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 Stories About: advice AND Ask Umbra AND green cleaning AND health AND shopping AND toxics
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Dope on a Soap
On Method cleansers |
Umbra Fisk |
20 Aug 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I've noticed lately that Method cleaning products are now being sold in a number of different retail outlets, whereas before they were only sold in Target. This shouldn't seem too weird in our every-store-sells-the-same-thing world, but seeing these products on the shelves in Whole Foods got me wondering more about them. You see, I went looking for some trusty Bon Ami cleaner the other day and found it gone from the shelves ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, consumerism, green cleaning, green products, health, shopping, toxics (all these topics) |
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You Missed a Spot
On household help and homemade cleansers |
Umbra Fisk |
01 Oct 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I recently moved in with my investment-banker boyfriend. So far, my efforts to teach him to have more fun with less stuff have been largely successful; however, I've hit a roadblock when it comes to his cleaning lady. My first question, Umbra, is this: what are the social and ecological implications of hiring a maid (one who commutes using public transportation and is paid more than double minimum wa ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green cleaning, health, shopping, toxics (all these topics) |
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