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Author: Linda Sanford The Prefab Home industry has undergone tremendous changes and grown stronger, and I find it amazingly interesting to look at cost, quality, and the entire economics of creating a healthy prefab home. This post is a beginning thread, as I take a curious dive into what a Prefab Healthy Home may look […]

Author: Linda Sanford What does this look like for me and why does this matter? Big questions as a Healthy Home is all of this, and yet the mainstream market has given me pause to consider what the growing design trends are throughout our country. Let’s investigate and take a dive at the design aspects […]

Why is this so challenging for me?  Writing about plastic is tricky for me as it is everywhere, and I am constantly making choices that I would like to say lessen the impact plastic has on my environment and yours. With that in mind, I am taking this deep dive to share thoughts on our […]

Christmas for me has always been about a real tree; heading out to find the perfect one and then bringing it home for my family’s holiday season. I have so many memories of these experiences! The hustle and bustle, and the end result of getting it into a tree stand and beautifully trimmed. And then […]

More and more I am hearing the words carbon neutral and carbon zero around the retrofitting of older homes. How do we think about this subject, and all the new technology and concepts coming to market? How do new opportunities and products bring value and added benefits and incentives to our existing homes? How do […]

My memories are full of trees! Lately I’ve been engaging in a deeper appreciation of the tremendous power that trees – such silent, stationary life forces – have in making my life better and healthier. If one tree has this power, a forest has superpowers! I love the higher level of awareness I encounter when […]

I’ll start by saying: I am not an avid e-commerce person.  SHOPPING LOCALLY IS MY FOCUS! Yet, sometimes I have to purchase online, or mail items to others. So, here I stand in the Mailbox Store looking at, and asking, how to package my items in the most friendly, environmental way.  What a trip!  Needless […]

I was having a conversation with a friend about how florist’s flowers are always so perfect, when the thought occurred to me to dive deeper into what perfect flowers may look like environmentally – and how this subject relates to the health of flower industry workers. The magnitude of what I’ve been learning regarding the […]

While it’s not a conversation that you’ll likely hear around the dining room table or at a social occasion, I believe the concept of, and conversation around, how indoor and outdoor air quality impacts our ability to create a healthy home – and align it with a wellness lifestyle – is extremely important. I’m learning […]

How do I get my arms around this huge piece regarding water and our environment? It’s a subject I’ve been sitting with for a couple of months. As I began to read more about rainwater catchment as the absolute and only way, my challenge was about water recharging and our environment.  Thankfully, having had multiple […]