Did you know the air quality inside a newly furnished + painted baby nursery can contain over 300 different toxic chemical compounds?! Not exactly what we’d call a safe haven for your precious cargo. But don’t just take our word for it {although you could do that since we’ve written extensively about it HERE}. ABC… Read More
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Chelsea Chelsea, Green Green!
Here at The Healthy Home Dream Team®, we take the health of you and your home very seriously. However, we also realize that we all need to lighten up occasionally and be a bit easier on ourselves. Who better to show us how to do this than Chelsea Handler – the comedian and host of… Read More
Get More Done With This One Simple {Green} Secret!
As authors of Just GREEN It! and founders of the eco-chic, online boutique, GreenNest.com (2005 through 2011), it is no secret that Ron & I looove to get our green on! We’ve discussed the importance of greenery in your home and office to improve your indoor air quality. But, did you know that plants and… Read More
Climate Change: Fact or Fiction?
Although 72% of media outlets report on global warming with a skeptical air, the overwhelming majority of scientists believe that the extreme weather of the last decade is at least partially caused by global warming. Despite some naysayers with alternative theories about why global temperatures are rising – including the idea that the earth goes… Read More
FLOUR POWER: Have Your Baked Goods & Eat Them Too!
Everyone is buzzing these days about wheat, gluten and the deleterious effects of all things made with wheat flour. It is yet another good conversation to raise consciousness about what Americans consume regularly as part of our Standard American Diet [SAD]. While some folks have serious gluten allergies and diseases that make them unable to… Read More
The Goodbye Dirt, Hello Mud Sweepstakes!
ENTER TO WIN ! (4) 4 oz jars of MudPot Natural Mud Mask ($59/ea) A $236.00 Value!! in the… Goodbye Dirt, Hello Mud Sweepstakes! Here at The Healthy Home Dream Team® we love to get dirty! We dish the dirt on a variety of topics including: green washing, hidden toxins in your personal + household… Read More
A Tribute to Helmut Ziehe: Visionary & Founder of IBE, USA
By Oram Miller, BBEC The world has lost a giant, one who may never be known by many people. I am referring to the recent passing of Helmut Ziehe, beloved founder of the International Institute for Bau-biology® & Ecology (IBE); the American branch of the profession that trained and certified Ron & Lisa, myself and… Read More
Dirty Laundry: Tackling the Truth on Tide®
by Ava Anderson Tide® announced that as of September 2013, they will be reducing the amount of 1,4 dioxane in two of their laundry detergents–Tide Original Scent® and Tide Free & Gentle®. Great news folks – or is it? Hold the spin cycle…reducing? Why not eliminating?! 1,4 dioxane is a byproduct of the manufacturing (ie: ethoxylation)… Read More