1. Nature Clean Liquid Bleach - Chlorine-free formula created from hydrogen peroxide
I love, love, love this product. It's truly just as good as it's stinky counterpart. I use it everywhere - on kids clothes, on my grout (leave it on for about 10 minutes then mop), even my mattress after my son's last bought of gastro....yep I'm talking barf folks.
According to their website: "It works by releasing oxygen to perform the bleaching process, and converting itself into simple H2O (water and oxygen) once the process is complete."
The only thing I don't like about their line is I find the packaging way too kid friendly. Do I need another reason for my child to want to grab a cleaning product?...uh no. So I pull the labels off.
2. AllerAir Air Medic Air Purifiers
On Sunday night there was a huge condo-building fire only two streets away from our house and the smell was unbelievable. We were concerned about my son's asthma and ended up camping out in the only room in our house that didn't stink -- yes, the one with the air purifier in it. I do blog for AllerAir so I know how good their products are, but even I was shocked at the level of clean air in the room. Not one hint of smoke smell -- really amazing. Their air purifiers are some of the only ones with activated carbon in them - the same stuff used in military gas masks. They're also very eco-conscious. They use virtually no plastic (I believe only the wheels and the knob), very little energy, make their products in North America and source from local suppliers.
3. 20 MULE TEAM Borax
For years I kept coming across this product "borax" in various articles on green cleaning, but had no idea what it was. Then one day I saw it in the laundry aisle at Walmart and decided to give it a try. I used it as a laundry "booster" and it worked great on stains. It also works quite well as a deodorizer in the garbage disposal and drains. According the their website it can be used for everything from preserving flowers to candle making.
4. gDiapers
So I admit it, I'm a cloth diaper wimp. I like getting out with the kids a lot and the idea of lugging around a stinky, poopy diaper all day was a total no-go. Then I discovered gDiapers. They're cloth diapers with special inserts that can be FLUSHED. I personally have flushed hundreds down the toilet with no clogging whatsoever (they break down almost instantly). They're also compostable. I liked them so much I signed up to be one of their "Mom" ambassadors...



