This week I'm in Pasadena, California with my husband Larry. If you live in the Los Angeles are and you would like to meet us in person and see our car that runs on vegetable oil, we'll be showing the car in the Rose Bowl parking lot this Sunday, July 13, from 12:00-2:00. Come by and say hello! We'll be at the corner of Arroyo & Seco, in parking lot F. The Rose Bowl is also having a HUGE flea market that day, so come see us and shop "recycled". Our car that runs on free waste vegetable oil seems to be increasing in importance in our lives. Weekend before last, while my husband Larry and I were still in San Francisco, we drove it up to Sebastopol to show it off to Larry's family, and a few days later his sister called and said, "I bought a diesel Mercedes for $1200. Now what do I do?" And, I've been getting questions from some of you about veggie oil cars. So we started a website just for veggie oil cars, to help everyone who wants one to get one. Read more about the website below. We're leaving on Monday, July 14, to drive back home to Florida, and we'll be documenting our trip on the website. If I can figure out how to get the video from the camera to my website, we'll have video. It really is so cool to ride in this car because it's just like riding in a car fueled with gas. But it's running on vegetable oil. It's almost unbelievable, but it's true. And FREE.
Also, this last week, a really well-written interview with me was posted on the Bonobo Kids website. Bonobo Kids started as a website for kids to save the bonobos, our closest primate cousins (we share 98.7% of our DNA). But they quickly discovered that, like everything else, bonobos are connected to everything else and so they needed to also educate kids about endangered species, habitat protection, recycling, reducing toxic chemicals...oh, that's where I come in. Read this two-part interview (particularly Part Two)--it's short--and share it with kids you have or know. Part One | Part Two While you are at the Bonobo Kids website, take a look at their book I'm Lucy: A Day in the Life of a Young Bonobo. Wild bonobos are found only in the Democratic Republic of Congo where they are often hunted and their habitat risks total destruction from human encroachment and environmental destruction. They are near total extinction. Let's give them a hand. Debra :-) HEALTH, HOME & HABITAT #142 ~ 8 July 2008 * NEW VEGGIE CAR WEBSITE 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) This week I received a link regarding my book Really Green that was in GOING GREEN - A Resource for Today's Green Business ... "Today's mail brought a copy of Really Green by Debra Lynn Dadd. Fits the bill of being a book that is produced by green processes, but it's also a book about 'green.'...On first glance, I thought, 'This is a book for consumers who are looking to buy green products for the home.' Not so. Or maybe I should say, not only... On a closer look, there is a lot of good information for businesses to apply as well."
Read more about Really Green and order... Order both books and save $4.00 on shipping * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEW VEGGIE CAR WEBSITE We're having fun with our veggie car! Every time we tell someone our car runs on FREE waste vegetable oil, they say, "I want one!" So I created a website for my cute husband Larry to have a place to post everything he's learning from his first-hand experience, answer questions, provide links, and much more. We'll be adding a blog within the next few weeks and more after we get home. Come along with us virtually on our cross-country trip beginning next Monday and sign up for the veggie car mailing list if this subject interests you. GREEN LIVING Q&A BLOG Here are the questions and new comments posted through Sunday. 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.
* removing wallpaper has lots of suggestions * paper cups and plates
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Elmer's, the glue company, has introduced a line of "nonhazardous" home repair products, including wood glue, wood filler, flooring and other miscellaneous adhesives, caulk and glazing, spackling compounds, and tile grout. Their website very conveniently links to the MSDS for each product. Many list no hazardous ingredients, others list limestone and quartz. These are hazardous only as dusts, which wouldn't be a problem under normal use, but might be cause for protective gear if sanding something on which you had used the product. They are mostly made of an acrylic/latex blend, so they are not at all natural, but much less toxic than other products of this type. I haven't personally experienced all of these products, but I did sniff the stainable wood glue and the wood filler, both of which have MSDS with no hazardous ingredients listed. The stainable wood glue was fine, just smelled like white glue. The wood filler had a bit of an odor, but nothing like toxic wood filler. These are sold at Home Depot, so are widely available and inexpensive. http://www.elmers.com/homerepair/products.asp Debra :-) Finding Building/Remodeling Advice for MCS I read with interest about heating up a newly painted home in order to have it outgass more quickly! However, here in Hawaii, we generally don't have heaters in our homes - it is warm enough and humid enough that no one would ever turn them on unless living at high elevations during the "winter" season. So: what would you suggest for someone with MCS when trying to find products with which to build or refurbish a home with? Plastic Bathtub and Shower Mats ... Hi! I have a green cleaning business and besides cleaning I've been giving workshops and educating customers on green cleaning and more lately about healthy homes. spider problems I have killed 2 brown recluse spiders in my home in the last couple of days. I'm so afraid there may be more and that one of my children will be bitten by a very poisonous spider. Do you know of any way to safely rid my home of these creatures? My husband put poison under the house where he thinks they may be nesting, but I'm scared of what may already be inside. I don't like the idea of "bombing" the house -- is there any other option? Is my formaldehyde finished bedding safe after several washings? Hi Debra, cleaning carpets Dear Debra, removal of wisdom teeth My dentist wanted to remove my son's wisdom teeth before they came in. I didn't feel right about this, so I emailed a holistic dentist. PVC air ducts Hi Debra, Getting rid of gasoline smell from clothes Hi Debra, Labels for Cleaning Bottles? I just finished Karen Logan's book Clean House, Clean Planet, and made a bunch of very effective cleaners. I immediately tried to use the contact info in the back to purchase her pre labeled bottles. Sadly it seems she is out of business now. I really would like to purchase labels instead of going through the expense of finding the right size of waterproof labels and making them myself. Any idea what became of Logan's business or if someone else sells bottles with labels/recipes on them of non toxic cleaners? Thanks! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CLASSIFIED ADS to place a classified ad in this newsletter...
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