Article Archive for Healthy Home

An excerpt from 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Organic Living '
Organic food and consumer products that have been produced in a cleaner, more environmentally friendly manner take a bad rap on a...
An excerpt from the book 'Green Housekeeping'
It is rare that a home always smells sweet. Some foods are just plain smelly. Others reek only after they have been burned. And...
Beware of the superbug We all know of the hand soap found in restrooms everywhere that boasts its antimicrobial power on the...
A step-by-step process in brewing your own beer.
I came to beer somewhat later than most of my peers, but moving to Munich in the mid-90’s provided me a crash course in beer...
Make your home smell great with these tips!
New Year, new you, right? But sniff sniff… what’s that smell? Are you still using gross old conventional air fresheners? How...
Smog is bad, but indoor air pollution - which wreaks its havoc invisibly - is much worse. Luckily, you can take strides to improve the air quality within your home
Perhaps the only good thing to say about smog is that all that brown muck is visible to the naked eye, acting as a sobering...
The first sign of autumn for many of us isn’t a yard full of leaves. It’s sneezes, sniffles and a hyperawareness of germs,...
Last week I put together a roundup of eco-holiday recipes — and this week’s a roundup of how to use up the leftovers to make your...
There is no good logic that can explain to the consumer why formaldehyde — a chemical that is classified as a carcinogen by the...
Choosing to go green in your home can be as easy as choosing to recycle a can instead of throwing it away or choosing an energy...