I've been working on going through all the brochures I picked up at West Coast Green, and added almost a dozen new links to Debra's List for green building and decorating websites. And this week my Green Living Q&A blog has some interesting comments, including details on how bamboo fabric is manufactured, something I know many of you have been wondering about.
Debra :-) P.S. My houses are still for sale...do you know anyone who might be interested in a healthy home? HEALTH, HOME & HABITAT #105 ~ 9 October 2007 * NEW LINKS ON DEBRA'S LIST: green building and decorating websites 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 Issues (tables of contents) $$$ COMPARE PRICES ON GREEN PRODUCTS $$$ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEW LINKS ON DEBRA'S LIST Here are some links I added to Debra's List from the West Coast Green conferance I spoke at a few weeks ago. Cool Roofs Rating Council helps you choose a roof that will reflect and emit heat back to the atmosphere, thereby reducing energy costs and global warming. John Todd Ecological Design uses the powers and processes of nature to provide cost-effective aesthetic solutions to wastewater, storm water, aquatic environment management, and bio-solids conversion...and swimming pool water purification. Listed Green is a multiple listing service for green, sustainable, energy-efficient homes and developments worldwide. Vetrazzo sells "exquisite work of art" countertop material made of about 85% repurposed glass, which comes with a Certificate of Transformation that tells you exactly where the glass came from. EcoTop is an exterior siding product made from a Forest Stewardship Council-certified 50/50 blend of bamboo fiber, a rapidly renewable resource, and recycled wood fiber salvaged from demolition sites. EcoClad is the same material designed for exterior siding. Fortis Arbor Wood Mosaics are beautiful little wood tiles hardcrafted from pieces too small for making furniture, reclaimed from a family-owned furnituremaker in Thailand. My Green Cottage helps you build an affordable new green home by helping you modify their readymade plans to suit your needs. Green Building Pages is a sustainable building materials database and design tool for the environmentally and socially responsible designer, builder and client. Low-Impact Living is a good entry-point website that explains our resource consumption and waste production, plus offers "green projects" for improvement. Greenstone Arts sells beautiful colored Italian lime plasters for interior walls, Tobias Stucco makes a colored textured interior wall finish of Portland cement, and St. Astier Natural Hydraulic Lime has an exterior lime plaster wall finish. Nature's Hardware has andelightful collection of eco-friendly accessories, coat hooks, handles, knobs, pulls, sinks and tiles made from natural, renewable or recylced material. PureBond Hardwood Plywoods are formaldehyde-free decorative hardwood plywoods that can be used for cabinetry and furniture. Sustainable Flooring offers a comprehensive line of bamboo and cork flooring products at "incredible prices." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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.
* Green Fund Raising has a link to a great fundraising program where you make money selling recycled holiday gift wrap! What a great idea (as recycled holiday gift wrap is hard to find) * Bamboo bedsheets, treated or not? has an important post that details how bamboo is manufactured * Natural Deodorant has a recipe for making a natural deodorant with coconut oil and baking soda, if you find plain baking soda too abrasive. * Swiffer Solution alternatives Toxic Smell in my Kitchen Cabinets Hi Debra, How to soften demin I have an already stone washed denim jacket(84% cotton, l5% polyester, 1% spandex) which is still too stiff and uncomfortable to wear. Looking for suggestions of non toxic products and/or techniques to try to soften it. Ex. salt solutions, boiling, etc. Experience anyone?
Removal of dryer sheet residue from dryer Hi!
Porcelain flooring Hello Debra, EMF risks with wireless alarm systems, etc. Dear Debra, Appreciate Your Green Information I am simply wanting to thank you Debra for your information about so many non toxic options. I have brain cancer and am totally healing my brain tumor with natural and organic products and only alternative medicine. It has been a huge challenge and change for me but finding your website and your extensive information has been extremely helpful and uplifting that people are looking to live a healthier lifestyle as well.
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