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GREENCHICAFE.COM !

I just launched my new site, www.greenchicafe.com!" Come visit and share! Learn from green experts, join the eco-movement, and discover Green Chi - the energetic life force that runs through natural materials. We have a lot of fun on the site and think you will, too.

Make Nights Dark - Today’s 10 Minute Eco-Action

skylineAccording to Breast Cancer Options, recent studies reveal that there is a 60 percent increased incidence of breast cancer among night shift workers, and researchers have classified night shift work as a possible carcinogen.
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Homemade Detox Bath Kit

homemadedetoxbathWe humans are moving bodies of water. In HOMEMADE DETOX BATHS and I am so happy to show you how to use water—and the pleasures of a good soak—to cleanse and purify your systems. Sea salts and Epsom salts, clays and herbs, mud rich with minerals: these have been used for centuries to draw impurities from our skin. Here I gather my best recipes and formulas, native remedies and botanical knowledge to put in this guide for the healing waters…of home!

mudbathsSpas and salons now have detox treatments–ionic foot baths, mud and seaweed wraps—that are hugely expensive. In HOMEMADE DETOX BATHS, I share the simple, effective and age-old principles they are based on. Most importantly I shows you how to put those principles to use at home, naturally and very inexpensively. I offer a wide range of options for treatments geared towards the reader’s own needs, skin type, moods and preferences.

seaweedWhy is seaweed a natural skin purifier? What essential oils are most effective for dry skin? What is the skin’s acid mantle, and why is it important to maintain? How are toxins stored in, and released from, our bodies? I provide all of this information and more; all that you need to know to establish a rejuvenating regimen of cleansing, relaxing detox soaks. HOMEMADE DETOX BATHS: read it as you run the water…

homemadedetoxbathscover80x120HOMEMADE DETOX BATHS booklet has dozens of recipes using a variety of salts, herbs, seaweeds, essential oils, and other all-natural ingredients. Each recipe is targeted towards a particular purpose, from specific detox needs to general stress relief.

Also Features:

* Natural Mud Bath
* Long Handled Wooden Brush
* Lavender Buds
* Seaweed for Soaks and Wraps
* Muslin “Tea” Bags
* Exotic Essential Oils
* Fabric-lined Willow Basket

Plus, if you act now, you’ll also get Fun Homemade Baths eBook completely free with your order!

$64.94 BUY NOW

Natural Flu Protection - eBook

nfpcoverIt seems like it’s impossible to turn on the news without hearing a scary story about the latest flu bug. This year, it’s H1N1, or the swine flu. Imagine how great it would feel to navigate our germ-ridden world with a sense of confidence, knowing how to protect your health naturally. Natural Flu Protection has dozens of tips, tricks, and recipes using only healthy, all-natural ingredients. From do-it-yourself cleaning products for sanitizing your home to herbal and homeopathic remedies for strengthening your body’s defenses, Natural Flu Protection offers natural ways to get through the flu season.

With the Natural Flu Protection eBook, I address these concerns, giving people a fighting chance against getting the flu, while safeguarding them against noxious chemicals. Formulas and tips for d.i.y. home and personal spritzers are provided, using essential oils (tea tree, eucalyptus, oregano, etc.) with proven antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral and antiseptic properties. I explain other plant-based materials (vinegar, witch hazel, aloe vera) that are effective in killing germs, molds and viruses, but are not harmful to people and animals.

Like antibiotics, when overused chemical antibacterial detergents can lead to “superbugs;” bacteria that are impervious to all our efforts to kill them. The plant-based purifiers in this kit are perfectly safe, based on ingredients that have been used for centuries. With the recipes and formulas, I explain how to use them effectively, with information on how long viruses survive on surfaces and tips on commonsense practices.

Natural Flu Protection is available as a downloadable eBook. BUY NOW AND GET our Fun Baths eBook for FREE!

eBook only $6.95!

The information contained on this site and in the eBook is for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and any product featured on this site is not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease.

A Green Auto Dish Detergent That Works!

oxydishHappiness. For a few years now I have said that there is a green product that works for just about everything you could want, except there doesn’t seem to be a green dishwasher detergent that works as well as commercial brands, all of which are made with eco-UNfriendly phosphates.

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14 Wonderful Reasons to Love Wool - EcoBasics

wool1I have become a huge fan of wool. My love affair began after sleeping under an organic wool comforter and waking up feeling like I had been touched with bliss, I was so calm. (Some research says that sleeping under wool will lower the heart beat, among other things.)
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How to Make Homemade Detox Baths - eBook & Kit

homemadedetoxbathscover-copyAs I write, my feet are soaking in a tub of warm water that has been mixed with 1 cup of bentonite clay and ground herbs. The herbs send their healing aromatherapy into the air, while the clay pulls impurities out of my skin. This is a natural detox treatment alternative to expensive ionic foot baths: simple, effective, and powerfully relaxing.

