With each passing year, I am slowly understanding more and more that basically everything can be cleaned better and easier with just 3 ingredients: vinegar, baking soda, and Ivory soap. Occasionally some hydrogen peroxide too. These ingredients are also great for cleaning your own body as well. I like that using these basic ingredients is "greener" but quite frankly I continue to use them because they are actually better.

Love the laundress cashmere and wool shampoo (referenced in one of the links). I highly recommend it. Plus, I also love that they have instructional videos on their webpage. I was concerned about inadvertently felting wool garments, but I haven't had any issues.

100% with HOME BODY ..the only cleaning product I buy is bar keepers friend, everything else is a combo of vinegar, water, soap like ivory or dr. bronners and baking soda and borax. I even make my own laundry soap. Just did a major spring cleaning nothing cleans as well as these products everything just sparkles.

I'm not crazy about disposable products; but anything recycled like paper towels is good, and I suppose corn is decent for grocery bags, however corn requires tons of deforestation. Compost first, recycle everything and hopefully plastic bags will phase themselves out on some level. I also agree with Homebody!

Totally agreed, @HOME BODY. I use baking soda for practically everything...skin exfoliating, shampooing, sink scrubbing, toilet cleaning, drain declogging, spill absorbing...it's like magic. for $1.

Emmi- it depends on the area the corn is coming from. If it is coming from the plains states, trust me, there were no forests that came down. Ground water pollution is much mor eof a concern here than deforestation since we don't really have trees that were put up as wind breaks in the 30s. :)

that should be that weren't put up as windbreaks, not were. Sorry.

Xtina - I get what you're saying. Keep in mind though that most corn is a monoculture which severely damages the soil, killing off land upon which grassland birds and mammals depend. The corn-growing process also creates tons of nitrogen runoff that ends up in the water and creates horrid dead zones, killing off the life in it. What's the solution? Multicrop growing.

eCloth. And water. That is all you need. Maybe a couple of different eCloths, with different textures. I use the all-purpose one on the bathroom sink and tub, followed by the polishing cloth. I use the stainless steel one on the stovetop, followed by polishing. Same for kitchen sink, counter-tops, kitchen table. I have not purchased a countertop spray or cleaning agent in years.

I'm with Homebody & B77- Everything can be cleaned with soap, white vinegar, baking soda, and sometimes Barkeeper's Friend. I use a large stack of (washable) white kitchen cloths and old toothbrushes to do all my cleaning. And I use old newspaper for cleaning windows and mirrors.

Someone forgot the vodka! http://blog.apartmentlist.com/7-ways-to-spring-clean-your-apartment-using-only-leftover-vodka/