Embracing Natural Cleaning: Our Guide to Safe and Sustainable Homes
As parents we instinctively prioritize the well-being of our families. We carefully choose what we feed them, what they wear, and even the environments they play in. Yet, when it comes to cleaning our homes, we might overlook the impact of the products we use. In our quest to create a safe haven, it's crucial to consider how conventional cleaning agents can affect our loved ones and our environment.
As parents we instinctively prioritize the well-being of our families. We carefully choose what we feed them, what they wear, and even the environments they play in. Yet, when it comes to cleaning our homes, we might overlook the impact of the products we use. In our quest to create a safe haven, it's crucial to consider how conventional cleaning agents can affect our loved ones and our environment.
The Heart of the Matter: Health and Safety
Think about it: we clean our homes to protect our families from germs and allergens, but many conventional cleaning products contain harsh chemicals that can do more harm than good. These substances can irritate skin, trigger allergies, and even lead to long-term health issues. As a parent, it’s vital to ensure that the spaces where our children play and our pets roam are free from harmful toxins.
By opting for natural cleaning products, such as good old-fashioned baking soda, vinegar, and castile soap, you’re choosing safety. These ingredients are not only effective but also gentle on the environment and your family. Baking soda is a powerful deodorizer and abrasive cleaner, vinegar cuts through grease and grime, and castile soap can tackle everything from kitchen surfaces to laundry.
Nurturing the Environment
The environment is our shared home, and as parents, we have a responsibility to nurture it for future generations. Conventional cleaning products often contain chemicals that can pollute waterways and harm wildlife. By making the switch to natural cleaning products, you’re contributing to a healthier environment.
Imagine the impact of choosing a simple vinegar cleaner over a toxic chemical cleaner. Not only are you reducing waste and chemical runoff, but you’re also fostering a lifestyle that respects the environment. Your choice sets an example for your family, instilling values of sustainability and care for the environment.
Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Products
Creating a clean and safe home doesn’t have to break the bank. Natural cleaning products are often more affordable than their chemical-laden counterparts. With just a few simple ingredients, you can make effective cleaners that cost a fraction of store-bought options. Reusing spray bottles and glass jars to store your products saves costs too.
Here are a few easy recipes to get you started:
All-Purpose Cleaner: Natural Cleaning Spray
- 2 TBSN Castile Cleaning Soap
- 500ml Water
Mix the ingredients in a spray bottle, and you’ve got a versatile all purpose cleaner for countertops, sinks, walls, floors, carpet and more.
Toilet Cleaner
- Natural Cleaning Spray
- 2 TBSN Cleaning Grade Baking Soda
- 5 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil
- 4 TBSN Cleaning Grade Vinegar 9.9%
For my toilet, I spray all surfaces with Natural Cleaning Spray, then add 2 tablespoons (or more) of Baking Soda to the toilet bowl, with about 5-10 drops of Tea Tree Essential Oil, give it a scrub. Wipe the surfaces of the toilet with a damp cloth.
Then add 4 Tablespoons (or more) of Cleaning Grade Vinegar 9.9% in the toilet bowl, and while it is fizzing I scrub again. Flush clean. If you have brown stains in your toilet bowl, over time this should disappear, or add a little more Baking Soda to help. You should be left with the clean smell of Tea Tree oil, a natural disinfectant, antiseptic, antiviral and antifungal.
Creating a Safe Haven
As a parent, your priority is to provide a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for your family. By choosing natural cleaning products, you are not only safeguarding their health but also teaching them the importance of caring for themselves and the world around them.
Embrace the power of simple, natural ingredients in your cleaning routine. Your family will thank you, and so will the environment. Let’s make cleaning a positive, safe, and sustainable practice that benefits everyone. Together, we can create Your Home, Naturally spotless and filled with love and care.
A Sustainable Journey
A sustainable journey to a natural home takes time and a transition period. As you slowly change over to natural cleaning products you will find they work a little differently and you have to adjust your thinking to refilling or reusing your containers and bottles.
Natural Cleaning Products have been around for a very long time. We have lost the knowledge and understanding of how to use them. They have been replaced by manmade, synthetic ingredients at a cost to our health and the environment.
