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10 steps to getting started on a CleanLife

10 steps to getting started on a CleanLife

1) Start buying organic fruit and veggies where possible. Collective delivery schemes or local growers markets are often the cheapest way to get fresh certified organic produce. Be sure to ask who the certification body is and the certification number so you make sure you are getting the real thing. If you are worried about the cost, cut down on processed foods and bulk up on veggies, it’s cheaper and your body will love you for it! Organic farming uses less water than conventional farming and none of the pesticides that not only poison our food but also contaminate our waterways. As an added bonus organic fruit and veg have been found to be significantly higher in antioxidants and some nutrients.

2) Get rid of those plastic bags, today! Most of us have a pile of canvas bags hanging around the house so that we don’t have to use the dreaded plastic versions. Of course we always seem to forget to take them to the shop. CleanLife hint: keep some in the car and some hanging by the front door and you should be set to make your home plastic bag free.

3) Start a replacement policy for your cosmetic, cleaning and gardening products. When your current products are getting low replace them with truly natural, chemical free and/or organic versions. If you are not sure how to find the best products contact us or check out our recommended product list.

4) Buy recycled products when possible, from toilet paper and serviettes to converting your office to use 100% recycled paper, it all helps. At CleanLife we have all our stationary printed on 100% recycled paper with vegetable based inks.

5) Buy sustainable, organic cotton and hemp clothing when possible. Ok this one is still pretty hard to do in Australia, but we will be updating you on the progress of eco-conscious fashion designers and how to get your hands on their products in Come Clean (CleanLife’s email tips). In the meantime buy good quality clothes, that last for ages rather than cheap seasonal items that end up clogging up your wardrobe and the planet.

6) Ditch that air freshener and perfume now! The research here is just too obvious to deny, phthalates that are found in almost anything that lists ‘parfum’ as an ingredient and have been linked to birth defects and cancer. Gina has given up perfume in favour of organic coconut based oils and Tony doesn’t seem to mind at all!

7) Buy green gifts. Organic chocolate and wine, a sustainable organic cotton singlet, deliciously rich chemical free body oil. Sounds like everybody is a winner with this!

8) Recycle wrapping paper. OK this is Gina’s big thing. Imagination and not dead trees should be the hallmark of good wrapping. Gina has been known to wrap wedding presents in pages of old magazines to great effect and everybody gets their Christmas presents wrapped in last year’s paper. It saves trees and your hip pocket!

9) Green up you reading with books and magazines on chemical free living and health. Eco-design books are great for the coffee table and Organic cookbooks are usually a great source of information. Best of all many of these books tend to be printed with vegetable inks and on recylced paper.

10) Come Clean with Clean Life’s email tips, incorporate just one small change a week into your life, your health and environment will benefit. Help us make sustainable, eco living fashionable. Hippies were the first on the scene in terms of living properly, now we want to take that message to the masses in the way that only a modern, savvy and hip crowd can, you are that crowd, please spread the word.