Benefits
We spend 90% of our lives indoors, 65% of that time in our own homes Since 1980 allergies have increased over 600%. The Canadian Lung Association credits makeup and cleaning products as triggers.
Adults breathe 12 times/min, children about 20 times/min. We breathe in chemicals in varying quantities, we apply them to our bodies – cosmetics and lotions, we wear them in the clothes, we absorb them through our skin, where we work, shop, learn, rest, anything that we touch, taste or smell on our bodies.
Adults have approximately 270 chemicals in our bodies, including plastic particles, and new born baby was tested and already had 190 trace chemicals in the blood.
Be green, Buy green, Use green.
Buying green does not have to be expensive, in fact going green could be a LOT less expensive, it depends how green you want to go. Sometimes green products may cost only 4-8% more, but in the long term paying 4-8% more is nothing compared to how much money you can save.
What does Green mean? It means different things to different people; generally it covers the following;
1. Health and Safety
2. Sustainability to Manage Resources
3. Pollution Issues
4. Conservation wildlife and wild lands
How do you go green? You begin by being aware of what you have been doing over and over again for years, just because everybody else does it that way. It can be very easy to change the way we do things, and much more cost effective.
Increase – Home & Business Green Consulting Services will do an audit of your home, Indoor Air Quality Test, costs of utilities, health and safety issues, submit a report with comprehensive and extensive suggestions to make your home green, saving money, feeling healthy and saving the environment. We will prioritize possible changes, short-term, mid-term and long term.
Greenwashing at its best is hype or over exaggeration of the benefits of the product. Wikipedia defines Greenwashing as “Greenwash (a portmanteau of green and whitewash) is a term used to describe the practice of companies disingenuously spinning their products and policies as environmentally friendly; by presenting cost cuts as reductions in use of resources.” Check ‘Green Up’ for what green is NOT.

