Cleaning Equipment: Brooms

Cleaning Equipment:
Brooms by Europa Pirate


Starting with the top of each room, most likely there will either be dust, cobwebs, or insect cocoons that will need removal from the walls and corners. For walls, a clean natural broom is recommended. This broom should only be used for this sort of “Seasonal Cleaning” and not to be substituted for a random, worn broom perhaps found in your garage or basement.

For your needs, this information should assist with the purchase of
Your New Broom(s):

When purchasing a broom either for the first time or recently, within the past few years, you are bound to notice a pleasing surprise. Not only are there the availability of the standard looking, natural material brooms, which have been seen in all Western Euro/American Homes unchanged for decades, yet the are a myriad of sleek, stylist, or just plain silly ornamented brooms that will make this chore much more lively.

Your broom should be constructed of renewable materials, hopefully from a company that guarantees its labor/manufacturing doesn’t violate any deforestation/eco practices and human rights.



Your choice of broom may be constructed from
any single or a combination of the following:



Corn and Rattan

CORN
(*Additional reading: the three sisters growing system)
Corn has been a staple of Native Americans/Tribal Peoples
As food for animals and humans
Now, Corn/Maize is also used as
Biofuel
(bio-organic fuel)

RATTAN
(Palm family)
Fast growing, eco-friendly alternative
to deforestation practices of logging


Palmyra plant
and the select/superior part of this plant
which are
the Bassine/Bassine Fibers

Tampico
(desert climate edible plant,
cream to off-white colored fibers in there natural state)
Purchase only if grown in sustainable farming.
Do NOT purchase product reaped wild or from Preserve Lands.


Horsehair
(if Company has been backed/inspected by Cruelty-Free 3rd Party Inspectors)
Horse Hair that has been Cut/Trimmed
Without Harm to animal)

Sotol
(Yucca Fiber)
*Pollination in nature requires a moth for Yucca plant reproduction

Sorghum
(Originally from Egypt)
a.k.a. Broomcom (grass)
*Avoid
red-brown color; the inferior material

Bear Grass
Fire-resistant plant (not grass)
growing just above timberline, sub-alpine, and coastal regions


and Union Fiber

(the combination of natural fibers)

The above information should clearly detail the options for avoiding the purchase of any un-natural, petro-chemical sweeping device.

A Pathway To A Clean Home

A centerpoint in all working civilizations is STRUCTURE!



In any working environment, such as a shopping center/mall, a gym club, or
Your Home:
Structure is essential!


Some terms are *Organization, *Feng Shui, and *Livability. What you may not see or consciously realize is that every moment in a structured, organized, and clean (relatively germ/bacteria free and mold void) environment is double that you may spend in an unsystematic and chaotic space. Not only will your work time be lessened, your downtime will be lighter and more livable.



For our first primer, let us now start with a brief description of Feng Shui, since this is possibly this least known in United States and The U.K.

Feng Shui, pronounced Fung Shoi, is also called Geomancy. Feng is Wind and Shui stands for Water, which along with the other elements, are centered around Pa Kua/Bagua. A note to those that spend much time in their Automobiles:
Feng Che deals with the energy associated with your Automobile
and your route to and from daily trips.

In Feng Shui, Qi means roughly “flow of energy” or natural energy. Therefore, when dealing with Feng Shui your seeking Qi Divination. If you can grasp the basic scientific principle of electricity in a closed circuit, you can understand a basic level of Feng Shui in your Home. Electricity, Water Flow, Doorways, and Furniture positioning will effect this flow, as will your color scheme and even outdoor topiary.

The Polarity in Feng Shui is termed as it’s Yin and Yang, which represent respectively dead and living, and dark and light, and cold and hot. Yin and Yang are complimentary yet are absolutes, and still have times or spaces where both are influential. Duality!

In Martial Arts, Yin and Yang meet as a dance and are never used separately. If someone attacks you on the street in a frenzied, aggressive manner, you repel or dissipate that energy. Rarely can you overcome someone so intent and angry by way of such emotion back. After the initial surprise, allow their unwarranted energy to roll off you for it should not be yours to keep. It is their negativity and poor rearing not you that sought such an encounter. This goes for emotional attacks as well.