Cleaning up after construction or remodeling is a messy job but a satisfying one. You really feel the power of what a solid burst of energy can do to make things right again. First thing you need for construction clean up is strategy. Here are some questions to get you going:

1. Is it heavy cleaning involving debris removal and heavy concentrations of dust or more of a final going over to remove a thinner layer of dust? If the first, be sure to have a plan for discarding the debris. If it's a lot, you may need to rent a dumpster.

2. Next, is the dust primarily from dry wall or from wood? If the first, you definitely need to use a shop vac because gypsum (dry wall dust) can gum up a regular vacuum cleaner. If the dust is wood but thick a shop vac is probably best here too.

3. Itemized your tasks: surface dust removal, glass cleaning, floor cleaning, anything else? Get the order of your procedures worked out. Since a shop vac in particular blows a certain amount of dust back, if there's a lot of dust, then save the glass and possibly furniture wiping for last.

That should get you started.

While we may be slow in the U.S. to adopt green living in a planned collective way, projects of this nature are underway in other parts of the world. In Bogota, Columbia, for instance there is a green village with 36,000 low-income green homes and plenty of parkland. There are similar (tho smaller) projects in Capetown, South Africa, Australia and the UK.

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This is an easy tip on how to clean your screens. All it takes is a microfiber cloth. And by the way, this is from a short video on a website of Leslie Reichert, who is a green cleaning expert. Her website is filled with tips about green cleaning. http://www.greencleaningcoach.com

Genetically Modified Organisms or GMOs were a technological invention that would allow for greater standardization and hence mass-produced cost savings for the food industry. Unfortunately for our health, GMO's introduce atomic particles called free radicals into our bodies which can potentially cause a number of health problems. Corn, soy, yellow crooked-neck squash and zucchini, milk, canola, sugar beets, and alfalfa are the seven the seven most common foods that are frequently genetically modified.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/builtlean/diet-and-nutrition_b_4323937.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living