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 A few of my favorite green living and homemaking resources.

Quick Start

Wanna learn the basics of green cleaning? Here are some blog posts I've written that will help you begin today!

• Build Your Own Natural Cleaning Kit
• How to Clean with Essential Oils
• 4 Easy Green Cleaning Supermarket Swaps
• 5 Reusable Alternatives to Swiffer Dusters
• 3 Green Alternatives to Swiffer Sweeper and Wet Jet
• 7 Healthy Bathroom Air Fresheners
• What's Wrong with Chlorine Bleach
• How to Clean Up Pet Stains Naturally
• Giveaway: My Zine of Green Cleaning Recipes

 Companies that Make Green Cleaning Products

• Better Life
• BioKleen
• Bon Ami
• Daddy Van's
• Dr. Bronner's
• Ecover
• HAVEN
• The Laundress
• Nature's Miracle
• Nellie's All Natural
• Ruby's Red Wash
• Seventh Generation
• Sound Earth
• Vermont Soap
• Whole Foods Market
• Common Good

The companies listed above were chosen because most or all of their products are supersafe, eco-friendly, and cruelty-free. Most offer vegan products too. Of course, I encourage you to contact the manufacturer and consult the following websites for the latest info on the ingredients of individual products as well as animal testing policies:

• EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaners
• Leaping Bunny's guide to certified cruelty-free companies

 Green Cleaning Gurus

• Annie B. Bond
• Ellen Sandbeck
• Go Clean with Mary Moppins
• Green Cleaning Coach (Leslie Reichert)
• Clean My Space (Melissa Maker)
• Regina Ryerson 

 Homekeepers I Heart

• The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking (Kate Payne)
• Go Gingham (Sara Tetreault)
• Nature's Nurture
• One Good Thing by Jillee
• Crunchy Betty

  Awesome Eco-centric Websites

• Yoli's Green Living: "Your Eco-Chic Guide to Green & Healthy Living"
• Girlie Girl Army: "Your Glamazon Guide to Green Living"
• Hey Fran Hey!: "Natural beauty, nutrition & fitness. All with a bohemian twist!"
• Food Heaven Made Easy with Wendy & Jess

Domestic Toxins: Activism & Info

• Environmental Working Group
• Debra Lynn Dadd: "Everything you need to live toxic free"
• Healthy Child Healthy World
• My Plastic-Free Life (Beth Terry)
• Plastic Albatross
• Pollution in People
• Project Nesting
• SafeCosmetics.org
• SafeMama.com
• What's In My Food?

Brooklyn Home Services

• AAA Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
• Junk Luggers
• Rabbit Movers
• Apartment cleaning: Stephanie and Javier, (860) 874-1326, stephandjavier@gmail.com

Brooklyn Wellness Services

• Honey & Gold (Women's wellness & pleasure)
• Madea Allen-Gueye (health coach/ holistic chef)
• Melissa Danielle (Good food, farming, self-health advocate)
• Raganella (Healing home & self care)
• Third Root Community Health Center

Green Shopping in NYC & Online

• Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store (Boerum Hill)
• AuH20 (East Village)
• Built it Green NYC (Astoria)
• Brooklyn Victory Garden (Clinton Hill)
• GoGreen Store (Boerum Hill)
• Green Depot (Soho, Brooklyn, web)
• Green in Brooklyn (Clinton Hill)
• Kaight (LES & Boerum Hill)
• Neerg
• Park Slope Food Coop
• Sustainable NYC (East Village)

Brooklyn Community

• Added Value (Red Hook)
• Bed-Stuy Farm Share
• Brooklyn Botanical Garden
• Brooklyn Public Library
• Eagle Street Rooftop Farm (Greenpoint)
• Imani Garden (Crown Heights)
• LaunchPad (Crown Heights)
• Sustainable Flatbush
• The Commons (Boerum Hill)
• The Good Life Wellness Club
• The Laundromat Project (Brooklyn & Harlem)