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More copies of this ISBN:Green Housekeepingby Ellen Sandbeck
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Want a low-maintenance bathroom that takes 30 seconds a day to clean? Need whiter whites that get whiter for free? Learn to live in a clean, healthy, more economical — and Earth-friendly — way with Ellen Sandbeck's Green Housekeeping, the must-have book for the twenty-first-century home. You will learn to maintain every part of your home — from living room to septic tank, kitchen floor to bathroom sink — using safe, simple cleansers and quick, preventative measures that will save you time and money, save your health, and save the planet. Review:"Throughout this book, Ellen Sandbeck's deep concern for the health of our Earth and its citizens is obvious. She demonstrates how to help and protect ourselves by compiling an amazing number of ways we can live our life in a healthier, more organized and less expensive manner. It's a book you can read straight through because it is so entertaining and helpful. I give it my eco-green thumbs up!!" -- Tessa Hill, Chair, Children's Health Environmental Coalition and President, Kids for Saving Earth Review:"This wonderful book is about far more than how to remove cooked-on grime from skillets without poisoning yourself in the process (although it does that, too). It's about tending a home in the way one tends a garden. The result is harmony, serenity, and less work. Really. I took a long time to read Organic Housekeeping because I kept leaping up mid-chapter to go off and execute another brilliant suggestion. Thank you, Ellen Sandbeck." -- Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment and Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood Review:"Ellen Sandbeck once and for all provides a practical, commonsense guide to cleaning up our messes — the clutter and disorganization that keeps us from thriving, and more important the toxins in our homes that negatively impact our health and well-being. In a world inundated with toxins on the one hand, and an unreasonable desire for sterility on the other, Sandbeck gives us refreshing insight into how to live in balance, challenging us to recognize that the oversterilization of our environment has contributed to the pandemic of allergic and autoimmune disorders. She also guides us on how to improve our homes and our health without constant exposure to household chemicals." -- Dr. Mark Hyman, coauthor of Ultraprevention and author of UltraMetabolism Review:"As simple as it gets! Sandbeck presents some surprising solutions to age-old cleaning challenges, complete with the 'whys' as well as the 'how-tos.'" -- Donna Smallin, author of Cleaning PlainandSimple Review:"Ellen Sandbeck has provided the public with a fabulous catalog of useful information that will help all of us protect our health and our environment." -- Mary Gant, Program Analyst, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health About the AuthorEllen Sandbeck is an organic landscaper, worm wrangler, writer, and graphic artist who lives with (and experiments on) her husband and an assortment of younger creatures — which includes two mostly grown children, a couple of dogs, a small flock of laying hens, and many thousands of composting worms — in Duluth, Minnesota. She is the author of Slug BreadandBeheaded Thistles and Eat More Dirt. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: First Things First Moderation in All Things Organizing A Place for Everything If You Can't Find It, You Might as Well Not Own It Home Maintenance Protocols Labeling Tools Junk Drawers and Miscellaneous Storage Absentmindedness Too Much Stuff Photos Sorting Papers If You Ask Them, They Will Come Banishing Chaos Hiring Help Cleaning Outbuildings and Extremely Chaotic Houses Post-Clutterectomy Care Storage Protocol Habits You Are What You Do; You Are What You Think Setting Orderly Habits Living Lightly and Happily Waste Prevention Reuse Recycling: Reducing Things to Their Basic Elements The Future Keep Moving Chapter Two: The Kitchen: You Are What You Eat Kitchens R Us Organic Cleaning What Is Clean? The Products Cleaning Tools Wham, Bam, Thank You Ma'am Mopping Up Get Steamed Steaming Floors and Counters Environmentally Friendly Dishwashing Dishwashing Supplies Dishwasher Technique Washing Dishes by Hand, Saving Water Kitchen Odors Eliminate Odors Add Better Smells Growing Clean Air Sink Cleaning Stainless-Steel Care Porcelain Enamel Sinks Artificial Stone, Corian, or Acrylic Sinks Faucets Down the Drain Drain Snake Choosing a Refrigerator Fridge Maintenance Clean, Clean the Range Oven Grime Prevention Safer Oven Cleaning Cleaning the Oven by Hand Steam Cleaning the Oven The Stovetop Cleaning the Stovetop The Range Hood The Microwave General Cleaning Toaster Shock Prevention Fire Prevention Polishing Coffee Makers, Teapots, and Kettles Why Buy Organic Food? Save Your Health and Your Money Preventing Food Poisoning Real Cleaning for Real Kitchens The Really Scary Bacteria Oily Poison Carnivore's Food Safety Safe Meat Handling Understanding the Enemy Fashionable Diseases Parasites Choosing Fish Putrescine, Cadaverine, and Histamine — The Rotten Meat Sisters Fending Off Spoilage Not So Raw, Please Antibiotics, Breakfast of Champions Probiotics for People Food Choices Clean Cooking Implementing a Domestic Spray Program It's Mostly in the Timing Clean and Dry Kitchen Laundry Choosing Cookware Flexible Bakeware Caring for Stovetop Cookware Unsafe at Any Heat Silver Care