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Monday Mission: Green Cleaners Resolutions

January 18th, 2010 · 44 Comments · Cleaning, Monday Missions, What to Buy

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make one change in your cleaning routine to be more kind to the Earth.
Impact Ratings:
Level of Commitment: Making Strides
I’ve been “green” for a few years in most of my cleaning with my triple threat cleaners, but I had a few areas that I [...]

Results of Last Week for my Readers

January 6th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Uncategorized

I must be missing my girlfriends after the holiday break stuck with enjoying my family. I just want to chat away and tell you all a bunch of random stuff related to Kitchen Stewardship. If you’ll indulge me (again), here I go:

I ordered and received the canned tomatoes in glass jars from Tropical Traditions that [...]

Bath and Body Works/Triclosan Update: KS Responds to their Reply

September 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Cleaning, call to action

Triclosan Update! If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, please participate, and for everyone, please forward this info on to anyone you know in D.C.:
On September 12th Washington D.C. residents can wash their hands of Triclosan by dropping off any products they find in their homes that contain this ingredient at the Whole Foods [...]

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Back to School: Are you Shopping for Hand Sanitizer or Handsoap?

July 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Cleaning, What to Buy, frugality

It seems way too early to be thinking about going back to school, but I see the stores are, so I bet some frugal planner parents are, too. Even though I won’t be going back to school this year (I’m a teacher in my former life, but I haven’t been since the year prior to [...]

Food for Thought: Hand Sanitizers in the Home

April 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Cleaning, What to Buy

It’s time to return to our first topic ever here at Kitchen Stewardship, antibacterial soap. We learned that triclosan, the common ingredient in antibacterial soaps, is bad news for the environment and our health, as well as overkill for our hands. Good hand-washing with regular soap is all we need.
An incredibly popular option for hand [...]

2nds of Food for Thought: The evil villain Triclosan…

February 21st, 2009 · 8 Comments · Cleaning

This is part three of a three-part series on antibacterial soaps.
Part one: My Relationship with Soap
Part two: Food for Thought: Antibacterial Soap
What is Triclosan?
Triclosan is the chemical added to anti-bacterial soaps (or triclocarbon for bar soaps) with the aim of killing bacteria. It is non-discriminatory in that it won’t only kill the bacteria you’re [...]

Food for Thought: Antibacterial Soap

February 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Cleaning

This is part two of a three-part series on antibacterial soap.
Time for your first serving of “Food for Thought“. Put your thinking caps on – here’s the science of washing your hands:
Start with water: water has a cohesive property. It likes to “stick” to itself. This explains why water forms droplets, why those water strider [...]

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KS is based on the belief that all things are gifts from God, and that we have a responsibility to be good stewards. As we work in our kitchens, then, we balance the need for stewardship of our earth, family's health, time and money while trying to remain prayerful. Here you'll find Monday Missions based on different themes each week to help you take baby steps toward becoming a better steward. You'll find encouragement in your walk with Christ and lots of practical tips to help you make small changes to improve your family's nutrition without being overwhelmed or going nuts. Click around on the top menu bar for lots more information about how the site works and organized archives. Welcome to Kitchen Stewardship!