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WOOLZIES was started in 2011 when Kathy, a mother of 5, was frustrated with all the chemicals that were contained in household products – even products that were considered 'natural.' Being a woman of action, she decided to address this problem: starting with fabric softener and then moving onto other essential household products.Maid Brigade.comMaid BrigadeToday's podcast was brought to you by Maid Bridgade Since then, their best-selling product – WOOLZIES All Natural Dryer Balls – has become the #1 wool dryer balls in America. Their full range of WOOLZIES products deliver great results – all without harming your health or the environment. they continue to be a small family-owned and operated company nestled in the picturesque Hudson Valley region of Southern New York. And more than ever, they are committed to operating a responsible, socially sustainable and environmentally-friendly company. In my conversation with Kathy we discussed how the Woolzie balls are made and how much work

*Contains affiliate links   This quote says it all when it comes to starting out your day with a super food smoothie - "You don't know how bad you feel until you start feeling good".  You can start feeling better by starting your day with a healthy smoothie. But who has all the right ingredients ready for a smoothie every morning. Well if you subscribe to GreenBlender you'll have everything you need to start your day off with a fresh - healthy smoothie. It's absolute genius!  Getting supper food smoothie ingredients delivered right to your door. You can look inside the box with me here: How it works: Each week, you'll get 5 new smoothie recipes and all the pre-portioned ingredients you'll need to make 10 smoothies. Their recipes are hand crafted (by Jenna, the smoothie guru) to ensure they're packed with flavor and nutrients. They only use the best produce and super foods, and focus on working with organic and local farms, to create a uniquely balanced menu. Jenna tells me all yo

Lauren Singer is author of the Zero Waste blog Trash is for Tossers and founder of organic cleaning product company The Simply Co.. An Environmental Studies graduate from NYU and former Sustainability Manager at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, the amount of trash that she has produced over the past four years can fit inside of a 16 oz mason jar. Through her blog, she has empowered millions of readers to produce less waste by shopping package free, making their own products, and refusing plastic and single use items. Her work has been profiled by New York Magazine, MSNBC, NBC, AOL, Vogue, CNN, Yahoo, Fox Business, BBC, and NPR amongst others.  In this interview we talk about her TED Talk which you can see here :https://youtu.be/pF72px2R3Hg And we also talk about her YouTube videos which are great instructional videos if you want to DIY and use less trash. Trash is for Tossers - YouTube Videos Her blog, Trash is for Tossers, gives you lots of things to think about as well as alternatives

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Melissa Hartwig, co-creator of Whole30. What is the Whole30?* (www.whole30.com) Established by Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig (of Whole9) in April 2009, the Whole30® is an original nutritional program designed to change your life in 30 days. Think of it as a short-term nutritional reset, designed to help you put an end to unhealthy cravings and habits, restore a healthy metabolism, heal your digestive tract, and balance your immune system. Certain food groups (like sugar, grains, dairy and legumes) could be having a negative impact on your health and fitness without you even realizing it. Are your energy levels inconsistent or non-existent? Do you have aches and pains that can't be explained by over-use or injury? Are you having a hard time losing weight no matter how hard you try? Do you have some sort of condition (like skin issues, digestive ailments, seasonal allergies or fertility issues) that medication hasn't helped? These symptoms may be di

Today I'm talking with Sarah from Service Master by Gilmore which is located outside of Boston, MA. Sarah has been with the company for quite a while and has some great tips on avoiding accidents in a home as well as some great advice should a disaster happen.  Our freebie for today is a list of do's and don'ts you need to know should you have a water damage loss in your home. Download this special PDF from Service Master and put is somewhere safe so that if you have a water loss you can refer to it.  Download now   Today's show sponsor is   

