Archives for the ‘Health’ Category

Product Review: Sigg Metal Water Bottle

By Wesley Joseph • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Health, Recycling

Be sure to read our update to this original review, regarding the safety of the epoxy lining of Sigg Water Bottles.  Also, we recently posted an article reviewing Nalgene Water bottles.
Product Reviewed: Sigg Water Bottle
Place of Purchase: Whole Foods
Purchase Price: $19.99 (for the 1 liter size — slightly cheaper for smaller bottles)
Product replaced: Nalgene and [...]



Houseplants for Cleaner Indoor Air

By Wesley Joseph • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: Gardening, Health, Household

Looking to make your indoor environment cleaner? Sure, you can use greener household detergents and cosmetics. You can use greener paints with lower or no volatile organic compound (VOC) output. But there will always be toxins in your air from the outdoors, everyday products, your carpet, paint, cosmetics, leather treatments, etc.
To help your [...]



Environ|Mental: Greener Keeps You In Shape

By Wesley Joseph • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Health

The attitude: Reducing your envirohuman impact can keep you in better physical condition.
So, you’re asking, greener can keep me in shape? Sure! Yesterday we left off talking about how taking the stairs at work can give you more exercise while making elevators work a little less. But there are all sorts of [...]



EHI Quick Tip: Ride the Elevators Less at Work

By Wesley Joseph • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Health, Workplace

Two floors down or one floor up, use the elevators. That’s the rule. It used to go for reducing congestion at elevators. But now it also would mean reducing your negative envirohuman impact, because when an elevator has to move you from floor to floor, a motor is moving both your weight [...]