Pro-environment products you'd recommend to a friend - Wildlife Gardeners

Calliandra · 04-25-2010, 07:42 PM

Have a product that is generally pro-environment in one way or another, and that you'd recommend to a friend?

I'll start with:

Seventh Generation Free & Clear Glass & Surface Cleaner
For those times when vinegar or soap-and-water isn't convenient or strong enough. Note: glass will streak until the film left by Windex is removed with soap and water.
Glass Cleaner -Glass Cleaning -Glass Surface Cleaner -Window Cleaner | Seventh Generation

Solatube with Optiview diffuser
Just had two put in last month, and I love them. They are cool and blue on rainy days, clear and bright and rainbow-casting on sunny days, and glow on moonlit nights.
Brighten Up Series

eco cup by DCI
Reusable porcelain coffee cup with silicone lid and sleeve. Just picked this up at Office Depot today ($10). Microwave and dishwasher safe.
DCI- I Am Not a Paper Cup & Eco Cup

TheLorax · 04-26-2010, 09:41 PM

I would recommend Crystal body deoderant.

It is hypoallergenic, fragrance and paraben free. It is endorsed by Cancer Treatment Centers and is safe for the environment.

Equilibrium · 04-27-2010, 12:14 AM

Seventh Generation anything. All of their paper products are good. I've tried some of their laundry detergents too and those are great. Really, anything by Seventh Generation is good. Holy Cow concentrated cleaners are excellent and they work, Holy Cow Cleaning Products.

hazelnut · 04-27-2010, 08:48 AM

Baking Soda and Vinegar. Thow out most of your other cleaning supplies.

Birding Bunch · 04-24-2012, 11:40 AM

Glad I searched.... I was about to start a new thread asking for suggestions to get away from bleach and comet.

Do the above break through bathtub grime? We've got four boys... And also the grease around the stove is quite tough.

We use 7th Generation laundry and dish soap, already.

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To get away from antibacterial hand soaps, we are now using Method and just discovered Mrs. Meyers Clean Day. The boys get a kick out of washing their hands with the Lemon Verena scented soap and chase each other around because that smell is just something else.

I did want to ask, what is the best way to discard products we no longer want to use, but still have on hand? Like the antibacterial soap, bleach, etc. I don't want these to end up in the landfill.

Hedgerowe · 04-24-2012, 01:14 PM

Vinegar, baking soda, borax, isopropyl alcohol, Barkeepers friend, and occasionally Mrs. Murphy's products.

04-25-2010, 07:42 PM	#1
Calliandra Fox Join Date: Jun 2009	Pro-environment products you'd recommend to a friend Have a product that is generally pro-environment in one way or another, and that you'd recommend to a friend? I'll start with: Seventh Generation Free & Clear Glass & Surface Cleaner For those times when vinegar or soap-and-water isn't convenient or strong enough. Note: glass will streak until the film left by Windex is removed with soap and water. Glass Cleaner -Glass Cleaning -Glass Surface Cleaner -Window Cleaner \| Seventh Generation Solatube with Optiview diffuser Just had two put in last month, and I love them. They are cool and blue on rainy days, clear and bright and rainbow-casting on sunny days, and glow on moonlit nights. Brighten Up Series eco cup by DCI Reusable porcelain coffee cup with silicone lid and sleeve. Just picked this up at Office Depot today ($10). Microwave and dishwasher safe. DCI- I Am Not a Paper Cup & Eco Cup

04-26-2010, 09:41 PM	#2
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	I would recommend Crystal body deoderant. It is hypoallergenic, fragrance and paraben free. It is endorsed by Cancer Treatment Centers and is safe for the environment. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

04-27-2010, 12:14 AM	#3
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Seventh Generation anything. All of their paper products are good. I've tried some of their laundry detergents too and those are great. Really, anything by Seventh Generation is good. Holy Cow concentrated cleaners are excellent and they work, Holy Cow Cleaning Products. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

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04-27-2010, 08:48 AM	#4
hazelnut WG Writer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA	Baking Soda and Vinegar. Thow out most of your other cleaning supplies.

04-24-2012, 11:40 AM	#5
Birding Bunch Salamander Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Iowa, USA	Glad I searched.... I was about to start a new thread asking for suggestions to get away from bleach and comet. Do the above break through bathtub grime? We've got four boys... And also the grease around the stove is quite tough. We use 7th Generation laundry and dish soap, already. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ To get away from antibacterial hand soaps, we are now using Method and just discovered Mrs. Meyers Clean Day. The boys get a kick out of washing their hands with the Lemon Verena scented soap and chase each other around because that smell is just something else. I did want to ask, what is the best way to discard products we no longer want to use, but still have on hand? Like the antibacterial soap, bleach, etc. I don't want these to end up in the landfill.

04-24-2012, 01:14 PM	#6
Hedgerowe Pope Join Date: May 2009 Location: Virginia	Vinegar, baking soda, borax, isopropyl alcohol, Barkeepers friend, and occasionally Mrs. Murphy's products.