Ideal Bite

Last night, in a last ditch effort to resurrect three very old, much-worn, once-white blouses, I succumbed to the promise of OxyClean, and soaked them in a basin with the white-and-blue-powdered supersoap for an hour. Now, there's some debate over how eco-friendly this stuff is - sodium percarbonate and soda ash are two of its active main ingredients (better for your skin and clothes than chlorine bleach for sure – and biodegradable), but you still gotta wonder what else is in there...it's not scented with organic lavender essential oils, I'll tell ya.

Meanwhile, my shirts are WHITE – hooboy - which means I don't have to buy new ones. But it brought to mind once again how complicated making good choices can be - if it's, say, a choice between using a harsh detergent once or twice a year (often toxic); using a less harsh detergent but needing to use way more product or wash multiple times for the tough stuff (more packaging, shipping, water use, etc.); or just trashing the old and bringing in the new (bigger landfills, more manufacturing and materials, shipping, etc.), what's the best option?

'Course when you’re deciding to film sheep running around at night with lights on their backs, the answer's easy: LEDs.

- Jenifer…off to seek out what else is hiding in there...

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