Friday, April 11, 2008

Five Easy Ways To Go Green


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Going green doesn’t need to be difficult or complicated. Even small steps count, and what you do every day can help keep your family and the planet healthy.Thanks to the thousands who have chosen Get Clean, look at the difference made over the past 12 months!

  • Kept 10,230,732 pounds of packaging waste out of landfills.
  • Eliminated 23,492,792 pounds of greenhouse gas.

In honor of Earth Day, here are some small steps for you that add up to a big impact

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ImageClean Up Your Cleaning Products

Some conventional cleaning products can contain questionable chemicals like phthalates, butyl cellosolve, sodium hydroxide, ammonia, or formaldehyde. Why would you endanger your health or the health of the planet with harsh chemicals and toxic substances when you can choose natural and healthier alternatives?

Switch to Get Clean®. Get Clean offers choices that are safe, nontoxic, and natural, and they work wonderfully. Many Get Clean products are formulated using sustainably sourced ingredients from natural sources, like activated enzymes or biodegradable cleaning agents derived from corn and coconuts. When you welcome Get Clean products into your home, you’re not exposing your family to many of the dangerous chemicals found in conventional cleaners.

A great way to start is with the Get Clean Starter Kit—everything you need to clean your home. To order yours, contact your Shaklee Distributor, Janet & Don Legere or call 1-403-274-2930.

SYKAROTEAM EARTH DAY PROMOTION

Go Green For Earth Day ~ When You Purchase a Get Clean Kit We Will Plant 5 (FIVE) Trees in your name!
In Canada Click Here
In USA Click Here


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ImageStart Using your Dishwasher!

Using the dishwasher is actually better for the planet than washing dishes by hand. The average energy-efficient dishwasher uses just 4 gallons of water per cycle, saving nearly 5,000 gallons of water per year compared with hand washing—as well as $40 in energy costs and 230 hours of washing time, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Make sure to use a phosphate-free detergent. Phosphates spur algae blooms and are a major source of water pollution.

Get Clean Dish Wash Automatic Concentrate is one of the first phosphate-free automatic dish wash detergents.

SYKAROTEAM EARTH DAY PROMOTION

Go Green For Earth Day ~ When You Purchase a Get Clean Kit We Will Plant 5 (FIVE) Trees in your name!
In Canada Click Here
In USA Click Here

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ImageDitch the Anti-bacterial Hand Soap

Triclosan, a common ingredient in antibacterial soap that kills microbes, ends up in our water sources and, at specific levels, is acutely and chronically toxic to aquatic life. Moreover, overuse of antibacterial and antimicrobial soap can help create antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which may weaken the effectiveness of currently useful antibiotics. Antibacterial soap doesn’t offer any better protection against illness than vigorous hand washing with plain soap and warm water.

Get Clean Hand Wash Concentrate is a great antibacterial-free alternative. It’s soap free, pH balanced, hypoallergenic, and has biodegradable surfactants.


SYKAROTEAM EARTH DAY PROMOTION

Go Green For Earth Day ~ When You Purchase a Get Clean Kit We Will Plant 5 (FIVE) Trees in your name!
In Canada Click Here
In USA Click Here


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Bring your own bag

Okay, we’ve all heard this one, but it’s true. Neither paper nor plastic is the ideal choice. Paper is accepted in more recycling programs, but only approximately 20% is recycled, and most bags can end up in landfills. Plastic bags not only can take a thousand years to decompose and but use up nonrenewable resources. The best choice? Bring your own reusable bag. A sturdy, reusable one can take the place of hundreds or maybe even thousands of single-use bags over its lifetime.

Get Clean offers lightweight, sturdy, reusable shopping bags in a bright green color with the Get Clean logo, so you can spread the word while you shop.


SYKAROTEAM EARTH DAY PROMOTION

Go Green For Earth Day ~ When You Purchase a Get Clean Kit We Will Plant 5 (FIVE) Trees in your name!
In Canada Click Here
In USA Click Here

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Buy from Socially Responsible Companies

ImageUse your consumer power to support companies that are environmentally responsible and offer products that are safe for you and the environment. Shaklee has a long history of environmental responsibility, including introducing one of the first biodegradable cleaners in 1960.

Shaklee is the first company in the world to obtain Climate Neutral™ certification and totally offset its greenhouse gas emissions.

SYKAROTEAM EARTH DAY PROMOTION

Go Green For Earth Day ~ When You Purchase a Get Clean Kit We Will Plant 5 (FIVE) Trees in your name!
In Canada Click Here
In USA Click Here


Choose To Do MORE For the Planet And Your Pocket By Becoming a Gold Ambassador.

You Can Choose the Healthy You Healthy Home Mission Pak for $299 (valued at over $500). Shaklee Will Plant 5 (FIVE) Trees In Your Name And SykaroTeam Will Match it. TEN Trees Planted!


In Canada Click Here
In USA Click Here


Janet and Don Legere
Shaklee Independent Distributors
(403)274-2930
janet@janetlegere.com
http://www.jado.net

1 comment:

Pedal To The Metal said...

We can add another way to go green which wasn't acceptable 15 or twenty years ago in most Canadian cities. It's using a clothes line for drying your laundry. Condo and strata rules won't tolerate it but home owners of the typical subdivisions and neigborhoods in Toronto are now able to hang out their duds without breaking cities by-laws.