Articles tagged “Indoor Air Quality”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

6 Tips to Make Your Vacuum Cleaner Last By Josh Peterson IN Tech & Transport Dec 9 2008 If you have carpets, then you probably own a vacuum cleaner. Vacuums can be important for maintaining the air quality of your home. You want a vacuum that can get all the dust from the inner recesses of your carpet, and you want that vacuum cleaner to last as long as possible. Here's how to make the vacuum vacuum longer. + READ MORE

How to Use a Neti Pot to Clear Up Your Sinuses By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Dec 5 2008 Cleansing your sinuses with a neti pot can relieve symptoms associated with colds, flu, sinus infections, nasal dryness, allergies, and other sinus irritations. It also helps reduce swelling of the nasal membranes. Here is how to do it. + READ MORE

Grow an Un-killable Office Plant at your Desk By Megan Cohen IN Work & Connect Nov 25 2008 Putting office plants in your workspace is healthy for you, healthy for the environment, and easy on the eyes. Save water, and exaggerate your gardening prowess, with one of these happy indoor plants that's pretty close to impossible to kill. Leave it be on the weekend, or forget to water your plant during a busy hump-day, and a hearty survivor like one of the flora listed below won't even notice. + READ MORE

Kitchen Design: David Gottfried's LEED Home Renovation By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Nov 19 2008 Welcome to our new green kitchen. It doesn't look it yet, but we're going to have a lot of great new energy-efficient appliances and all sorts of green features. + READ MORE

Improve the Environmental Health in Your Home By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Nov 12 2008 What are the most important steps to improve indoor air quality for you and your loved ones, in the sanctity of your own home? Find out with these ten tips. + READ MORE

Living with Ed Episode: Ed's Perfect Birthday By Team Planet Green IN Episode Guides Nov 11 2008 It's Ed's birthday, and Ed wants to forgo eating out at a fancy restaurant to cook his own birthday dinner. While the birthday boy is busy in the kitchen, Rachelle gets new air purifiers installed and plans her surprise... + READ MORE

Rid Yourself Of Nosebleeds Naturally By Elizabeth Seward IN Food & Health Nov 5 2008 Nosebleeds are a reality for some people. Whether they're because of dry heat or allergies, they're embarrassing and something that no one wants to host. Nonetheless, they come and go and are part of life. + READ MORE

How to Dust Your Home with Eco Friendly Lambswool and Olive Oil By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Nov 4 2008 You've all seen and/or used these canned dusting products, aka dusting aids. They smell like high-pitched funk, have warning labels on their sides and generally disrespect the air that you breathe. Many of these cans are aerosol-powered, which, because they contain so little product compared to the amount of plastic and metal used, is no good for the environment. + READ MORE

10 Tips for Improving Indoor Air Quality By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Oct 29 2008 You wouldn't eat trash. I don't know you personally, but I am pretty sure that you wouldn't. You wouldn't rub garbage juice on your skin or bathe in it. So why would you breathe garbage? + READ MORE

Clean Your House With Olive Oil By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Oct 10 2008 Olive oil has a variety of uses. Some people say that you should drink it before bed if you snore. There are others who claim that it can be used to condition hair. Olive oil does make a handy substitute for shaving cream. On an episode of Renovation Nation, I even watched a woman use olive oil to fix scuffs in her recycled paper countertops. + READ MORE

How to handle your candle soot problem By Elizabeth Seward IN Home & Garden Jul 30 2008 I love candles.While that?s all fine and good, I?ve still had to deal with cleaning up the messes my candles have left.Here are some tips: Mix Water with TSP. Tsp has been vouched for across the board when it comes down to removing soot on walls and ceilings. + READ MORE

Meet An Expert Dad: Christopher Gavigan, Executive Director of Healthy Child, Healthy World By Lynda Fassa IN Home & Garden Jun 13 2008 That's because Christopher runs the nonprofit Healthy Child Healthy World, (formerly CHEC the Children's Health and Environmental Coalition). Healthy Child Healthy World works to educate parents and caregivers about the risks to children associated with some very common products and packages. In this exclusive to Planet Green interview, I asked him the best ways to get our green on and clean up our indoor air, because most Americans spend 90 percent of our time indoors. + READ MORE

Find Durable, Healthy Used and Antique Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 Buying second-hand, thrift, antique, and otherwise used furniture is a great way to go green in your home. Picking up something that's new to you, but doesn't require any more new materials to be used, is one of the best ways to green your home's interior. follow these tips to help determine the durability and health of your potential new piece. + READ MORE

Watch Out for Formaldehyde in your Home this Summer By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 30 2008 We've seen that formaldehyde, one of the more formidable indoor air pollutants, can be found in everything from your furniture to your flooring, and the risk of exposure is even greater in the warm summer months. With the heat right around the corner, learn how to minimize your risk. + READ MORE

Embrace Flat-Pack as Part of Your Green Lifestyle By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 12 2008 There are a few design ideas out there that are just green from the start; through smart materials use, efficient resource allocation and other design philosophies, their mere existence makes them a greener choice than conventional alternatives. Learn how flat pack fits that bill + READ MORE

Get the Scoop on Green Wood Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 22 2008 Last week, we highlighted the environmental impact of buying wood furniture, but that's just the tip of the so-called iceberg; where and how we choose to source wood furniture also has some pretty serious health and social implications. + READ MORE

Dispose of Toxic Household Chemicals, Safely By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Mar 12 2008 So, you're on board with detoxing your home and doing some green cleaning in your home; that's great! Don't pour 'em down the drain: Different locales have different rules on this-some places let you dispose of a small amount flushed with lots and lots of water-but, generally, it's best not to head for the drain or... + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: In the Office, Part 2 By Sami Grover IN Home & Garden Feb 26 2008 This is the second part of Detox Your Home: In the Office. To save energy, unplug them or use a power strip, which can be turned off altogether. + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: In the Office, Part 1 By Sami Grover IN Home & Garden Feb 26 2008 Don't look now, but your home office is staffed with gadgets full of hazardous materials that could make the job of balancing your checkbook an even bigger drag. Don't quit, though - it's easy to manage the problem areas and teach your workspace how to be a team player. + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: In the Bedroom, Part 2 By Sami Grover IN Home & Garden Feb 25 2008 This is the second part of Detox Your Home: In the Bedroom. Plush organic sheets from Loop offer pesticide-free luxury (they even offer matching towels for the bathroom), while Australian company EcoLinen offers sheets, pillows and duvet covers that also use the latest in non-toxic dyes and colorings. + READ MORE