The Green Room

Chuck Penner from Ottawa, ON wrote us:

I am a cleaner for schools, offices, restaurants, etc. and have decided to "go green" a.k.a. use environmentally safe products for my work. There are several books on Amazon on the subject of cleaning using "green" products, but I don’t know which one is right for me. Any recommendations?

Lindsay replied:

Your quest to provide your school with safe, chemical-free cleaners is an excellent initiative. Kids are by far more negatively impacted by the harmful effects of cleaning chemicals than adults are. Too often indoor air quality is 2-5 times worse than it is outdoors because of the toxic cleaning products we use, so you’d be doing everyone in the school a service!

I’d say you almost don’t need a book, mind you I have about 3 green cleaning books myself, which are posted on my website . I also have a series of green cleaning recipes posted that will work for your purposes and will soon be posting a "green cleaning" ingredient list.

I can’t say I’ve found "the" book. I often "Google" a lot of solutions and recipes. Besides, it’s not really sustainable to go out and buy 10 green cleaning books. Do sign up for our program called David Suzuki’s Nature Challenge and view the videos where I show you how to create cheap and effective products. You’ll also find more solutions, such as link I provided for the Toxic Smart Guide. Let us know how you do!