This foot bath is like all of the treatments in this eBook–an easy, natural way to relax and rejuvenate as you cleanse, in the serenity of your own home.

Native peoples have rubbed their bodies in mud to detox for centuries. This foot bath is much the same idea. I love learning about these natural methods, and sharing them with others who are searching for natural alternatives.

Plus, they cost pennies in comparison to their expensive counterparts. And they work in an age-old way. I feel such a lightness after I have give myself a foot bath—the detox feeling is palpable!

All these tips and more are in my new eBook, Homemade Detox Baths, including:
- Baths to rid your body of cellulite
- Essential oils to help you detox and relax
- How to properly use Epsom salts to calm your nervous system
- The secret behind Dead Sea salts.

And, I can’t resist…with your purchase I’ll include a free eBook with fabulous formulas for fun, fizzy baths. My daughter and I have had so much fun with these formulas over the years, I hope you give them a try, too.

If you place your order now, I’ll include Homemade Detox Bath Kit loaded with all the ingredients you need for the natural detox recipes, for only $64.95.

That’s a price well below any commercial massage or spa treatment. The basket will introduce you to a range of relaxing and revitalizing methods—with natural clays, aromatherapy and essential oils, dry and wet skin brushing, hard copy booklet, natural bath salts, and mineral-rich seaweeds—to renew yourself physically and spiritually.

Or, the eBook is available for $6.95.

Green Cleaning for Pennies

cleaningforpenniescover2-200x300For one year, you can clean your house in a non-toxic, healthy way, with the recipes in this eBook and save $398.90 – and that includes heavy-duty cleaning of your carpets, furniture, and bathroom. If you use these formulas instead of store-bought products for a year, using the exact same amount of product, you would spend for only $23.67! Add on $6.95 for the eBook and the total is $30.63. That makes cleaning with DIY natural recipes 17x cheaper that using store-bought, toxic products – you save $368.28 per year. Plus, you, your family, and your house will be so much healthier!

While this eBook doesn’t replace Clean & Green or Better Basics for the Home, it offers you 41 formulas to clean just about everything and calculates how much you pay for each formula compared to storebought versions.

To learn more visit Green Chi Cafe’s eBooks or CleanForPennies.com

Natural Home Scents eBook

naturalhomescentscoverby Cait Johnson with Annie B. Bond.

What is your favorite scent of home? The aroma of freshly baked apple pie or the scent of warm cookies fresh out of the oven? Scent is the strongest of the five senses, often eliciting memories and feelings that you thought were long forgotten. Today the commercial market is full of air sanitizers and air fresheners that pollute the air and are detrimental to your health, but there are many natural, healthy, and appealing air freshening alternatives. In Natural Scents for the Home author Cait Johnson teaches you how to make a variety of mists, air fresheners, incenses, and sprays that will naturally freshen your home. These scents are not just appealing to your nose; they can also be used to ward off ants and mice, to disinfect any surface, and to calm and refresh your mind. With this easy-to-follow guide you can easily make your home the best smelling house on the block.

Learn more about this easy to download eBook.

Beauty and the Bath - my new eBook

beautybathcoverWe have all experienced red, dry, itchy skin in the winter, or red, achy, sunburnt skin in the summer and immediately we rush to the store to buy intensive lotions for ultra-dry skin or bright blue “aloe vera” gel to soothe the ache, but the easiest, healthiest, and most natural way to nourish, heal, and beautify your skin, the bath, is right in your home. In this book you will discover 40 easy-to-make baths including:
• Hydrating baths for the deep winter
• Baths that fight acne
• Soothing and healing baths for psoriasis and eczema
• Baths that will bring out the natural beauty of your skin whether it is dry/oily or young/old
Bestselling author Annie B. Bond, an expert on green living, not only teaches you how to make each bath, but also teaches you how to use each bath to care for your own skin type. This guide provides you with all you need to know to naturally beautify your skin and will leaving you wanting to slide into a warm healing bath of your own.

If you’d like to know more, or to buy the eBook, see www.skincarebath.com or Green Chi Cafe’s eBooks

The Green Dorm Room - My Daughter’s eBook

pokocovercopyfinal5-200x300I am thrilled to publish my daughter Lily’s eBook The Green Dorm Room.
Here is the back cover copy:
Nowadays, green is the word. You can’t take a walk around campus without seeing people wearing shirts or bags that command, “GO GREEN.” The Green Dorm Room, based on real-life experience and tested in a real college setting, shows you how to navigate the department store aisles for essential and affordable green items and gives you tips on living a healthy, clean and green life at college. Lily B. Bond, founder and writer of Adventures of Green Girl for care2.com and a recent freshman herself, guides you through the entire pre-college and freshman year process with:
- Witty stories about green failures and how to fix/avoid them.
- Green alternatives to toxic products.
- Energy efficient alternatives
- Ways to de-stress and stay both mentally and physically healthy

With The Green Dorm Room in hand, your freshman year, and packing for it, will be a snap.

Learn more or buy the eBook here!

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