Health

Health related posts. Sustainable living of course includes our environment, but just as important is eating and keeping healthy. For many reasons, our modern way of life has made us unhealthy.

The Story of Stuff (Video)

“From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.”

I have posted the Story of Electronics and the Story of Cosmetics, well here is the original of the series which focuses more on a general nature of the overwhelming amount of stuff we use in our everyday lives.

The Story of Our Cosmetics (Video)

The Story of Cosmetics, by the Story of Stuff Project, examines the pervasive use of toxic chemicals in our everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby shampoo. Produced with Free Range Studios and hosted by Annie Leonard, the seven-minute film by The Story of Stuff Project reveals the implications for consumer and worker health and the environment, and outlines ways we can move the industry away from hazardous chemicals and towards safer alternatives. Here’s the video:

I encourage you to read more on this subject because we are quite literally, unwittingly poisoning ourselves with our personal care products. There are alternatives we can choose, here is a website devoted to this subject.

Ontario Takes a Step Back and Hangs-Up on Cell Phone Warning Labels

Cell phone towers are lurking everywhere

Ontario should have voted through a bill to require warning labels be posted on cell phones to create a better awareness that these devices do pose a health risk. Unfortunately they didn’t. Not that I hate cell phones, I love mine. I was an early adopter as well, buying my first cell phone in the […]

Zen Habits Blog; Smile, Breathe and go Slowly

Zen Habits Blog Logo

I have been following the Zen Habits blog for some time now, and I believe you should too. The blog focuses on these core concepts: simplicity, health & fitness, motivation and inspiration, frugality, family life, happiness, goals, getting great things done, and living in the moment. Leo Babauta, the creator and writer of Zen Habits […]

Too Much Corn: How Corn is Undermining Your Health

Aerial of Irrigation Sprinkler in Corn Field

You might not be aware of this, but on average, we inadvertently consume over 700 kg (1540 lbs) of corn a year, per person. Sounds crazy doesn’t it. The number blew me away too. I knew corn had permeated it’s way into most processed ‘foods’, but 1500 lbs – that’s over 4 pounds a day! […]

Why do we call a spritz of chemicals an “air freshener”?

Toxic Air Freshener

Seriously? The sad truth is we are voluntarily exposing ourselves to some very nasty chemicals everyday simply by ‘freshening’ up our homes, cars and workspaces. ‘Air fresheners’ are mostly a mixture of volatile toxic chemicals and neurotoxins including benzene, formaldehyde, naphthalene, toluene, xylene, acetone, benzaldehyde, methylene chloride … just to name a few. Your probably […]