On Wednesday (Earth Day), Whole Foods Market in Naperville will give you a free Earth Day gelato for buying an earth-friendly cleaning product. They've "whipped up a special flavor celebrating the earth" for the day. Just take your reciept showing a cleaning product to the gelato station for your freebie.
A note from Julie: Some prices are hard to swallow, but Whole Foods is pretty competitive on a lot of cleaning products. This is one area where I've embraced green because a.) I don't want to kill the good bacteria in my septic system and b.) I no longer feel like I'm going to pass out from fumes when I scrub the tub.
May I suggest a product from Earth Friendly Products (also labeled as Ecos)? They're based in Winnetka, so you're doing your part for the state's economy, too.
Also, wander over to Whole Foods' Web page using the link above to see some of the other free events they have. There's even an event dealing with chocolate and raw foods. So many of the events are free and involve samples. It's worth checking out.
Julie Todd is the night editor at The Herald News in Joliet. She and her
husband are looking to cut the chemicals and get back to basics -- minus the
granola and hemp clothing. They live in a home they bought last year in
Plainfield, where they're making changes to create their own little patch of
utopia.
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