Elizabeth B. Goldsmith, PhD, is a professor and Fulbright Scholar with expertise in work and family, consumer economics, and healthy indoor environments. Betsy Sheldon is a lifestyles author and editor with a passion for sustainability issues.

• Introduction 1Part I: A Greener, Healthier Way to Clean 7Chapter: 1: Cleaning House in a Brave Green World 9Chapter 2: What’s Green Got to Do with It? 15Chapter 3: Adding Up the Pluses of Cleaning Green 27Part II: Getting to Work 41Chapter 4: An Ounce of Prevention 43Chapter 5: Assembling Your Hardware 57Chapter 6: Mixing Things Up: A Green Cleaner Cookbook 75Part III: Cleaning Green, Room by Room 101Chapter 7: Everything in the Kitchen — Including the Sink 103Chapter 8: Coming Clean in the Bathroom 125Chapter 9: Airing the Dirty Laundry Room 145Chapter 10: Creating a Clean and Healthful Sleeping Environment 165Chapter 11: Greening and Cleaning the Living Room 183Chapter 12: Transitioning from Home to the Great Outdoors 207Part IV: The Part of Tens 235Chapter 13: Ten (Or So) Ways Your Grandparents Got It Right 237Chapter 14: Ten Steps — Beyond Clean — to Green Your Home and Your Life 245Appendix: Green Resources 257Index 263

Elizabeth B. Goldsmith, PhD, is a professor and Fulbright Scholar with expertise in work and family, consumer economics, and healthy indoor environments. Betsy Sheldon is a lifestyles author and editor with a passion for sustainability issues.

• Introduction 1Part I: A Greener, Healthier Way to Clean 7Chapter: 1: Cleaning House in a Brave Green World 9Chapter 2: What’s Green Got to Do with It? 15Chapter 3: Adding Up the Pluses of Cleaning Green 27Part II: Getting to Work 41Chapter 4: An Ounce of Prevention 43Chapter 5: Assembling Your Hardware 57Chapter 6: Mixing Things Up: A Green Cleaner Cookbook 75Part III: Cleaning Green, Room by Room 101Chapter 7: Everything in the Kitchen — Including the Sink 103Chapter 8: Coming Clean in the Bathroom 125Chapter 9: Airing the Dirty Laundry Room 145Chapter 10: Creating a Clean and Healthful Sleeping Environment 165Chapter 11: Greening and Cleaning the Living Room 183Chapter 12: Transitioning from Home to the Great Outdoors 207Part IV: The Part of Tens 235Chapter 13: Ten (Or So) Ways Your Grandparents Got It Right 237Chapter 14: Ten Steps — Beyond Clean — to Green Your Home and Your Life 245Appendix: Green Resources 257Index 263

Elizabeth B. Goldsmith, PhD, is a professor and Fulbright Scholar with expertise in work and family, consumer economics, and healthy indoor environments. Betsy Sheldon is a lifestyles author and editor with a passion for sustainability issues.

• Introduction 1Part I: A Greener, Healthier Way to Clean 7Chapter: 1: Cleaning House in a Brave Green World 9Chapter 2: What’s Green Got to Do with It? 15Chapter 3: Adding Up the Pluses of Cleaning Green 27Part II: Getting to Work 41Chapter 4: An Ounce of Prevention 43Chapter 5: Assembling Your Hardware 57Chapter 6: Mixing Things Up: A Green Cleaner Cookbook 75Part III: Cleaning Green, Room by Room 101Chapter 7: Everything in the Kitchen — Including the Sink 103Chapter 8: Coming Clean in the Bathroom 125Chapter 9: Airing the Dirty Laundry Room 145Chapter 10: Creating a Clean and Healthful Sleeping Environment 165Chapter 11: Greening and Cleaning the Living Room 183Chapter 12: Transitioning from Home to the Great Outdoors 207Part IV: The Part of Tens 235Chapter 13: Ten (Or So) Ways Your Grandparents Got It Right 237Chapter 14: Ten Steps — Beyond Clean — to Green Your Home and Your Life 245Appendix: Green Resources 257Index 263