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 Starting a family and embarking on renovations go hand in hand for many Australians. But how many of us consider the health and environmental impacts associated with renovating? Minimising such impacts is what guided Suzanne and Graham when undertaking renovations on their inner Sydney cottage.
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 Even her dreams are clean!
When Bridget Gardner was looking for a career change five years ago, it was actually a dream she had that inspired her to look at cleaning as an option. So she did investigate cleaning as a career and hasn’t looked back since. The difficulty however, lay in the fact that at that time there was very little information available about chemical free cleaning, and green cleaning was perceived as being “Grandma’s recipes.” |
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 Horticulturist Emma Daniell knows the secret to growing healthy plants and is only too happy to share her knowledge and experience with others. As the volunteer coordinator at the Randwick Community Organic Garden, Emma works with members of the community who are interested in changing from traditional gardening methods to organic techniques.
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 Nestled in the lower Blue Mountains near Springwood lies a one acre property home to the Lizzards Pre-School, owned and operated by Tony and Judy Sharpe.
Lizzards now in its twelfth year, caters for up to 29 pre-school children in long daycare. The cleaning of the premises and feeding this active bunch is both a challenge and a delight for Tony, a chef, who encourages a healthy, organic diet whenever possible and a chemical free cleaning regime. |
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 Keelah Lam has cut her costs as well as her use of cleaning products.
When it comes to household cleaning, what I do is to use as little of any cleaning product as possible. To
wash the dishes I get a piece of old paper and use that to clean them
before I put them in the wash. This avoids flushing all that oil down
the drain and makes the dishes easier to wash. And the used paper? I
put that into the compost. That way, I turn waste into plant fertiliser.
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 Rosemary Morrow is a Blue Mountains woman who has made the switch to safer household cleaning products.
For healthy and safe cleaning I have plain blocks of soap in
bathroom, laundry and kitchen. I use micro-fibre hand mitts which
require no chemicals at all - only water - for cleaning windows,
floors, cupboard doors and so on.For wooden floors I use a plain broom and mop.
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 Tash Morton is a young householder with two young children in Ballina
NSW. For Tash, using safe cleaning products is nothing new.
I've used only low-toxicity cleaning products for more then 13 years
now and I find they work just as well as most other cleaners, however
they probably do require more elbow grease! Other mothers will
know that with two young children (aged two and a half years and eight
months), keeping the house clean is very important.
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have always been slightly suspicious of the many products that are
available to help with the endless task of housework and the message
from the marketers of these products that we must annihilate all
bacteria and keep our homes sterile, spotless and germ free. |
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