Do you feel like your life is being encroached upon in all directions by all things artificial?
Do you shake your head at how people so willingly ingest genetically modified foods even though there are no causative, placebo controlled scientific studies supporting their long term safety?
Do you wonder why people so willingly spray pesticides and use chemicals everywhere in their environment including inside their own homes without so much as a second thought?
Do you wonder how it is possible that the average child receives 17 courses of antibiotics by age 20 and so many other are medicated with prescription drugs of all kinds on a continual basis?
Do you wonder why people run to the doctor for drugs to “cure” every little ache, pain, or illness when much of the time these ailments are easily resolved at home with nontoxic means?
Whether you live in the big city or on a quiet country lot, you probably can’t avoid this feeling!
My third book, Living Green in an Artificial World, was written with all this modern craziness in mind. It gathers together my most practical ideas for creating and sustaining a healthy living environment no matter where you live. All of this information is presented in a budget conscious, easy-to-follow way.
In essence, this practical guide offers useful solutions to problems we experience every single day living in a world where the synthetic is considered superior to the authentic.
Knowing how to create a life space that is safe and free from the plethora of toxins that assault us everyday in our modern lives is critical to good sleep and health. It’s not just about diet – it’s about your living environment too!
If you’ve got the diet part down, but need some hand holding with creating a nontoxic living space, Living Green in an Artificial World can help!
What’s more, I am excited to announce that Living Green in an Artificial World is now available in Kindle as well as paperback editions! You might remember that it was available for a short time via PDF last year and yes, it has taken this long to get it into print (with lots of new content too)!
You can learn more in the widget below. An excerpt is easily readable from within the widget so you can see the Table of Contents and other summary content.
I hope you find this guide useful on your personal health journey.
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
Great. I love green living.
Because this is always an issue for me and it seems to be my primary issue these days, does your book or this bundle address how to cope when other people use toxic products that directly affect me and my family?
For example, three of my neighbors use herbicide and insecticide on their lawns (and of course, fertilizer). Another neighbor uses very fragrant laundry products. All these smells drift into the open windows of my house without warning unless I’m on the lookout for it. Whenever I smell it, I quickly shut all the windows. I have talked to one neighbor about his use of weed killer last year and I even got him going on compost tea which he used on his garden with great success, but then without warning he put a generous application of weed and feed on his lawn. Maybe I just need to figure out how I can someday move to a house that is far away from neighbors.
When we go to some friends and family’s houses, they too often have treated their lawns, or use air fresheners, or serve junk food, or use insecticide in their home or on their yard, etc. You eat the homemade bread they offer and then you find out it has MSG of all things in it. I feel exasperated sometimes. The toxic lawn care habit many folks have seems to be impenetrable. And everyone loves bug spray. It seems to be an uphill battle to try to educate friends/family/neighbors on the dangers of a lot of this stuff.
YES! I completely understand how you feel, as I have this same problem and it can be so frustrating. I avoid all toxic personal care products and lawn chemicals, yet when I’m around other people, I seem to always be breathing in the scent of bug sprays, sunscreen, perfumes, lotions, shampoo, laundry detergent,etc., not to mention the candles, air fresheners and cleaning supplies in their houses. It’s basically like getting second hand smoke! Whenever I mention any of these things, people think I’m nuts. They either don’t notice it or just don’t understand how it could possibly be dangerous.
As for the food, there is simply no reason to eat chemicals or factory foods ever, but good luck convincing people to actually change their diets. I finally decided to just stick to eating the dish I bring when I go to events. Why go home feeling sick the rest of the day? I could probably write a whole novel on the frustrations of other people and food! Then I try to take a walk and smell lawn pesticides and dryer vents. I see people spraying roundup all the time it seems. Then someone decides to burn trash or have a bonfire and all that smoke comes in the house, plus there is a factory down the street and that sometimes comes my direction too… It would be nice to live way out in the mountains somewhere, wouldn’t it?
I usually eat before I go to events and rarely eat or even drink anything at parties unless I know the host/hostess well and how they would have prepared it. It’s just not worth it to feel tired and/or bloated the next day or two!
Unbelievable, it happened today not long after I made my comment. I was working inside my home when suddenly I smelled herbicide seemingly throughout my house. Ugh! So frustrating! I shut all the windows, then looked for the source. It was coming from four houses down and across the street where they were having their lawn sprayed. I was so angry I got in my car and took a drive. My house is now all shut up on this beautiful day. 🙁 But the fact is the herbicide did come into my home.
Yes, at someone else’s place, it is much easier to avoid the food (expecially for myself) than to avoid the toxic aerosols they use. But it is tougher to be selective about which poisons you partake of from your guest if you have young children because they want to roll around on the fertilized lawn, eat the food, etc. I am able to keep my kid from some bad stuff, but others are inevitable away from home. I guess there are just so many folks in our circle of friends and family who are not convinced of these dangers because the toxins don’t immediately melt their faces off.
Can you tell me when your book will be available by itself??
After the first of the year on Amazon.
Congratulations! Your work is so strong. I can’t wait to read it.
Thank you James … I truly hope you enjoy it, and it gives you some ideas for your own home and how to best live as green and nontoxic as possible.