After several trips to San Francisco over the past few months, my husband and I have decided to move back home to California. We're selling two single-family homes we own here in Clearwater, Florida, which inspired me to make today's newsletter about Green Homes for Sale. I'll tell you about my houses (in case you or someone you know want to buy one!) and give you resources for finding healthy and sustainable homes across the country. Green homes are also news today in another context. I'll be giving two seminars this year at the West Coast Green conference in San Francisco on September 22. One is about choosing water filters, and the other I will be giving with my husband on "How To Remodel Without Getting a Divorce," featuring two green bathroom remodels we did together. If you live in the area and would like to attend, I have 10 free passes to give away. Send me an email if you are interested and the first ten will get them. The most knowledgeable green building experts in the country will be speaking, along with a huge expo of green building products, so if you are interested in green building, this is the place to be. Debra :-) HEALTH, HOME & HABITAT #100 ~ 4 September 2007 * MY HEALTHY HOMES FOR SALE If the links don't work on this newsletter, you can view it online at http://www.dld123.com/newsletter/newsletterupdateback.html Health, Home & Habitat Back Issue (tables of contents) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MY HEALTHY HOMES FOR SALE After five years of living in Clearwater, Florida, my husband and I have decided to return home to San Francisco. Living here has been a great experience for us. Before we can go back to California, we need to sell our two houses--the one we currently live in, and one we have been remodeling as an investment house for rental. Both houses are in various stages of remodeling, so you have an unique opportunity to * purchase the property "as is"
WITH NONTOXIC MATERIALS SPECIFIED BY ME Our Personal Residence  ELEGANT RANCH HOUSE - $259,000 CLICK HERE FOR 10-PAGE DETAILED DESCRIPTION WITH PHOTOS MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE REMODELED BATHROOM
Our Investment House  CHARMING COTTAGE - $149,000
To buy these houses, call 727-466-6812 or email debra@dld123.com Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone you think would be interested.
And here are some other resources on my websites regarding green homes: Listings of other green homes for sale... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GREEN LIVING Q&A BLOG Here are the questions and new comments posted through this morning. Remember, you are welcome to share your own comments and experience in response to any of these questions, and post questions of your own. To read and comment on more questions posted previously go to Green Living Q&A blog.
* Using a Clothes Line breast milk storage Hi Debra,
Kitchen Cabinets We want to buy kitchen cabinets and are confuuuuused. We saw Kraftmaid cabinets. wool fleece mattress pad We just bought a new innerspring mattress with a thick and plush pillow top. It is very comfortable but we have discovered that the pillow top is very hot to sleep on. It does not dissipate body heat at all. I have been looking at wool mattress pads/toppers and I'm wondering if they are truly cool to sleep on in the hot summer months. I found one through Debra's list at Dax stores that is a washable wool fleece mattress pad that is reasonable priced. Does anyone have any experience with fleece mattress pads or know of any other option that would help make our new mattress cooler to sleep on?
Tide Pure Essentials Any thoughts on this new product Tide Pure Essentials ? Prang Crayons Prang Soy Crayons are listed under your Debra's List column and I noticed on the web that they are no longer making these crayons. Do you know if sales were just low or was something harmful for children or did Crayola give them trouble? I am still interested in locating some but want to know the reason they discontinued manufacturing them? Thanks you, JC Iron Skillets I have read that enamel covered iron is the healthiest cookware. What about old fashioned cast iron? I was told as a child that iron skillets added iron to the food and that was a good thing. Is there anything harmful about cooking in iron skillets? Cleaning Baby Spit up in bedding Even though my baby is breast fed, her spit up smells if not immediately cleaned up, which sometimes isn't obvious to us until much later. How do we get the smell out of things that can't be thrown into the wash, like the floor of her pack & play or inside her bassinet, using natural infgredients? The only product I'm willing to try so far is baking soda--I'm worried that vingear might not dry or make the fabric smell like vinegar forever, and I'm new to green cleaning as it is. Any advice appreciated!
siding options Hi Debra, dye-free medicines? We are looking for dye-free medicines for both adults and children. We would also prefer that they have no artificial sweetners or chemical preservatives. All we have been able to find so far are: dye-free Tylenol, dye-free Motrin and dye-free Benedryl. Do you know of any others or, better yet, a company that specializes in dye-free OTC medicines? Thank you so much for all of your valuable advice. I read your newsletters religiously. "Normal" life [From Debra] This morning read something this morning that made me want to make a comment to you all. It was a letter in which someone had written something like, "This person with MCS did this treatment and then she was able to live a normal life." I just want to say that I consider that I live some semblance of a normal life. Though I make many choices not to use toxic chemicals or products that destroy the environment, to me that is "normal"--as in according to a principle, occurring naturally, sane. I think, though, when people say, "She can now live a normal life," this means she can now live what is considered a normal life with toxic chemicals, without having reactions. To me, such a life full of toxic chemicals is abnormal from the viewpoint of life itself... Fluoride water filter? My city is about to put fluoride into the water supply starting next month. I am opposed to this but the city buys water from a big company which is apparently determined to put in the fluoride. Sigg Water Bottles I have a Klean Kanteen water bottle but am interested in buying a Sigg water bottle. I was wondering if the inside of the sigg bottles are coated with plastic containing Bisphenol-A or any other bad chemicals. Thanks. Best rose fertilizers I am a new rose gardener. I want to use the best natural fertilizers to make my new rose friends happy. Any suggestions? granite countertop sealer (a safe one) I made the mistake of thinking there would be a safe sealer for granite countertops and now I have to find one! Do you know what I can use because my understanding (now, after it's too late) is that granite has to be sealed yearly and I cannot find a safe sealer.
Air beds Hi...We are wondering where to buy an inflatable airbed, all the ones we have seen are so toxic and strong smelling we are unable to tolerate them. The kind we are looking for are the collapsible airbeds that use the pumps. Thanks svw
Sheetrock Debra, I realized that I also need to ask about sheetrock. Is there anything I should be aware of in that area? insulation in wall Hi Debra,
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