Have you every wondered why environmentally friendly cleaning products seem slightly less effective when compared to stock standard cleaning products readily available on the supermarket shelves?
It's because natural cleaning products are not full of harsh chemicals designed to strip away everything! There are so many products that fill the supermarket shelves that we have known and trusted for years. However, did you ever read the label and does it actually tell you the ingredients? Probably not or if it does list the ingredients it is unlikely that we understand them. Sometimes the first ingredient is water, you are paying a lot of money for water. Plus each time you buy those products you are buying another plastic bottle that ends up in the landfill. Most of the ingredients are highly toxic chemicals that are unnecessary and they are so commercialised, we are told that we need a different product for each part of our home. This isn’t true. We are exposing our skin, our bodies, and our pets to these toxic chemicals that are causing harm over time.
We would rather use products that are not going to effect our health and our environment long term. There is an alternative that is environmentally friendly, saves money, and saves your health. Here at Your Home, Naturally, our products are grey waste safe, non-toxic and have less harsh chemicals. I have sourced all of the natural ingredients from quality suppliers.
We do our part by providing products that are sustainable, simple and natural. In reusable packaging, creating less waste and less impact on the environment.
Natural cleaning products work. Let’s rebuild our trust in them with knowledge and understanding of how they work and how to use them. Come to a workshop to find out more!
Contact Michelle when you are ready to learn more!
Sustainability in Your Home, Naturally
When starting your sustainable journey in your home we advise that you start small and make a new habit, one product at a time.
Here is a basic list of 20 ideas to get you started!
Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Swap your plastic toothbrush for a bamboo toothbrush.
Rip up old worn out clothing for cleaning rags.
Open your windows to cool down your home or air it out daily.
Use Beeswax Wraps to keep your food fresh in the fridge.
Wash clothes when they are actually dirty, instead of after only one wear.
Try to avoid palm oil.
Switch to environmentally friendly dish washing liquid.
Don’t leave your house without a full reusable stainless steel water bottle.
Use Be Natural Soap in your Glass Foaming Soap Bottle - return the empty bottle of soap for a refill.
Start a backyard compost.
Learn to regrow kitchen scraps - Spring Onion is easy!
Reuse containers, refill Glass Bottles where ever possible.
Line dry a load instead of using the dryer.
Always run a full dishwasher or load of clothes.
Commit to bringing your reusable bags to the store. If you don’t have them, turn around and go get them! After forgetting them once, you won’t do it again.
Ditch sponges in lieu of compostable pot scrubbers or dish brushes.
Check out your local farmers market.
Learn how to make your own natural cleaning products at a workshop! It’s easy!
Beware of greenwashing, and always do your research - read the labels!
Our Sustainable Home & Living range is a great place to start your journey to creating a more sustainable home naturally.
When starting your sustainable journey in your home we advise that you start small and make a new habit, one product at a time.
Here is a basic list of 20 ideas to get you started!
Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Swap your plastic toothbrush for a bamboo toothbrush.
Rip up old worn out clothing for cleaning rags.
Open your windows to cool down your home or air it out daily.
Use Beeswax Wraps to keep your food fresh in the fridge.
Wash clothes when they are actually dirty, instead of after only one wear.
Try to avoid palm oil.
Switch to environmentally friendly dish washing liquid.
Don’t leave your house without a full reusable stainless steel water bottle.
Use Be Natural Soap in your Glass Foaming Soap Bottle - return the empty bottle of soap for a refill.
Start a backyard compost.
Learn to regrow kitchen scraps - Spring Onion is easy!
Reuse containers, refill Glass Bottles where ever possible.
Line dry a load instead of using the dryer.
Always run a full dishwasher or load of clothes.
Commit to bringing your reusable bags to the store. If you don’t have them, turn around and go get them! After forgetting them once, you won’t do it again.
Ditch sponges in lieu of compostable pot scrubbers or dish brushes.
Check out your local farmers market.
Learn how to make your own natural cleaning products at a workshop! It’s easy!
Beware of greenwashing, and always do your research - read the labels!