Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing | 
| Author: Michael Dejong
Publisher: Sterling/Joost Elffers
Category: Book
List Price: $7.95
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 88666
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 136
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 4.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 1402747667
Dewey Decimal Number: 648.5
EAN: 9781402747663
ASIN: 1402747667
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Product Description
It’s easier than you think to clean your home in a nontoxic, environmentally responsible way! Conceptualized and designed by legendary publishing visionary Joost Elffers—the force behind such bestsellers as Play With Your Food and The 48 Laws of Power—this wonderful guide will help get your house shipshape without hurting the environment or your health. Inspirational cleaning guru Michael de Jong writes with humor and a Zen-like spirit as he presents five safe, all-natural products that take care of just about anything: Baking Soda, Borax, Lemon, Salt, and White Vinegar. Each one gets a chapter featuring dozens of clever tips, while a handy alphabetized directory, organized by category, makes it easy to locate the information you need. With its graphically stunning and easy-to-use design, Clean helps you find your spic-and-span center.
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Wonderful book to own, give and receive! January 6, 2009
This book is perfect!
Michael DeJong, with great humor and charm, has written the perfect primer on green cleaning. I bought this book when it was initally published and since then have bought over 25 copies to give as housewarming/hostess/ any occasion gifts!
My own original copy is dog-eared from use..........I find myself turning to the index in the front over and over again.
old-fashioned cleaning recipes rediscovered February 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you care about the environment and/or your health (or your family's health) you'll find the cleaning recipes in this book very useful. I remembered some of the cleaning techniques from my grandmother when I was a little girl, then they were all forgotten until now. You can find all the ingredients in your grocery store, borax f.e. is in the laundry isle. These ingredients used in this book work just as good if not better than the store bought. My grocery store offers nowadays eco-friendly cleaning products but they are very expansive, your home made version will cost you very little to make, and it's very easy. The A-Z cleaning key section is a quick way to look for a cleaning problem you have with the necessary ingredients and a link to the pages where it describes more about it. If you ever got a headache using those toxic shower cleaning products, think again, your body is telling you something...use nature's own...
Amazed and Delighted August 7, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Clean" is a true gem. When I first read the book I thought to myself sure, sure baking soda and lemon is going to do the job of the store bought cleansers I've been using for years. Well imagine my surprise when I gave it a half-hearted whirl and soon found myself surrounded by a wonderfully fresh and spotlessly glistening bathroom and kitchen. And here is the part I really enjoyed, that overbearing scent of the cleanser I normally use wasn't there. I'm sold. I've mixed up my own batches of cleansers, refer to the book on a regular basis and am converted. Thanks to Michael DeJong's book not only is my home bright and clean and I am saving money but I can help save the environment.
Pleasure for Mind , Home and Planet August 1, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I keep a copy of this book on my coffee table in my country house. I always enjoy it when my guests are curious and I can share this precious gem of a book with them. The author is genuine and exremely knowledgeable.
I have incorporated several of the recipies and they work without hurting me or our planet. I have purchased several copies to give to friends when I visit their homes.
Save Our Planet while doing the drudgery you have to do anyway! July 24, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
"CLEAN" is an amazing example of how each of us can take responsibility for our environment--home, neighborhood, city, state, country, planet. It provides easy and safe recipes that replace commercial products, but more than that, it's creating a grassroots environmental movement. We all hear about Global Warming and figure, "What can I do?" or even worse, "the government will fix it." Environmentalism begins at home, and "CLEAN" is a great guidebook to get us started--if everyone exchanged just ONE commercial product for ONE "CLEAN" recipe, the process of de-toxing our planet would begin. And we all have the ingredients in our homes already--baking soda, salt, lemon juice, white vinegar and borax (OK, so maybe you don't have borax, but believe it or not--it's in every grocery store right beside the commercial laundry detergents and bleach!) You have to clean anyway, so why not do it in a way that is safer for your family, pets, neighbors and the other billions of people who share our planet!
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