Green Purchasing Panel | Green Wash or Green Clean?

Sun 22nd February 09 | 11:00am - 11:50am
 
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hosted by | Fresh Green Clean
Safe, Natural, Environmentally Responsible, Garden Safe??? The number of so called Green Clean products sold in the supermarket, have ballooned over the last year. But how can you tell the Green Wash from the Green Clean? Based on her extensive research into this topic, Bridget Gardner from Fresh Green Clean will explain what is important, what is meaningless, what to look for, and what to avoid. Learn how to be a ‘Green Clean Detective’ and take away a valuable Supermarket Guide to choosing products that cause minimal harm to your health, and minimal impact on the environment. Bridget is a passionate, knowledgeable and highly experienced presenter. Join her as she takes Green Cleaning firmly into the 21st Century and makes it important, simple and fun!

Bridget Gardner
Bridget Gardner originally established Fresh Green Clean in 2001 as a Green Cleaning service. Bridget spent five years hands-on cleaning, and three more as a trainer and consultant. Throughout this time, she continued to conduct extensive research and practical experimentation, honing the most environmentally sustainable, economically viable, safe and effective cleaning methods. The resultant Fresh Green Clean approach is based on the ground-breaking concept that water is a cleaning agent. (Seriously) Bridget is a passionate advocate for protecting the vulnerable from harmful chemicals found in cleaning products: babies, pregnant women, those with asthma or allergies, and of course the most vulnerable, our frogs and other living organisms that can’t defend themselves. An experienced and dynamic presenter, Bridget’s message has been called inspiring and even revolutionary. Her presentations and education programs are supported by solid facts and practical solutions that are simple to apply.
Fresh Green Clean (FGC) provides expert consultation, training and awareness programs for the facilities management, the cleaning industry, early childhood services, aged care, hospitality, and of course, those who clean their own homes. FGC recently completed a major action-research project in childcare centres, funded by the Sustainability Fund, In conjunction with Swinburne University, the research proved that warm soapy water works just as well as disinfectants to remove bacteria. The resultant program is called SASI Clean: Safe and Sustainable Indoor Cleaning. www.sasiclean.com.au