Have you ever heard of "oil pulling"?  This is a simple yet very effective way to detox your mouth and your body. By simply putting a teaspoon of olive oil in your mouth and swishing for 1-2 minutes you can see immediate results.  The olive oil pulls toxins out of your mouth and tongue and leaves your with whiter teeth and fresher breath.  Make sure you are using an organic olive oil. Remember, everything you put in your mouth goes straight into your blood stream so you want to use a pure, organic olive oil. I interviewed Allison, from Bragg's Live Foods in this short interview.  After interviewing Patrica Bragg, her assistant, Allison came on and I recorded her experiences with oil pulling. Allison is very knowledgeable and I know you will enjoy her comments about using Bragg's olive oil for everything from a moisturizer to an ear cleaner.  Bragg's Live Foods is giving you a free sample of their organic olive oil if you click the link below and fill out the order form. You do need

In today's show I interview "regenerative farmer", Wenona Boucher from Chockalog Farm in Uxbridge, MA We discussed her term, regenerative farming, which is not just organic, but also leaving the land better than you found it. She advises that we should look beyond organic and go back to heritage breeds of chickens and cows. Wenona told us what we should be looking for when buying eggs. Labeling has become very deceptive and buying cage free or free range may not be your best choice.  She said you want to buy an egg that has come from a pasture raised chicken. This means that the chicken is eating grass and bugs versus feed.  You can download my shopping guide for eggs at this link. Or you can text me at 44222 and send me the word download114 and I will send you the infographic about shopping for eggs.  We also talked about grass-fed beef which for Wenona means nothing. You can have a cow that has been grass fed most of it's life, but they can finish it off with grain and antibiotics.

 Patricia has been health a pioneer for decades. The  Bragg company campaigns for a diet and lifestyle that is focused on natural live foods and a healthy regime for a vital and long life. These ideas, based around natural and organic foods, are gaining praise and acceptance world-wide. The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle Motto: "You are what you eat, drink, breathe, think, say and do". This is Patricia's second visit to Clean Green Talk. You can listen to her first interview in episode #50. In this interview you get to hear a little more about her private life and some of the celebrities she has helped in the past, including Steve Jobs and Katy Perry. Patricia has a wonderful, caring personality and she is  motivated every day to keep getting the word out about how to live a healthy lifestyle. I wanted to talk with Patricia about water and discuss her book: Water, The Shocking Truth. She shares with us some of the principles in the book and reasons that we should purif

Dr. Jason Marshall is the director of the TURI Labs at the UMASS Lowell campus. The Cleaning Laboratory tests the performance of both industrial and janitorial cleaning products to encourage companies, institutions, and product formulators to choose and develop safer substitutes. Whether you're a metal finishing company, product formulator, facility manager or any organization looking for safer cleaning products and processes, the TURI Laboratory can help. The Cleaning Laboratory's mission since its inception in 1994, is to focus on cleaning methods and chemistries to evaluate the effectiveness of different cleaners and equipment for a variety of substrates and soils. EPA's Design for Environment, now Safer Choice, recognized the Cleaning Laboratory's work by designating the Laboratory as a champion in its Safer Detergents Initiative. How They Do It The Cleaning Laboratory uses standardized testing procedures for testing both industrial cleaning and janitorial cleaning products. We work with your existin

While attending the International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago this spring, I was lucky enough to meet and interview Chef Rick Bayless. Most people know Rick from winning the title of Bravo's Top Chef Masters, beating out the French and Italian with his authentic Mexican cuisine. His highly rated Public Television Series,Mexico–One Plate at a Time, has wrapped its 11th season and is broadcast coast to coast. In 2012, Rick was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Best Culinary Host.       Rick has nine cookbooks. His second book, Mexican Kitchen, won the Julia Child IACP cookbook of the year award in 1996, and his fourth book, Mexico–One Plate at a Time won James Beard Best International Cookbook of the Year award in 2001. Fiesta at Rick's spent a number of weeks on the New York Times best seller list. Rick's side by side award-winning

