Its time to get down and dirty with a thorough spring cleaning. Our homes have been shut up all winter and are in need of some freshinging. This year  try spring clean with the avoidance of dangerous chemicals and harsh cleaners. Did you know that air pollution in our homes can be as much as 100 times worse than the air outside? Most of that pollution comes from the evaporation of volitile organic compounds "off gas" from cleaning supplies, air freshners, and home decorating items like paint, wall paper and carpeting.  While we think we are cleaning and disenfecting our homes we are really loading the air with toxic chemicals.

Here are 10 Tips for a GREEN SPRING CLEANING:
1. Open the windows Feel the breeze
2. Skip the airfreshners, Open a box of baking soda, cedar blocks and dried flowers instead,
3. use vegtable based cleaning products like those made with coconut oil
4. Vinegar, Vinegar, and more Vinegar this is natures cleaning miricle
5. Get some baking soda Multi-purpose baking soda can be used for everything from freshening the air to carpet and furniture to scrubbing the toilet and tub
6. Don't use bleach or cleaners with chlorine. Bleach burns skin and eyes and is fatal if swallowed, when it goes down the drain it becomes toxic to the natural world.
7.  Skip harsh cehmical cleaners in the bathroom vinegar and baking soda will do the job.

8. Use fiber sponges and rags instead of paper towels and one time use tools
9.  Skip the antibacterial soap it is not necessary and leads to antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria
10. Please dispose of harsh chemicals properly Do not pour them down the drain or into the trash or on the ground