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Germs
Germ Warfare - Understanding the Enemy
What you don’t see can hurt you. Invisible to the naked eye, a world of microorganisms (living things so small you need a microscope to see them) lives in soil, on your skin, in your mouth, on the floor, doorknobs, cell phones, walls, computer keyboards, or countertops — pretty much everywhere.
Toilet Sneeze
Do Toilets Sneeze?
According to two studies, flushed toilets spew aerosolized plumes of moisture, bacteria and viruses over many bathroom surfaces.
Indoor Air Quality
Simple Steps To Improve Indoor Air
Homeowners can take a number of steps to improve air quality and create a healthier living environment.
Sewer Back-up
Clean-up After Sewage Back-up? Not for the Squeamish, But Important to Get Right
Key facts homeowners should know about handling sewage back-ups.
Fall Cleaning
Fall Into A Clean Home
Prepping our indoor living environment for the upcoming cold season and holidays can be a chore all by itself! Here's how to meet the challenge.

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Organizing Strategies
Back to school organization
When the school paperwork floods in, it can be a recipe for chaos and clutter if you don't have a simple organizing system.
Automatic Litter Box
Litter-Robot II Review
The Litter-Robot is an automatic, self-cleaning litter box. It features a large globe top with entry for the cats and a base for collecting and emptying waste.
Security
Why False Alarms Should Not Be Alarming
Why the ability to make noise can be a good thing.
Houseplants
Thumbs-up to Indoor Plants
Get your “grow” on with houseplants.
Cleaning Tips
Keeping Shiny Things Shiny
How to restore that gleam to silver, copper, brass, stainless steel and more.

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Viruses
Microorganisms that can cause a lot of mischief, viruses need hosts for propagation.
Germs
Microbes
The scientific name for what many people call germs or bugs. Microbes contribute to foul smelling bathrooms, but also function as nature's cleaning agents.
ATP
ATP
ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate is the main energy transfer molecule present in all living (and once living) biological cells including animal, plant, bacterial, yeast, and mold cells.
Antibacterial
Antibacterial products
The scientific debate continues over whether antibacterial soaps, sprays and wipes may end up doing more harm than good.
Enzymes
Enzymes
Naturally-occurring proteins used in cleaning products to digest waste and remove stains.

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Green Housekeeping
A book on how to detox your entire home.
It's All Too Much
An easy plan for living a fuller life with less stuff.
It's About Time
What are you doing to save time? This is that course on time management you never had time to fit into your schedule.
Squeaky Green
The Method guide to detoxing your home room-by-room.
Do I Dust or Vacuum First? 2nd Ed.
Answers to the 100 toughest, most frequently asked questions about housecleaning.

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Carpet Cleaning
Special Tools for Green Carpet Cleaning
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.