernalia. The quick and dirty answer is – just add water. You can follow their pretty much foolproof directions to mix your own wood polish, spray cleaner and scrub cleanser by combining different variations of water, vinegar, baking soda and essential oil. Which is just the right amount of DYI to feel virtuous, but not enough to be annoying.
While all natural is lovely, effective is equally important when it comes to cleaning. We’ve put Eco-Me’s Home Kit to the test, and their products take about the same amount of elbow grease to be effective as your regular toxic cleanser, only they smell a whole lot better. Which is all down to their essential oil blend. A combo of tea tree, lavender, lemongrass and rosemary it’s antibacterial and antiseptic and helps tackle dirt, mildew, mould and grime.
And sure, you could find make your recipes on the internet and stock up on vinegar, essential oils and spray bottles and make your own from scratch. But will you?
Eco-Me Home Kit: www.organicallyhatched.com
Interested in learning more about where indoor air hazards lurk? Try Health Canada’s interactive Indoor Air Pollution Chase. Your kids will get a kick out of it too.
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This looks awesome! Now, all I need to find is someone to come and clean m with them LOL.
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