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Cleaning and Organizing

Cleaning and Organizing

A hot idea for some hot seats

Hello? Hello? Any­body still out there?
It’s been a nutty week at the mag­a­zine. We are knee-​​​​deep in pro­duc­tion on the May issue and I’m afraid I’ve let my blog­ging duties slip by some­what. I’m still here!
Did any­one catch the pre­miere of Sarah’s House this week? After all the dis­cus­sion about it, would you believe that I missed it? But […]

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Cleaning and Organizing

green cleaners

Fruits & Pas­sion has added two new prod­ucts to the quickly grow­ing list of green clean­ers on the mar­ket. The corian­der and olive tree glass cleaner and multi-​​​​purpose cleaner from the Cucina line get top marks for these green fea­tures: biodegrad­able as per OECD 301D test, at least 90 per cent nat­ural and plant-​​​​derived ingre­di­ents, and […]

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Cleaning and Organizing

Catching Flies

Here’s a fly trap that won’t offend the visual senses. Mounted to the inside of a win­dow with suc­tion cups, the rec­tan­gu­lar frame holds a sticky-​​​​back card that cap­tures flies and keeps them out of view. No more star­ing at lit­tle black car­casses pil­ing up—ew. Win­dow fly trap, $6, refills, $5 per pack­age of two, Lee Valley Tools.

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Bookmarks

Bookmark: GreenCricket.ca

It’s get­ting eas­ier and eas­ier to find green prod­ucts, from house clean­ers to sham­poos and soaps to pet sup­plies. Among the retail­ers offer­ing eco-​​​​conscious buy­ing choices is Toronto-​​​​based e-​​​​tailer Green Cricket.

Find items like biodegrad­able dog waste bags, water fil­ters, stain­less steel water bot­tles, and insect repel­lent. Well-​​​​known brands include EcoEthic, Kiss My Face, Bambu, and […]

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