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Toxic or Safe? What’s Hiding in Your Cleaning Products?

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Toxic or Safe? What’s Hiding in Your Cleaning Products?

by Christina Hawkes on Apr 06 2025
Are you using toxic cleaning products without knowing it? Cleaning and laundry products are essential for maintaining hygiene, but many conventional formulas introduce hidden risks. Chemicals such as synthetic surfactants, artificial fragrances, and optical...
Prevention is better than cure: the case of Covid-19 and future pandemics

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Prevention is better than cure: the case of Covid-19 and future pandemics

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
Covid-19 has killed over 6.2 million people worldwide and over 175,000 people in the UK. In the last week of April 2022, on average 313 people a day in were still dying of the virus in the UK.  Although Omicron is more infectious than other common viruses, it is less...
Meet Debbie from Tabitha Eve – making beautiful, reusable products for the home!

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Meet Debbie from Tabitha Eve – making beautiful, reusable products for the home!

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
We always love meeting other brands with strong ethics like our own. One of our latest favourites is Tabitha Eve, who are passionate about creating ethically made items for the home that are not only beautiful but also reusable. We had a lovely chat with Debbie the...
Focus on Greenscents Laundry Liquid

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Focus on Greenscents Laundry Liquid

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
Laundry liquid is one of our best loved products and for good reason! Every ingredient in our laundry liquid is listed on the label and the more the ingredient weighs in the formula the higher it appears in the list.  This is so important if you want to know what’s in...
Greenscents Organic Castile Soap – uses for cleaning, laundry and more

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What Is Castile Soap? Uses for Cleaning, Laundry & More

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
What is Castile soap and how can you use it? A practical guide to household cleaning, laundry, stain treatment, travel, dilution, hard water and what not to mix with Castile soap.
Are organic household products as effective as conventional ones?

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Are organic household products as effective as conventional ones?

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
We were at Helen Browning’s organic farm near Swindon with The Soil Association and Marie Claire last week discussing what makes organic cleaning products different.  There will be a short film released in September featuring a number of organic brands so we will keep...
What’s the good of organic?

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What’s the good of organic?

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
The organic movement is all about wellbeing – the wellbeing of the soil, the environment and human health.  It is not elitist, it is about offering a real difference: products that respect our earth and all living things.  Here at Greenscents, (where every product in...
Energise your autumn with positive cleaning!

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Energise your autumn with positive cleaning!

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
Autumn is a time of change – we move from long summer days to warm, mellow light with a crispness in the air. In the countryside, autumn is a time of departure as flocks of swallows migrate to warmer climes and all the crops are gathered in. But it is also a time of...
Boost your wellbeing with winter cleaning

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Boost your wellbeing with winter cleaning

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
Winter cleaning tips to boost your wellbeing! After our first Christmas free from Covid restrictions for three years, it is not surprising if we are feeling the effects of boom and bust!  January is often a month of low mood, low energy and poor motivation.  Money...
What is wild swimming and why is it good for you?

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What is wild swimming and why is it good for you?

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
Image Courtesy - Erik Dungan If you live near the coast, a lake or river, you may have noticed some unlikely visitors recently. And we’re not talking about wildlife – we’re talking about wild swimmers. Often donning bright swimwear, bobble hats and accompanied by...
Water Pollution in the UK – can we bring life back to our rivers and seas?

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Water Pollution in the UK – can we bring life back to our rivers and seas?

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
Wild swimming or just ‘swimming’ or ‘bathing’ outdoors has a long history.  In the early 19th century, the romantic poets Keats, Coleridge & Byron indulged in ‘hydromania’ (an obsession with sea bathing), mainly for the health benefits.  Today, swimming in the...
How to improve your indoor air quality and why it matters

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How to improve your indoor air quality and why it matters

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
Winter and early spring are times when we want to huddle indoors away from the cold and windy weather outside. But human hibernation comes at a cost: when all our windows remain closed, air becomes stale and condensation from heating, cooking, washing and drying all...
The Problem with Pesticides

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The Problem with Pesticides

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
Image Courtesy: Sandy Millar Pesticides are less than a century old but they have had a mighty impact on the way we grow food.  During the Second World War, the insecticide DDT and the herbicide 2-4-D were developed. Since then, farmers have been using a growing list...
Cleaning up after Omicron – the best way to banish the virus

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Cleaning up after Omicron – the best way to banish the virus

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
New research has confirmed that the virulent Omicron variant can last 8 days on plastic and 21 hours on skin. What do these statistics mean and will we have a greater chance of catching COVID-19 from surfaces? Picture Courtesy - Medakit Ltd Can you catch Covid from...
4 easy ways to make your spring clean more sustainable

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4 easy ways to make your spring clean more sustainable

by Christina Hawkes on Feb 18 2025
As March approaches, it’s time to start thinking about giving our homes a good spring clean. Over the winter dust, dirt and grime can build up around our homes which needs to be removed. There is nothing better than going into the new season with a fresh and clean...