Tuesday, August 19, 2008

What Does It Mean To Be Green?


Kermit the Frog used to sing "It isn't easy being green." But, he was singing from a very personal viewpoint. Today, everyone is talking about being green. But, what does it mean. Probably, different things to different people.

For every product you use around the house, there's a green substitute. I'm finding products that work as well - or better - than my old Clorox, Pinesol and Tide. Every time I find a non-toxic cleaner, I take another step toward "living green." I'm not only feeling better about doing the right thing for my family and the planet, I'm really feeling better! I didn't even realize how those old cleaners were affecting me - itchy, stuffed up, sneezing and sometimes worse. And who knows what the long term effects will be? I'm no longer willing to be part of that test group.


Green Goes with Everything by Sloan Barnett is a common sense approach to making these changes.

Sloan is a Today Show contributor, the Green Editor for KNTV in San Francisco, a wife and mother. When her young son was developing asthma, she found the cause to be the cleaners she was using. Watch the video below to hear Sloan's story . . .

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