Clean Blue Green is a collection of information dedicated to more natural/less toxic alternatives and recipes for household, garden and body care products, as well as solutions for green boating and detoxing your workshop.
We humbly thank the Georgia Strait Alliance, a Nanaimo-based marine conservation organization, for generously permitting us to use much of the following information from their "Toxic Smart Alternatives" guides.
As Summertime approaches so does the need for measures of protection from the sun including sunscreen products. Sadly, many of these contain ingredients harmful to the world’s coral reefs and aquatic life. In fact the entire state of Hawaii and some global marine preserves have banned two sunscreen ingredients: oxybenzone and octinoxate.
Read MoreSpring Greetings, Everyone! Part 2 of our Detox your Home campaign offers green solutions for dealing with your never-ending laundry pile! Part 1 shared information about some of the dangers of toxic laundry products.
Read MoreSeason’s Greetings! This chapter of CHI’s Clean Blue Green program offers suggestions for a more ecologically sustainable holiday season. Most of us look forward to enjoying Christmas, Chanukah, New Year’s and other winter celebrations, but in our modern commercialized world, this can also be a time of unnecessary excess.
Read MoreBoaters contribute a portion of overall pollution, often concentrating near sensitive foreshore areas and confined bays. Hope is here thanks to the Georgia Strait Alliance Organization (GSA), which along with CHI, seeks to inspire boaters to do their part to ensure the future health of our ocean and her creatures.
Read MoreWell intentioned consumers can have a difficult time making informed choices amongst the myriad of cleaning products available today. Many products claim to be "green" but don't always list their ingredients, a definite red flag.
Read MoreEvery year British Columbians purchase many litres of pesticides and weed killers to apply to their lawns and gardens that are highly dangerous to terrestrial and marine environments and wildlife. Hopefully, this is changing rapidly with growing awareness of organic gardening, and thankfully healthy alternatives are available.
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