The 'ideal' day to do your spring cleaning is said to be March 31st, so it you're reading this now and haven't yet done it, you'd better get down to it asap. To help you do this in an ecologically-sound manner, Hippyshopper's green answer to Kim and Aggie, Ben Keningale, is here to get you on the right track.
So it’s that time of year again when you’ve realised that the inch-thick build up of grease on your cooker NEEDS to go and that there are new life forms lurking at the back of the cupboards that really shouldn’t exist.
But spring cleaning invariably involves using household cleaners that contain chemicals that are harmful to both us and the environment - I highlighted some of the dangers associated with them last week. So are there alternatives? There certainly are...


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We started the day at Shiny Towers in a way we often do; by putting the world to rights in the way that only six women in an office are capable of. And since the topic seemed to provoke vigorous nods of agreement all round, it seemed only fair to put the proposition to a wider audience: People who won't eat vegetables are stupid. Agree or disagree?
It seems like every email newsletter I get now has a reminder at the end to consider the planet before printing it, which makes me feel good about all the years I spent haranguing family and colleagues for wasting resources printing every dull four-line missive they received.
From: Green graffiti - It's all in the mossage