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Annie B. Bond

Annie B. Bond (aka Berthold-Bond) is the executive producer of Care2.com's Green Living channels. Recently named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body & Soul Magazine, she brings over 20 years of experience as a leading authority, writer and editor about the connections between the environment, personal health and well-being. Annie has authored four books, including: Home Enlightenment (Rodale Press, 2005), Better Basics for the Home (Three Rivers Press, 1999), Clean & Green (Ceres Press, 1990), and The Green Kitchen Handbook (with Mothers & Others; foreword by Meryl Streep) (HarperCollins, 1997), and wrote the chapter on cleaning in The Healthy School Handbook (NEA Professional Library, 1995). She was founder and editor-in-chief of Green Alternatives for Health and the Environment, the national consumer magazine designed to provide a community to the emerging environmental health field, and the founding editor of The Green Guide (a publication of Mothers & Others), an Utne Reader Alternative Press award recipient for general excellence in newsletters.

Annie also authors Care2 Ask Annie, a tip-filled Q & A that offers practical help, recipes, and solutions to meet your concerns about environmental health, the environment, natural, and simple living.

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My Top 10 Uses of Baking Soda in the Home

The one item that I can’t do without when I clean is baking soda. I use it for so many things, if I don’t have a box of it around I’ll make a special trip to the store 5 miles away just as I would if I were out of a mainstay like milk. What do I use so much baking soda for? Here are my top 10 uses of baking soda for cleaning in the home.

Dinged By Dryer Sheets

You know if you are one of those sensitive to dryer sheets and fabric softeners. (I think this is the No. 2 consumer complaint behind perfume.) You are sad that you don’t like to walk in your neighborhood on Saturday mornings because of the offense smell wafting from neighbors’ dryer vents. If someone uses them in your home you may have a nightmare of burning skin, respiratory irritation, anxiety attacks and irritability. I have one friend who became so sensitive to the fumes that he had to sleep in a chair until he could get new bedding! What is the problem with these laundry products? Plenty.

Eco-Clean Stainless Appliances

Who is sorry to say goodbye to those avocado colored refrigerators in favor of shiny stainless steel ones that instantly give your kitchen a gourmet makeover? A rare retro fanatic might be. But the old ones were sure easy to clean! Not so with stainless steel. Learn how to be contemporary and clean, too.

Cutting Board Cleaner: Green Makeover

Cleaning a cutting board thoroughly so that it doesn’t harbor bacteria is important to protect your family’s health. But in doing so you don’t want to add new environmental problems such as the overgrowth of superbacteria, which disinfectants can cause. Here’s what to do instead.

Give a Natural Shine to the Holidays: Metal Polishes

I like to make my home as beautiful and welcoming as possible during the holidays, and one way I do this is to polish all the silver, pewter, and brass, so it reflects the light of candles. Here are the formulas I use to polish safely and without chemicals.

The Dish on Clean Dishes: 9 Tips

Here are the nine pots and pans and dish cleaning tips I brought out from one of my books, to remind me of what works for burned-on food and more.

Lemon’s Aromatherapy Gifts: Dusting How-To

Dusting is usually a dark and dingy job, but you can clear your mind and even prepare for a romantic Valentine’s date (who knew lemon oil is an aphrodisiac?) by combining lemon aromatherapy oil with your dusting rag.

Counter Cleaners

Why not have a kitchen with the freshest, cleanest, air? Try these safe and effective counter cleaners.

Safe and Effective Tick Spray Formula

This herbal spray is based on herbalist knowledge, and it is a great find as a healthy alternative to synthetic pesticides because it really works well as a repellent. The spray calls for one ingredient, besides water–you can‘t get much simpler than that! Find out the formula here.

No More Static Cling!

Learn the easy all-natural ways to banish static cling from your laundry, including the fabulous metal hanger trick that you can use on already-clean clothes!
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as Many Individuals as
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