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Your ticket to clean, green, and seen!

June 19, 2023

In June at Two Bettys Green Cleaning, we feel the hopefulness that comes with spring cleaning and the celebration of PRIDE month, two things we super duper extra love. ? ? Feels like a good time for a few words on our everyday values about why we care about “cleaning house,” and how we strive to make people feel seen. Since the beginning, we have been proud to employ and provide services for amazing humans who run the full spectrum of gender and sexual orientation. It is crucial to our values...

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3 Online Actions You Can Take Today for Earth Day!

April 22, 2022

Earth Week online actions from MCEA One of the easiest ways to raise your voice on Earth Week is to complete a few of our online actions. These pre-filled (but customizable) messages will get sent to...

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How to Hire Domestic Workers Responsibly

February 7, 2022

Are you hiring your nanny or cleaning person responsibly? Follow these 8 steps to ensure that when you bring a domestic worker into your home, you’re doing it right. Hire a professional cleaning...

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A Better Kind of “Business as Usual”

December 17, 2021

Since March of 2020, our business community, landscape and daily rhythms have been substantially and irrevocably changed. Covid has presented a strange new reality where some businesses experienced...

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The History of Domestic Workers and Janitors

December 8, 2021

Confession time: Until a few years ago, I hadn’t thought to learn the history of domestic labor and janitors. Nor to consider what the conditions in the distant past had to do with the work Two...

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Invisibility is Not a Superpower

November 15, 2021

Imagine a classic organizational pyramid. At the top is the CEO. Who’s at the bottom? If you’re like a lot of folks, you put entry-level positions at the base. Roles like cashier, receptionist,...

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Curbside Composting: Let’s do this!

July 23, 2021

If you’re not already composting your food scraps and other organics with your city, now’s a great time to start. Composting is easy, and a great way to reduce your landfill footprint. According to...

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Backyard Foraging: Easy, Green and Fun!

July 2, 2021

You might know me as the leader of Two Bettys, a company that’s wild about cleanin’ and greenin’. But in the summer, I geek out about something else that’s clean and green: foraging. My family and I...

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How to Recycle Like a Pro

June 2, 2021

You already recycle. You have for years! But are you doing it like a pro? There are three common mistakes that even dedicated recyclers often make. These no-nos can jam up the works at the recycling...

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Climate Worrier to Climate Warrior

May 19, 2021

Illustration by Lisa Troutman Have you ever found yourself in a room full of strangers, and you quickly realize these are your people? That is what it is like for this climate worrier at the recent...

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How Buying Nothing Changed Everything

May 4, 2021

Have you heard the joke about Minnesotans loving a good deal? From a hot buy at the farmers’ market to a fabulous garage sale, people (especially midwesterners) get jazzed about these great finds!...

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Op-Ed: Pandemic relief taxes kick small business when it’s down

March 22, 2021

This op-ed was originally published in the Star Tribune on March 18, 2021 Values-based small businesses that belong to the Main Street Alliance of Minnesota are compelled to respond to the editorial...

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