Noix de lessive - Laundry Nuts
On peut utiliser les noix de saponine pour une lessive écolo, facile, peu coûteuse et sans tracas (lire odeur, allergie, éruption cutanée… et même déchets, puisqu’on peut ensuite composter les coques de noix!). Cliquez sur le lien pour les commander ou trouver un point de vente — j’ai acheté les miennes ce matin chez Club Organic, tout près.
We can use saponin soap nuts to wash laundry in an environment-friendly, cheap and worry-free (no odour, allergy, rash, and even no garbage, since the husks can be composted after use!) way. Click on the link to order them or to find a store that carries them — I bought mine this monring at Club Organic nearby.
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:45 pm
[…] I am nowhere near perfect, and have never claimed to be (if I have, it just goes to show…). Chances are, you’re not perfect either. So why is it that we all judge others for not being perfect according to our own standards? It’s a vicious trend I’ve felt during the electoral campaign, as if people only wanted to support a candidate who had reached perfection (no surprise there, we didn’t have one on the ballot), but I perceive it as a wider tendency, a hardening in the judgment of others, if you will. It makes me uneasy. I’ll give you an example. I’m quite committed to improving the way I live in order to have less of an impact on the planet (and so is Herb, therefore our family is quite committed to that goal), and I tend to ask questions about where used items end up, about biodegradability, about over-consumption, etc., and I tend to spread the word when I find something wonderful that could help others as well (soap nuts and freecycle come to mind). I don’t pretend to hold the Truth, but I will gladly discuss my attempts with similar-minded people and will often learn greatly from such discussions (I don’t learn nearly as much from people who simply dismiss my choices as puerile or useless — judgment has already shown its ugly head). I try to provide information to others who may not have it. Of course, in the end they will make their own decisions — but I can ask them to respect our beliefs and our way of life. We strive to do the best we can and to change what we can. We are not perfect - perfection is an ideal, whereas we strive to… strive. I know my life, such as it is, is not perfectly aligned with all of my beliefs. Not yet. But I do try to improve parts of it every day in a thousand little ways. I am aware of the gap between what I believe and what I do and I do not think it wise or feasible to bridge that gap all at once, so I work on it a little every day. I won’t pretend to give lessons, but I will continue to make my own choices and to politely request that these be respected. […]
January 21st, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Disponible chez Calins et Popotin a Montreal.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Ah, super! Ma boutique habituelle n’en n’a plus depuis des mois! Merciiiiii!