The Healthy House: Creating a Safe, Healthy and Environmentally Friendly Home

Baggs, Joan and Baggs, Sydney

ISBN 10: 0500279209 / ISBN 13: 9780500279205

Published by Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1996

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner.

Seller Inventory # CHL4766464

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Healthy House: Creating a Safe, Healthy and Environmentally Friendly Home
• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500279209
• ISBN 13: 9780500279205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used; Good

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Synopsis

Home is a place of refuge and comfort - or is it? Most of us live in houses full of plastic, treated timber, toxic paint and electrical equipment, causing indoor pollution up to 20 times more toxic than that outdoors. This is the root of many health problems suffered today, from allergies through to Sick Building Syndrome and even cancer. -- The Healthy House shows how to prevent pollution in your own surroundings, whether you are building a new house or renovating an existing building. It includes practical, easy-to-follow advice on: selecting the best place to build your house -- choosing healthy building materials -- constructing your house and briefing tradespeople -- alternative energy strategies -- chemical-free pest control -- planting a beautiful, low-allergy garden -- using feng shui to bring balance and harmony to your life. The Healthy House offers a unique synthesis of science, ancient wisdom and Eastern philosophy. Based on the premise that man's use of modern technology can harm the environment, it proposes that the advantages of science and technology should be combined with the largely forgotten discoveries and philosophies of past ages to halt the damage. By following its guiding principle - that the Earth operates as one organism and the smallest change affects the whole - man can contribute to a healthier shared future by creating a home environment designed to benefit both family and the planet.