in an effort to reduce my use of harmful chemicals, wasteful packaging, and unecessary spending, i recently began experimenting with making my own cleaning & personal products at home.
the inspiration for this - as well as the base of many of the recipes - is in large part thanks to a wonderful book by Raleigh Briggs that i happened upon. the idea to open-source it on github came from Dan Sinker's open-source taco repo, tacofancy.
i encourage everyone to fork the project and add their own recipes. they must be able to be made at home with relative ease, using people/pet/earth-friendly ingredients. together we can stick it to the man & have fun doing it.
"there is nothing more punk than making your own shampoo" - Pynchon
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recipes for using all around the house, that clean just fine without the use toxic chemicals.
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get clean & look sharp without spending a ton of money on unecessary crap.
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remedies for minor ailments & small boo-boos. these are in no way intended to substitute or subvert real, science-tested medicine, but if you have a small cut, burn, headache, etc., these might save you a trip to the convenience store.
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repairing your space on the cheap.