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Life Kit

A beginner's guide to green cleaning

Life Kit

NPR

Education, Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Environmentally-friendly living isn't an all-or-nothing equation: think of it as a spectrum of greens. Wherever you fall on that spectrum, green cleaning is one easy way to dip your toe into the green living waters. These tips will help you get started.

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0:00.0

This is NPR's life kit.

0:02.1

When Stephanie Morham was pregnant,

0:04.7

she could already picture her daughter in the future as a toddler,

0:08.4

super cute, super curious,

0:11.0

and that got her thinking about cleaning products.

0:14.4

Stephanie realized that all the stuff she used to clean stuff in her home

0:19.0

would eventually be something that her daughter would touch and as kids do,

0:23.1

put in her mouth.

0:24.3

There has to be a better way to clean our homes and not have to worry

0:29.6

about what we are spraying on the floors or on the glass and the mirrors,

0:35.6

and not only what we're touching and then putting our hands in our mouth,

0:39.2

but also what we're hailing in our house as well.

0:41.6

Stephanie went down the eco-cleaning rabbit hole 12 years ago.

0:46.0

Today, she runs the website Good Girl Gone Green,

0:49.3

and is host of the podcast Green Junkie,

0:52.4

where she talks about all things sustainable.

0:55.6

Stephanie says you can think about your sustainability journey,

0:58.8

like greens on a color spectrum.

1:01.3

Maybe you're just starting out,

1:03.6

getting curious about ways to be more environmentally conscious at home.

1:07.7

So you have the light green,

1:08.9

the mint green, or dark green,

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