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We are an environmental science course at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, NJ, taught by Mrs. T. We'll be blogging about environmental issues all term, so please stay tuned!

Monday, April 13, 2015

Cleaning Audit

Have you ever had that weird itch in the back of your throat while you were cleaning your house? It's probably because of those chemicals in your cleaning products affecting your body. Luckily here at 
St.Benedict's, most of the two dozen cleaning products we use are Eco-Friendly. However three major products, glass cleaner, wiwax, and pesticide can cause serious harm not just to the people, but also the environment. Thankfully, there's a way to replace all of those chemicals with simple household ingredients: vinegar,water,alcohol,borax,and dish washing detergent. All of these items do little to no harm to the environment nor the user, but most importantly you wallets. The ingredients cost no more than ten dollars depending on the quantity. While in the other hand the chemicals cost one-hundred and twenty dollars, and they both work just as well. Its time to change our ways and reverse the damage that we have done to the environment.
The interdisciplinary project was a method of learning that was really effective for me to learn something. Through this method I was really able to grasp all the information I needed to know. Having been given a topic, and then researching it to make a project to present to other was a good way for me to really learn about a certain topic, and present to others so they too are as we'll informed as I was.

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