Going Green with Lisa Bronner

Three Ways Things Get Clean

Let’s back up a bit and look at the big picture of how things get clean. There are three ways by which anything can be cleaned: Thermally (heat), Mechanically (scrubbing), or Chemically (b [...]

Bathroom

Scum, Scum, Go Away

Let’s not pretend here. The drawback to using real soap in the bathroom is that you have to face the reality of scum. Soap scum, to be exact. It’s gonna happen. So let’s face it head on. (A [...]

House

Open Wide

What do we have more of in our houses – solid surfaces or air? We spend all this time talking about safe ways to clean the surfaces in our houses, but the dirtiest element of all, the elem [...]

Encouragement

Falling off the Green Machine

It happens. I’m guilty of it often enough. The stomach flu hits three kids in one day and I start to mistrust everything I know about the effectiveness of natural cleaners and the dangers o [...]

Castile Soap

Why Vinegar & Castile Soap Don’t Mix Well

Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap and vinegar can clean an entire house. They are effective, versatile, biodegradable and non-toxic. But the sole point of this post is to emphasize that these two [...]

Baby & Kid Care

Clearing Congestion with Menthol Vapors

Watching my kids suffer through a cold is just one of the hardest things. If there’s any upside to ailments such strep throat or ear infections is that at least there are antibiotics that f [...]

My Top Ten Reasons I Love the New Dr. Bronner’s Refill Carton

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Dog Washing with Dr. Bronner’s Soap

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