Today is Earth Day - the perfect opportunity to step back and think about your individual impact on our planet. It is also a great time to teach kids about the importance of environmental responsibility. We can all do our small or large part to help keep the earth a pleasant place to live and raise our families.
In honor of Earth Day I am hoping to send all of my readers over to http://homemademothering.com/, a wonderful blog about keeping a home and raising a family in a way that reduces our impact on the earth and ourselves. This website/blog is run by Maureen, a friend of a friend in Chicago, who has two small children. Yet, she manages to do things like develop her own recipe for low-chemical laundry detergent and write a manifesto to help new parents figure out how to use cloth diapers.
About two weeks ago, I made a batch of Maureen's laundry detergent. We have been using it on our linens and clothes, and have not noticed any decrease in cleanliness or stain-removing power. What I have noticed, in particular, is the scent-free end result - clean sheets and clothes without a trace of chemical scent on them. And, you can feel good about using this detergent because you know everything that is in it.
I will just say that if you have a high-efficiency washer, you should treat this detergent like it is a powder as it is thicker than traditional liquid detergent. Other than that, we've been very happy with it and encourage you to give it a try!
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