The dress was hot, the heels were smoking and the local, organic food was delicious. It's 10am the next morning, and it's time to clean up after a successful dinner party thrown for 10 of your closest friends. All of your guests left happy and deliciously satisfied. You have an-hour-and-a-half to clean up what you can before you dress and dash to that 12:30 champagne brunch, you and your friends scheduled as they walked out the door at 2am. What's first on the clean up list?

To get you in the clean up mood, put on your favorite tunes and crank it up! Now may be a good time to finish off that last glass of champagne that's sitting in the bottle (because you know it's going to go bad). Now you're ready to get to work.

Despite your best efforts at cleaning up, you may have left out a few non-perishable food items. Remember, store your delicious organic foods in glass containers (not plastic). You don't want those yucky chemicals leaching into your foods, especially meat, cheese or oily foods.

Remember you're making that nutritious compost for your urban vegetable garden (or container garden)!

I hope by now you're using cloth napkins, placemats or a table cloth (instead of cheap disposables that just plug up the landfills). Pre-spot them and toss them in the washing machine along with your eco friendly laundry detergent.

If you don't have a simple recycling system set up in your home, do it (most Americans don't recycle suprisingly). It makes recycling automatic and easy. All you need is one trash can for trash and second for recyclables.

If you have room on your kitchen counters, bring in any remaining dishes and wine glasses from the dining room table and around the house.

Get that dishwasher going! Remember to use your favorite eco friendly dish washing liquid.

If you now have open counter space, wipe down those kitchen counters with your healthy non- toxic kitchen spray. Remember most antibacterial cleaners contain triclosan . This is a chemical that the European Union has banned has been linked to cancer, developmental toxicity, skin irritation, and endocrine disruption, While...

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