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Enviro Expo coming to Atlanta

This is for all the Atlanta locals.

What: Enviro Expo shows you how to green your life
When: Nov. 14-15, 2008, from 10AM – 5PM
Where: Americas Mart in Atlanta. 240 Peachtree Street N.W. Building 3, Atlanta, GA
Why you want to go: There will be demonstrations of all types of green products and services. You can sample all [...]

A few of my favorite things

… raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… I thought I’d let you into my day-to-day life. A few of the green things that keep me going. Things I use daily that I’m not sure I could manage without. Here it is:

My very first has to be my breadmaker. No, it isn’t solar-powered or constructed [...]

New studies on BPA

Bisphenol-A. Or BPA for short. We’ve said a few things about it over the years, and we’ve cautioned you against certain plastics. See, BPA is a plasticizer, which means it makes plastic, well, plasticy. The problem is, it also interferes with the way your body functions, and unfortunately it leeches out of plastics and into [...]

Favorite essential oils!

As an individual, there are tons of things I love, but don’t allow in our cleaning business either because they aren’t tested, clients may not like them, or they just aren’t easy to use. But oh. I just found a combination of essential oils that’s so. perfect. I use it at home in my cleaning [...]

How clean is clean?

I can’t get my kids to keep their rooms clean.
I wish I could entertain at home, but my house is just too messy.
If only my house was cleaner, I’d be able to … (fill in the blank)!
I hear things like that all the time. But what I wonder is, how clean is clean? I don’t [...]

Recycle those campaign signs!

Now that the election is over, what do you do with the campaign signs that dotted your yard? Some people are keeping them as memorabilia of this historic election, and others are putting them up on freecycle. The metal frames can be saved and reused for future campaigns, or to frame garage sale signs.
But if [...]

The media even knows it!

We go to the supermarket, we assume that what’s on the shelf is harmless. But precious few know about the acute and long-term health hazards of household chemical-based cleaners. Here at Broom Huggers we’ve been trying to educate consumers, but now a news station has picked it up and done a piece on it. Check [...]

Have you seen?

If you’re reading this on a feed you’re missing out! We’ve redesigned the sight to give it a cleaner look. (More applicable to a cleaning service, right?)
Do you love it? Do you hate it? We’re still tweaking the design (or maybe starting from scratch again…) so let us know what you think!

All purpose cleaners buying guide

National Geographic’s Green Guide just published this guide to buying all-purpose cleaners. It is by far the most thorough post I’ve seen like it. It goes into what things like enzymes and surfactants are, and it talks about different certifications and what to look for. Head on over and take a look.
If you’re looking for [...]

What’s in your medicine cabinet?

The medicine cabinet is not part of day-to-day cleaning, but it’s no less important. It’s where you turn when you wake up with a fever, when the baby’s teething, when allergies assault your eyes and sinuses, and this season – cold season – you may be turning to it for help all too often. So [...]