Microwaveable Containers Food Packaging Chapter Three: The Low-Maintenance Bathroom Designing a Low-Maintenance Bathroom from the Bottom Up Floors Walls and Ceiling Storage Soft vs. Hard Water Hot Water Materials Colors and Finishes Choosing Hardware Grime Prevention and Cleaning Techniques Tools Bath Towels Choosing a Scum Free Soap Cleaning the Shower While Showering Toilet Grime Prevention Proper Toilet Etiquette Clog Busting Nontoxic, Timesaving Cleaning Techniques Cleaning Methods Routine Cleaning Special Circumstances Cleaning Smells Define Clean Personal Care Products Some Dangerous Common Ingredients in Synthetic Beauty Products Homegrown Beauty Chapter Four: The Bedroom Cleaning Pillows Maintaining Down-Filled Comforters, Quilts, and Featherbeds How Often Should the Bed Linens Be Changed? Blankets and Comforters Blanket Maintenance Mattresses Fire "Safe" but Still Dangerous Unstained Yet Unhealthy Choosing a Mattress Mattress Flipping Stain Prevention Odor Eradication Well-Preserved but Unhealthy Sheets and Pillowcases Clean Air Choices Chapter Five: Laundry Great-Grandma's Washday The Beauty of the Lowered Standard Choosing the Equipment A Few Words About Lint Water and Energy Use Sorting By Color, Three Degrees of Separation By Sturdiness, Two Degrees of Separation By Dirtiness, Four Degrees of Separation Hampering Rips, Tears, Stains, and Broken Zippers Inside Out Washing Frequency Soap vs. Detergent Anything but White... Laundry Balls and Discs, the Handy Little Devices that Clean Out Your Wallet and Leave Your Laundry Dirty General Whitening Recommended Laundry Aids Borax Washing Soda Distilled Vinegar Bluing Fabric Softeners Stain Removal Protein-Based Stains Sweat Stains Oil-Based Stains Vegetable-Pigment (Tannin) Stains Dye Stains Pencil Paint Rust Dry Cleaning Dry Cleaning Comparisons Fabric Care Synthetic Fibers Plant Fibers Animal Fibers Rain Washing Letting the Rain Blow through Your Clothes Snow Cleaning To Snow-Clean Woolen Garments Storing Woolens Bedding Down Maintenance Drying Techniques Preferred Equipment Outdoor Line Drying Indoor Line Drying Stretched Trousers Ironing Do Not Iron, Do Not Starch A Message from the Department of Redundancy Department Roughing It Grime Prevention for Sleeping Bags It All Comes Out in the Wash... Chapter Six: General Cleaning The Well-Tempered House Healthy Decor Carpeting and Rugs Carpet Choices Location, Location, Location The Carpeting Solution Window Coverings Window Blinds Building Materials and Furniture Choosing Upholstery and Drapery Fabrics Harmonizing Annoying Building Syndrome Cleaning Methods Rug and Carpet Care, with a Little Upholstery Thrown In Walls and Ceilings Washing Windows Dusting Dusting, Cleaning, Oiling, and Polishing Wooden Furniture Computers Computer Care Computer Spills Creative Tension Chapter Seven: Indoor Air Quality Domestic Odor Control Animal Odors Indoor Air Pollutants Gaseous Pollutants Indoor Pollution Control Out with the Old Air, In with the New Removal or Filtering Watery Air Preventing Fungi, Mold, and Mildew Home Maintenance Routine Housework Circulation Vanquish Evil Dampness with Dehumidifiers or Air Conditioners Humidifiers Alternative Humidifiers and Air Cleaners The Air Scouts Chapter Eight: Hazardous Materials, Fire Safety, Home Maintenance, Automotive Care Hazardous Materials Some Advice from a Guy Who Picks Up the Pieces Hazardous Materials Disaster Prevention Hazardous Materials Disposal Programs Read the Label, Then You Won't Need to Weep Age-Induced Instability Repacking for the Trip When to Call for Help Fire Safety Arise! Awake! Fire 101 From Small Sparks, Huge Fires Grow The Grand Prize Fire Starter Cooking Up an Ounce of Prevention Microwave Fire Prevention Barbeque The Next Biggest Fire Thing Carbon Monoxide Electrical Fires Lighting Safety Spontaneity Is Not Always a Good Thing... What Firefighters Want You to Know The Firefighters' "Perfect" Dream Home When Prevention Fails A Quenching Shower Water, Mother Nature's Fire Control Money Makes the World Go Around Home Maintenance Paint Purchasing Aerosol Paints Watch Out for That Can! Safe Cleanup Paint Pollution Removing Old Wallpaper Cleaning Wooden Decks Killing Moss on Wooden Shingles Digging Outside Ice and Snow The Nuts and Bolts of Rust Removal Automotive Care No Fires, No Floods, No Explosions — and They Lived Happily Ever After Chapter Nine: In and Around the Garden Reducing Toxic Runoff Home Treatment Building a Rain Garden Rain Barrels: Saving for a Dry Day Permeable Pavement Contaminated Soil Compost Vermicomposting Mulch The Value of Trees Controlling Global Warming Controlling Local Warming Lawns Lawn Alternatives Mowing Safe Garden Hoses Weed Control Evicting Itchy and Scratchy Pickled Weeds Poisonous Plants Warm Climate or Houseplants Decorative Outside Garden Pest Control: Of Mice and Men We Are All Siblings Under the Skin, Exoskeleton, or Bark A Clean Safe Kill Don't Judge by Appearances Insect Control with Backbone Pickled Slugs and Snails Garbage Can Security Indoor/Outdoor Pests Being Chased by the Furies Ants Indoors Ants Outdoors Cockroaches Infested Food Mice, Rats, and Squirrels Flies Termites Clothes Moths Bloodsuckers Mosquitoes From the Counterproductive Department: Mosquito Attractants Ticks Fleas Pet Care Ear Mites Cleaning Up Pet Hair Cat Litter Boxes Pet Safety Pet Birds Baby-Proofing Protecting the House from the Children Cleaning Tricks Lice Closing the Circle Bibliography Index What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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