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Get rid of ants!

I’ve always used borax to get rid of ants, but it’s one of those solutions I’m not thrilled with. Borax isn’t good for kids or pets to ingest, even though it’s all natural, so I have to be careful where I put it – only, the ants aren’t so selective about where they go.
So here [...]

Do good!

Hat tip to Edelman PR for this little survey that tells us consumers want to do business with companies they can feel good about.
Did you catch that? 67% of loyal consumers would switch brands due to participation in a cause. Brand loyalty used to be about product performance, service, and price. Now we’re seeing a [...]

Industry standards – FINALLY! (I hope…)

Here at BroomHuggers one of our main concerns for the last 4-5 years has been the fluidity of the use of words like “natural,” “organic,” “eco-friendly,” especially in cleaning products. See, no one regulates the use of these words in cleaning products. I could make something out of ammonia, formaldehyde, and petrochemicals and say that [...]

DIY, You light up my life

Oh. my. goodness. Remodelista gets some serious kudos for this bright idea and a hat tip to Planet Green for bringing it up. .

Excuse me while I rue the day I chose to recycle my vintage (and super cool) wine bottles from Eastern European countries. I had some kickin bottles from Moldova, the Republic of [...]

Audi Green Police

Did anyone see the Audi Green Police ad during the Super Bowl?
I LOVE IT!!!!! I can’t embed it here – you know, something about intellectual property rights, copyright law… who knows… But you can see the ad series at the Green Police channel on YouTube, and it’s worth the 30 seconds it’ll take to view [...]

Fight frizz with your cupboard!

Thanks to the folks at StyleBell for teaching us how to use products like vinegar, honey, and avocado to fight frizz. I know I’ll be trying it this morning – dry air plus rushed hairdryer before church are never a good combination.
How about you? Have any recipes straight out of your cupboard?

Money in your pocket for eco-driving?

One county in Florida is tackling the economy and the budget in an innovative way. Polk County Fleet Manager, Bob Stanton, has enacted a policy to financially remunerate drivers of county vehicles for saving fuel through eco-driving. Check out the video. I’d be interested to see if any other fleet managers out there are taking [...]

Clean refrigerator coils keep their cool!

Did you know that your refrigerator has to work harder when the coils are dirty? And did you know that the coils collect dust like nobody’s business?
The good news is, your refrigerator coils are easy to clean. Unplug the fridge and then find the coils. In most fridges they’re behind the kickplate under the [...]

Product Reviews – Welcome to my home!

Because I suffer from fairly severe buyers remorse and buyers anxiety, I am not one to just walk into a store and buy a product because I need it. Go to the store and blindly pick out toothpaste? No, no, no! When it comes down to products to be used in my [...]

Why we’re green

Green. Eco-friendly. Evironmentally-conscious. Tree huggers. Chemical-free. All-natural. Zero footprint. Call it what you want, we’re it. There are plenty of reasons out there that people come over to the green side.
Let’s face it. It’s hip. It’s cool to be green. Everybody’s doing it – even Clorox. Of course, we were green before the trend came [...]