In my last blog I talked about the importance of indoor air quality when building or remodeling green. Poor indoor air quality can lead to short-term symptoms and long-term illnesses if exposure is prolonged. Children are especially vulnerable to toxins...
Green Doesn’t Alway Mean Clean
One would assume that if you build a "green" home, it would automatically ensure high indoor air quality - especially if it is a LEED certified home. Surprisingly, a LEED certification does not guarantee that criterion for indoor air quality...
Using Rain Barrels
Ahh, the sun is shining and my lawn and garden are looking beautiful despite the weeds! With all this rain last week, my rain barrel is full. Harvesting rain may not seem like a pressing issue here in the northeast...
Blame Game
Day 58 of the oil spill and I fluctuate between feeling sick and hopeless, or having feeling of anger and frustration. I am sure I am no different than anyone else, but when I am stewing about BP there's this...
New York State Promotes Organic Lawn Care
New York State has taken some bold moves when it comes to promoting organic lawn care and reducing the amount of pesticides used on lawn and landscapes. On May 18th Governor Paterson signed the Safe School Grounds bill that ban's...
So How Do You Know It’s Green?
Now that "Going Green" is all the rage (which I am so happy about), how do you know something is really green? Companies are figuring out that green sells so there is a lot of green-washing out going on. I...