Last week I wrote about how to make your own baby wipes at home. Jodi, a regular reader, wrote in and had this to say:

My concern with the addition of vinegar or sanitizer is if baby has diaper rash it could burn, also, would you put vinegar or sanitizer on your privates? And have you ever run out of toilet paper and had to use paper towel (It has happened to everyone…lol) its scratchy, even wet. If you use the solution (minus the vinegar) and a wash cloth it works wonderfully.

In hindsight, I agree — won’t vinegar sting? And sanitizer, while better smelling, will likely sting too. So what’s our solution, folks? What can we use that will clean and moisturize at the same time (within a budget, of course). Jodi says wash cloth, but I know many of you don’t want to go that route — so what do we do?

I would really love your ideas and input! Leave a comment!

Recently, I got this comment:

Hey lady,

So I’ve been following Bambigoesgreen.com everyday and as much as things interest me a lot, do you have anything more simple? With the monkey (read: baby girl) I don’t really have time to make my own paper (though I want to! lol) or money for a hybrid but I’d love to do little things. I bring my own bags when possible, but what does that really save? I heard that recycling one glass spaghetti sauce jar saves enough energy to power a tv for 3 hours, is that true?

Is there anyway you could do a day with a simple little tip and how it influences the world? Something everyone can do. I never used to care until Baby… Now Im one of those, leave-a-better-planet parents…. lol

Thanks!
Jodi

P.S. Im making strawberry soup this weekend

Thanks for the comment Jodi! So many good points! For starters, yes – I will start posting some simple tips everyday! That’s a great idea as I’m sure you’re not alone! As for the spaghetti sauce jar, let me look into it — I’m interested in hearing the facts on that as well! Thanks for the readership and comments, be sure to keep in touch!

I’m off to learn about the magic of spaghetti jars — wouldn’t that be something? I can’t wait to find out.

This week’s most popular post was about the sun jar. But for this week’s Saturday Recap, instead of going over said popular post, I’m going to show you how to make a sun jar for yourself at home! Even better, right?

Jam jars store jam, the Sun jar collects and stores sunshine so that you can use it at night. Pass around the sunshine, Sunshine!

Components:

1. Ikea glass jar ($3.00)
2. Solar garden light ($10.00) – If you’re in Ottawa, XS Cargo sells these for $1 each. Seriously!
3. rechargeable battery (AA size)
4. Blu-tack
5. Tracing paper

Tools:

1. Screwdriver
2. Utility Knife
3. Glass Frosting spray

Click here to find out how to make one of these yourself!

I could have guessed that this cool solar lawnmowing robot would have been the most popular post this week! Who doesn’t love robots?

Joanne writes:

This is awesome! Kinda like a roomba for your lawn! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba

Thanks for the comment Joanne!

So, my question is: How soon do you think we’ll see this things? I mean, plenty of people have Roombas now — I want a robot lawnmower!

This week’s recap: Nature Clean Laundry Detergent

Charlotte writes:

I love what you are doing here. I too use the Nature Clean products. The dish soap is also great. It doesn’t make as many bubbles as traditional dish soap does but if you feel you need more bubbles use a sponge and it helps with the suds. The Dish washer detergent is great too. The only product that I found that wasn’t as good as the traditional one is the window cleaner and that is only because the natural product required more elbow grease. Keep up the great work. I love seeing what comes next.

Thanks Charlotte! I, too, found that the window cleaner needed a bit more elbow grease than your standard brands. I suppose that’s a welcome sacrifice for a natural window cleaning solution. I did find that the window cleaner smelled wonderful though! Like fresh lemons — but naturally!

The above video will tell you more about Nature Clean Living’s amazing product line, available at Topia Greenstop among other places.

Back by popular demand — Intervale Green in the Bronx!

Saturday’s on BambiGoesGreen will bring more information/pictures/details about the stories that you the reader loved most during the week.

This week’s Saturday Recap features this video of Intervale Green. The Intervale Green complex, on Intervale Avenue between Freeman Street and Louis Niñe Boulevard, an infamous strip of South Bronx urban blight, is a new, green, low-income housing development. The building, developed by the Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation, or Whedco, a Bronx nonprofit group, opened to qualified low-income residents in February, and has filled about a third of its 128 apartments. Designed with a large, glass-windowed lobby, two green roofs and a sculpture-filled courtyard, the development, tasteful, sparkling and eco-friendly, could give many cookie-cutter luxury buildings a run for their money.

Reader Shirah from the University of Vermont wrote to me:

“It is wonderful to hear of green building projects in the cities, where it is the most visible to thousands of people every day. I think it’s quite clever that there is a green roof on it, as a visual reminder of it’s mission and goals. As cities grow more and populated, it is essential that we look to ways to create green housing that will be sustainable for our future. Here at the University of Vermont, (http://learn.uvm.edu/igs ) we realize that creating a more sustainable world is more obtainable when it becomes accessible and is encountered in a day to day basis.”

Thanks for the comment and information, Shirah!

Have your say! Drop me a comment any time and I may feature you on a Saturday Recap!