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
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.
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