Want to eliminate the chlorine gas from your shower and improve your skin at the same time? Step into the lap of luxury with the Maia Satinjet Beauty Shower. This bad boy has massage pivong heads, sleek design, high functionality, and best of all, a replaceable vitamin C filter that handles up on the chlorine [...]
Archive for September, 2009
24 Sep
Children’s Health Magazine : Parents : Your Big Fat House
Children’s Health Magazine : Parents : Your Big Fat House This is a great article everyone should read (linked above). The title focuses on obesity caused by chemicals in the home, but the content also discusses many of the other harmful effects associated with these commonplace chemicals. Don’t let this information scare you though, simply [...]
17 Sep
Can You Eat Off Of Your Hardwood Floors?
For those of you with natural hardwood (w/ a water based finish) or laminate floors in your homes, here’s another great line of Method products specifically for you. And yes, they are healthy..non-toxic..and all that good stuff!
17 Sep
Get the Low-Down on Your Pet’s Products
HealthyStuff.org has posted the results of recent, in-depth tests of over 900 consumer products. Fortunately this included a usually forgotten category when it comes to chemical content testing, pet products. ****HealthyStuff.org tested over 400 pet products, including beds, chew toys, stuffed toys, collars, leashes, and tennis balls. Since there are no government standards for hazardous [...]
16 Sep
Don’t Throw Away Your Money!
Recycling not only reduces waste, but can also cut costs. Thanks to the City of Austin’s recent, residential co-mingled recycling program (known here as single stream), along with my family’s commitment to reduce waste; our household was able to go from the standard 60 gallon (grey) trash container down to the smallest option available, the [...]
15 Sep
Join Us for an EcoSafe Information Session and Workshop this Saturday at Austin Baby!
Is your baby’s home EcoSafe? We welcome you to join Doug Cameron of EcoSafe Spaces for a home detox information session and workshop this Saturday at Austin Baby! Topics will include: health-minded, low-toxic options for remodeling, cleaning, and furnishing your home, a Q&A session, and much more. Bring your iPhone if you’ve got one! Additionally, [...]
14 Sep
LEED Green Associate Exam
Image via Wikipedia Today I took and passed the LEED Green Associate Exam. The exam basically measures your overall understanding of the green building process and how it relates to LEED certification. For those of you not familiar with LEED, it is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED was created by [...]
4 Sep
Low-toxic Method to clean and polish your granite counter-tops
Recently while doing some research for a friend, I realized there is very little information available on how to maintain your granite counter-tops in a safe and practical way. This becomes especially important in the kitchen. So while granite is still not the best selection for an antimicrobial food prep surface, due to its naturally [...]
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