Today you will meet Robyn and she is  the blogger behind Less This Mess. She's a mom, wife and pupper mom to an all boy household. She transformed her OCD tendencies into a passion of inspiring others to live a more organized life. Robyn says, "Our homes are representation of who we are, if our home is cluttered so are all areas of our life. Our home is the heart of our life and it needs to be functioning at its best to provide our families and ourselves with optimum support. I look so forward to our journey together, a journey that will inspire change within your home resulting in an Organized Life! Are you ready? Let's get started and begin a new normal!" Listen as Robyn takes us through the house and gives us simple tips to getting ready to organize and then doing it. You'll get some great tips and love her energy. She does coaching calls, so if you enjoy this show and want to get started you can see more at her web site; www.lessthismess.com This show is sponsored by Ma

Our nonprofit organization provides America's first comprehensive human health-focused certification for nontoxic products across store aisles, from baby to personal care to household and beyond. Our goal is to change the way products are made in this country to ultimately eliminate the use of toxic chemicals altogether. We make it easy for people to find and buy products made without known toxic chemicals, give companies a road map for making safe products, and make it easy for retailers to select products that aren't known to cause harm. MADE SAFE screens ingredients against our Toxicant Database of known harmful chemicals, which is made up of thousands of chemicals found on scientifically authoritative lists from organizations and agencies around the world. We then go above and beyond to examine ingredients for bioaccumulation, persistence, and general and aquatic toxicity. MADE SAFE™ screens ingredients in products for known: Beh

At Southeast Green, their priority is to create a dynamic business dialog and communicate how businesses, non-profits and governments in the Southeast are growing, changing and influencing sustainability. The mission of Southeastgreen.com is to promote a sustainable economy. - See more at: http://www.southeastgreen.com/index.php/contactadevertise-with-us/meet-southeast-green#sthash.0uR2hVgY.dpuf Southeast Green is providing the platform to tell the story of companies, non-profits and governments who are committed to impacting their environment and communities in the Southeast. As the largest website of it's kind you will find an ever changing landscape of news, interviews and information on how you or your organization can participate in this growing shift of how we all conduct business and life sustainably. Southeast Green is the proud and honored recipient of the 2009 Advocate of the Year from the Sustainability Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the State of Georgia. In 201

Betsey Brewer is V.P. of Marketing and Executive Director of Conservation and Research through EARTH Ltd. at Southwick's Zoo. She has been an Executive at Southwick's Zoo in Mendon, MA for 30 years. Growing up in a family owned and operated zoo has given Betsey years of experience with many exotic species. She has successfully raised domestic animals as well as, parrots, kangaroos and other marsupials, many primates including several prosimians, a giraffe, a camel, lions, tigers, leopards, warthogs, bearded pigs, and porcupines.   Ms. Brewer is also Executive Director and founder of EARTH Ltd. (Environmental Awareness of Resources and Threatened Habitats). Dedicated and educated in animal behavior and wildlife conservation, she has given thousands of lectures to audiences of all age groups. She holds a B.A. degree from Wheaton College and a Master's of Arts degree in Wildlife Conservation from Vermont College of Norwich University. She has worked with many television and radio programs. She also worked o

Bonnie Combs is the Marketing Director for Blackstone Heritage Corridor, Inc. The Blackstone Heritage Corridor is dab in the middle of southern New England! Easy to reach from Boston, Hartford, and all of the northeast. What does the Blackstone Heritage Corridor have to offer? Be surprised!   List of Categories Accommodations Campgrounds Entertainment Farms Medical Services Museums National Heritage Corridors/National Parks Points of Interest Recreation Nature Restaurants Bars & Pubs Breakfast and Diners Ice Cream Pizza Place Restaurant Vegetarian & Vegan Services Shops Visitor Center Bonnie is the marketing director for the nonprofit Blackstone Heritage Corridor, has launched a new program to encourage anglers to clean up after themselves. Called "Fish Responsibly," it aims to get people to clean up used monofilament fishing line, which is particularly harmful because it can entangle wildlife. Once it's collected, the line can be recycled by monofilament manufacturer Ber

