Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: A Greener, Healthier Way to Clean 7

Chapter: 1: Cleaning House in a Brave Green World 9

Chapter 2: What’s Green Got to Do with It? 15

Chapter 3: Adding Up the Pluses of Cleaning Green 27

Part II: Getting to Work 41

Chapter 4: An Ounce of Prevention 43

Chapter 5: Assembling Your Hardware 57

Chapter 6: Mixing Things Up: A Green Cleaner Cookbook 75

Part III: Cleaning Green, Room by Room 101

Chapter 7: Everything in the Kitchen — Including the Sink 103

Chapter 8: Coming Clean in the Bathroom 125

Chapter 9: Airing the Dirty Laundry Room 145

Chapter 10: Creating a Clean and Healthful Sleeping Environment 165

Chapter 11: Greening and Cleaning the Living Room 183

Chapter 12: Transitioning from Home to the Great Outdoors 207

Part IV: The Part of Tens 235

Chapter 13: Ten (Or So) Ways Your Grandparents Got It Right 237

Chapter 14: Ten Steps — Beyond Clean — to Green Your Home and Your Life 245

Appendix: Green Resources 257

Index 263

About the Author

Elizabeth B. Goldsmith, PhD, is a professor and Fulbright Scholar with expertise in work and family, consumer economics, and healthy indoor environments.

Betsy Sheldon is a lifestyles author and editor with a passion for sustainability issues.