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Sustainable Minimalists

How To Read a Cleanser's Label

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Non-toxic, eco-friendly living is rapidly growing in popularity, and many corporations that sell home cleansers are modifying their marketing (not their products!) to garner more sales. We may not have the time or energy to DIY our own cleaning products, and rampant greenwashing muddles our best attempts at finding the products aligned with our values. What are green cleaners, exactly, and where can they be found? On this episode Megan Mikkelson and I outline tried-and-true ways for finding safe home... Read More Read More The post What Are Green Cleaners (& Where Do I Find Them)? appeared first on Sustainable Minimalists. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0

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0:06.4

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0:37.0

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0:58.3

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1:00.8

Well, hello there and welcome back.

1:05.0

My name is Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to episode 218 of the Sustainable

1:11.2

Minimalist Podcast, a twice-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

1:18.1

On today's show, I'm answering a listener's question all about sustainable and non-toxic cleaning products.

1:26.0

Now if you've been listening to this show for a while,

1:29.4

you know that there's an awful lot of green washing happening in the cleaning products realm, but

1:36.8

because we are conscious consumers, we strive at every turn to not be greenwashed, not

1:42.2

be tricked into buying the potentially harmful items on the market.

1:47.4

We are today educating ourselves about what to look for, when we're buying cleansers,

1:53.0

how to replace the harmful stuff with non-harmful stuff,

1:56.8

and how we can educate ourselves

1:59.2

to be conscious consumers who don't just look

2:01.7

at the front of a package but instead turn products

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