All our activities contribute to our ecological footprint and some are hard to reduce.
But cleaning technology and tips I picked up from a women’s group on cleaning without heavy use of chemicals makes it possible to walk with almost no ecological footprint for cleaning.
It wasn’t always so! We used to spend a lot on cleaning products and the cleaning products aisle in the supermarkets always had us buying something or other to clean the house.
Not now. I can go for literally months on end without buying anything from the cleaning aisle in the supermarket and yet have no problem at all cleaning my home.
The result is
[ul]a home that is allergy-free compared to many of the ‘super-clean’ homes
no toxic materials being flushed down the drain and into the environment or soils
no toxic fumes to breathe in the air in our home
big cost saving – cleaning products are often expensive
a sense of empowerment and wonder
greatly reduced exposure to cancer and health-problem causing substances
a much cleaner home in some parts that were hard to clean conventionally
very little rubbish to throw out on rubbish day[/ul]