Why “go green”? Global warming is becoming more and more an inescapable fact, so to slow down this effect is one good reason – but not the only one. Did you know there are over 75,000 registered chemicals? And according to the EPA only a fraction of those have been tested for human health concerns! Do you think nuclear plants are a bad idea because of hazardous waste? The average American home generates over 25 pounds of toxic, hazardous waste each year – much of which comes from household cleaning products! And, did you know that 9 out of every 10 suspected poison exposures occur at home with household products – and that women who work at home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer as compared to those who work away from home? – according to a 15-yr. study presented at the Toronto Indoor Air Conference that concluded this was a direct result of the increased exposure to the toxic chemicals found in household cleaners.
Okay, so we know it’s a good idea to “go green” then – to not only care for our environment, but also for our own good (health)! One of the big questions people often have next then is – how do I replace all these chemical cleaners with something that is not only green but WORKS! When all is said and done we don’t want to give up CLEAN by going GREEN, right?!
Shaklee Get Clean® products are not only green, but have been proven to work as well, or better, than the chemical cleaners. For example, their cleaning wipes were 60% more effective than Pledge Wipes® and had less streaking on windows than Windex with Vinegar Wipes®. They also “outclean” other “green cleaners” —their Nature Bright® removed grass stains 50% better than OxiClean® and just a few drops of the Dish Wash Concentrate was 70% more effective on grease-cutting than Method® or Seventh Generation®
Shaklee is the first company to be Certified – Climate Neutral – offsetting 100% of their carbon footprint on the earth! And, everyone who purchases the Get Clean® Kit instead of the ready-to-use products they probably use, eliminates 108 pounds of packaging waste from landfills, eliminates 248 pounds of greenhouse gas – and is the equivalent as planting 10 trees!
Look what 12 months of Get Clean Sales have done so far:
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Kept 10,230,732 pounds of packaging waste out of landfills.
- Eliminated 23,492,792 pounds of greenhouse gas.
I am a Shaklee Independent Distributor, and to help me get the word out on these products my Sponsor is having a Basic-H2® Giveaway. This amazing, highly concentrated product is one part of Shaklee’s Get Clean® Kit – and when mixed according to directions will give you the cleaning power equivalent to: – 60 bottles of Fantastik® Multi-Purpose Cleaner, 32oz. – 32 bottles of Mop & Glo® Triple Action Floor Shine Cleaner, 32oz. – and 728 bottles of Windex® Original Formula, 26oz. (A certain TV celebrity loves these products so much she gave the Get Clean® Kit away last Christmas as one of her ‘favorite things’ to everyone in the audience!)
How to Gain Entries: You MUST do #1 to be eligible to win the Basic-H2® prize, the others are optional.
1) Register for the monthly drawing for over $200 Free Products here (Use the Password: DA28601) and watch at least one of the five videos that give an overview of the company and/or its products. (I highly suggest the “Green” video – but you are free to choose). Come back and leave me a comment after visiting, with one fact you learned there.
2) Subscribers to my feed are entered in this and all future giveaways on my blog. Let me know in a seperate comment that you are a subscriber.
3) Blog about this giveaway on your blog with a link back to this post in a seperate comment.
4) If you purchase something from anywhere on the Total Wellness website, come back and let me know in a seperate comment. I will throw your name in the drawing again!
Feel free to do all four, and you have four entries to win!
You have until midnight September 30th to enter. U.S.A. entries only.
CONTEST ENTRY EXTENDED: Started homeschooling and found ZERO time for anything else, blog included, so you now have more time! Tell you friends!
Karissa said,
September 9, 2008 @ 12:19 am
I subscribed to your feed. karissag [at]gmail.com
Karissa said,
September 9, 2008 @ 12:29 am
I learned people who work at home are 55% more likely to to have cancer then those that work away from the home most likely due to chemicals they clean with.
scary!
Shaklee products are biodegradable
they do not contain phosphates or birates and there was another one but I missed it.
Purchasing the starter kit is the equivalent to planting trees!
Dan said,
September 10, 2008 @ 11:08 am
Subscribed to your feed.
Bonnie Day said,
September 15, 2008 @ 6:27 am
25 lbs of toxic waste per year is generated from the average home
9 out of 10 poison exposures occur from home
54% of cancers occur from woman working from home
great website and lots of great info
blday50@yahoo.com
joanne major said,
September 18, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
Learned women who work at home have a higher % to get cancer than a woman who works outside the home. kind of scary since i am a stay at home mom
mj said,
September 20, 2008 @ 11:17 am
I learned that the beneficial ingredient in red wine is much more (10x) effective when combined with polyphenols, and available in capsules so I don’t have to drink my way to long (but tipsy) life!
mj said,
September 20, 2008 @ 11:17 am
Also, I subscribed to your feed.
Elizabeth M. said,
September 22, 2008 @ 10:59 am
I watched the Green video as you suggested. I appreciate the biodegradable chemical free composition of your cleaning products and the third party tester ensures that they work to rival the chemically laden products of the competition.
Sand said,
September 22, 2008 @ 9:19 pm
I had no idea that 25 lbs of toxic waste per year is generated
from the average home. That’s sick!
sandra said,
September 29, 2008 @ 8:42 am
i learned that only a fraction of household chemicals have been tested for health concerns by the epa.