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What's ahead in 2007 for NewsTarget, an update from Mike Adams Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

So we're putting together a new product focus effort that will bring you honest, independent reviews and recommendations on: Nutritional supplements Health foods / grocery store foods Personal care products and makeup Pet health products Green living / green home products Each product review will include the ingredients list, where applicable, plus our opinions and comments on whether the products should be purchased or avoided. Naturally, we won't charge companies for this editorial coverage, and our reviews will remain entirely independent and unbiased.

CEO of Seventh Generation explains the benefits of natural cleaning products to health and home Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

This is a brand that you will probably recognize very well as offering green home products. How would you describe the product line? Jeffrey Hollender: Well, we are creating all the products you need to have a healthy home, and we've recently expanded into the personal care category with natural diapers, as well as feminine care products, including tampons that are made of certified organic cotton. Mike: I'm glad to see that your company is expanding, but the core product line that you're best known for are for dishwashing and laundry uses, correct? Hollender: That's right.

For those reading, Seventh Generaton is for your green home, your clean home and for affecting your children, your children's children and on down the line. You just heard the story behind the name. We've been talking to Jeffrey Hollender, here to give us the full explanation. Thank you very much, Jeffrey. Hollender: It's my privilege. Thank you.

Amazon Herb Company earns top recommendation: Top distributors and products listed Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The company even makes an outstanding "green home" cleaning product called Clean & Green that's so healthy, you can actually drink it! No kidding. Don't try that with your antibacterial soap unless you have your local poison center on speed dial. The Amazon Herb Company's outstanding product lineup, combined with the leadership and stellar ethics of "Amazon" John Easterling, the company founder, earns the Amazon Herb a five-star recommendation from yours truly. There is no herbal products company that I'm more impressed with than the Amazon Herb Company. And these products are phenomenal.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

You don't need this book if all you're doing is replacing the flooring in your kitchen, but if you're trying to truly make a green home, you'll probably find yourself dog-earing pages and underlining passages ... and learning a lot along the way. As Johnston and Master explain, "The energy that buildings require starts accumulating long before the buildings and homes are even in existence. The energy required to extract, transport, manufacture, and then re-transport materials to the point of use required a substantial amount of energy at a significant cost to the environment.

R A Bright green home mmmm Most architects don't, or simply can't, take their buildings' longevity into consideration. They may hope a structure will last, but once built, it's generally all downhill. Most homes are in their best condition, and are best suited to their inhabitants, when they are brand new. As life inside changes—families grow, kids move away— the house simply ages, and remodeling only offers moderate improvements. When we begin to feel our house no longer serves us, we pull out outdated components or tear down the house entirely to build a more appropriate one.

Richard Manning decided to spend a year building a green home on a rural lot in Montana, and chronicled not only the construction process itself but the ways in which the work and the thought he put in helped him rebuild his own life, after he lost his job as a muckraking environmental journalist. Technically, this book is a bit out-of-date, but the journey Manning takes us on couldn't be more timely: "My environmental reporting, my investigations, the thing that had smashed my career, had taught me that there is enormous consequence to the way each of us lives our lives.

Manhattan island —and is intended to be a genuinely ecofriendly city, using recycled water, cogeneration, and biomass for energy, and striving to be as carbon-neutral [see Building a green home, p. 147] as possible. So what does it mean to be a "genuinely ecofriendly city"? There's almost no waste of resources: gray water is captured, purified, and recycled; organic wastes are used as biomass to generate clean energy; and combined heat and power systems provide warmth and electricity for the home in the same process.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

Replace them all with "green home" and "green personal care" products. (See recommendations later in this book.) «•* Stop eating out of plastic, styrofoam, Teflon and aluminum foil. Eat out of Pyrex or glass containers. For cooking, use iron or stainless steel. •* Clean your air and water. Never drink tap water. Invest in a good water filter (Lotus Water Treatment System at www.Tersano.com), including one for your shower (www.Aquasana.com). Filter your air with a high-quality home air filter or purifier. ** Eliminate prescription drugs for good.

Pursue a "green home" lifestyle by buying natural, organic and non-synthetic products. <*" Stop using chemicals on your lawn, including pesticides and herbicides. <•* Avoid using all drugs (over-the-counter and prescription) unless absolutely necessary. Especially avoid daily use of drugs like painkillers. Avoid recreational or dietary drugs such as alcohol and caffeine. «•* Avoid highly-toxic cosmetic treatments like hair color and nail polish. •* Do not put anything on your skin that you would not eat.

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