Green Cleaning for Dummies (Abridged) Audiobook, by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith Play Audiobook Sample

Green Cleaning for Dummies (Abridged) Audiobook

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Read By: Brett Barry Publisher: HarperCollins Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 2.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 1.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The For Dummies Series Release Date: December 2008 Format: Abridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780061764929

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

24

Longest Chapter Length:

10:48 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

06:51 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

08:56 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

0

Publisher Description

Your ecofriendly guide to safer, healthier housekeeping

Want to go green as you clean? This authoritative guide provides expert, proven advice on cleaning your home with organic, nontoxic, sustainable resources. From the kitchen and bath to the living room, laundry, and even your garage, you get green solutions for every common cleaning chore.

  • Discover a new way to clean—learn how natural methods can save you money while improving your health and the environment
  • Get ready to go green—prepare your house and assemble cleaning tools
  • Protect your family—know the right cleaners to avoid (and which ones you can make yourself)
  • Tackle your inside spaces—get green cleaning solutions for every room in the house and improve the efficiency of your appliances
  • Go the extra mile—go beyond cleaning with ways to conserve energy and reduce waste

Open the book and find:

  • A room-by-room breakdown of green cleaning tips
  • Recipes for making your own cleaning products
  • Cost-free changes to clean green
  • Tips for improving your sleeping environment
  • Small changes to ease cleaning and save resources
  • Ways to consume fewer resources
  • An appendix of clean, green organizations and programs

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"Good collection of tips on how to clean your home with environmentally friendly items like backing soda and vinegar. "

— Steve (5 out of 5 stars)

Green Cleaning for Dummies Listener Reviews

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  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Full of excellent, useful information! "

    — Stacy, 1/8/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I liked this book better than Green Goes With Everything, but some parts were very repetitive. "

    — Andrea, 11/22/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Good collection of tips on how to clean your home with environmentally friendly items like backing soda and vinegar. "

    — Steve, 2/23/2012
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " There wasn't much here that I haven't already read online. Basically, vinegar and baking soda, which is great, but just not new to me. "

    — Meryl, 11/21/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " A little too preachy to start... What I was looking for was found in Chapter 6 - recipes to make my own green cleaning products. I've been trying to switch to more chemical free, natural cleaning methods but I'm still learning. "

    — Inspired, 3/16/2011
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " Did not provide the information I was looking on with regards to green cleaning. "

    — Yahaira, 11/1/2010
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Full of excellent, useful information! "

    — Stacy, 9/28/2010
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " There wasn't much here that I haven't already read online. Basically, vinegar and baking soda, which is great, but just not new to me. "

    — Meryl, 4/13/2009
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I liked this book better than Green Goes With Everything, but some parts were very repetitive. "

    — Andrea, 3/29/2009

About the Authors

Elizabeth B. Goldsmith, PhD is an expert on household management, a Fulbright Scholar, and professor of family resource management at Florida State University. She has published several articles on the domestic technology and architecture of the White House, the most documented home in America, as well as dozens of articles and nine books including: Resource Management for Individuals and Families, 3rd edition (Wadsworth), and Consumer Economics: Issues and Behavior (Prentice Hall).

About Brett Barry

Brett Barry graduated from Syracuse University’s television, radio, and film program and worked as an associate documentary producer for several years before moving into a career in voiceovers. In 2002, he signed with a voice-over agent in New York and began working in this field full-time. Brett’s training includes improvisational acting at Manhattan’s HB Studio, study of the Linklater voice techniques, and private coaching with some of the industry’s top voice performers. His voice can be heard on over 100 audiobooks. He and his wife Rebecca live in New York and run Silver Hollow Audio, an independent audio production studio.