HEX founder, Drew Westervelt, was playing professional sports when he noticed that his apparel and tech gear would still stink, even after they had been washed. He discovered that odor meant bacteria was alive and well in his laundry. After researching traditional laundry detergents, he couldn't find a solution (traditional laundry detergents haven't evolved in 50 years, and most simply mask odors rather than eliminate the bacteria that cause recurring smells). Furthermore, bacteria plus the scratches and scrapes of sports could mean infection – even illness. Drew searched for a solution and partnered with scientists in the cleaning industry. And that's where HEX Performance was born. Instead of relying on old methods to clean new fabrics, HEX started from scratch to develop the best clean inspired by today's active wear. The result is an evolved science that works on all fabrics, delivers a better cleaning experience, proactively protects fabrics against future stink and stains, and offers a host of extra be

Bonnie Tragakis and Claire Duckmanton are dynamic health coaches who share a love for eating nourishing foods, finding balance in their lives, and making peace with cooking for their finicky families. With their passion for all things food, Claire and Bonnie launched Food Becomes you – a venture to help people make their way back into the kitchen in a practical way while guiding them through the minefield of mysterious food marketing and health messages we hear every day. Coming from very different viewpoints (Claire eats mostly plants; Bonnie eats everything!), Bonnie and Claire give you a balanced approach to what many consider a difficult way of eating.  This motivating program helps you reconnect with wholesome, minimally processed, real food and move away from calorie-counting, a dieting mentality, and the less-than-optimal food choices widely available in the supermarkets.  Practical tips, loads of recipe ideas and a firm grounding in eating for health are the cornerstone of their approach.&nb

Ever heard of people detoxing? Want to know how to detox? JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist and Host of The Fit 2 Love PodcastShow. She is the Director of Invisible Fitness, an Amazon best-selling author of Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life, and author of Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core, and was named Best Personal Trainer in Los Angeles for 2007 by Elite Traveler Magazine. JJ vividly reminds us that the word ‘fitness’ is not just about the state of one’s physical body, but also the factors which determine a person’s overall well being. And, for JJ, the key components in all these areas are ‘invisible’ — balanced support structures of nutrition, emotional centeredness and health. A video expert for About.com and regular contributor for The Daily Love, JJ has been featured in many national magazines such as Shape, Fi

Erica Ahmed is the owner of The Green Laundress, an eco-friendly and people friendly company that manufactures green cleaning products. Trained as a health educator and senior communication specialist in the public health field, Erica started developing cleaning products shortly after the birth of her daughter more than a decade ago. From the beginning her daughter suffered with very dry, itchy skin. Unfortunately, Erica had very little success with the mainstream products available at that time. She began researching and experimenting until she came up with the right combination of natural, non-toxic ingredients for her daughter’s skin and laundry!     Baby steps to going green, make it a family affair Chemical sensitivity A bigger, greener conversation Some questions she answers for Leslie Why is cleaning green important? What are the benefits? Aren’t there government agencies that regulate and monitor cleaning products just as they do for food and cosmetics? Why talk

Christine Waltermyer Certified Wellness Coach Natural Foods Chef, Author & Teacher Christine Waltermyer is a Certified Wellness Coach, specializing in Clean Living and Holistic Parenting. She is also the founder of The Natural Kitchen Cooking School and a published author. Christine brings together her 15 years of experience as a chef and cooking teacher together with a passion for holistic living to empower her clients with the tools for a great life. Christine has made television appearances and her personal chef clients have included well-known celebrities. Christine has developed recipes for Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s book, “Super Immunity,” Dr. Neal Barnard’s book, “Power Foods for the Brain” and jewishfoodhero.com. Christine is a graduate of Millersville University, the Kushi Institute and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Christine is a certified wellness coach through the Coach Training Alliance. As the joyful mother to a daughter with Down Syndrome, she speciali