"...it would be a hell of a big relief and it would be a kind of freedom." - Wendell Berry

Your Home is the most important factor in your health, and a significant factor in your creativity, physical energy, emotional well-being, relationships, and IQ and judgment. There are key life skills that have been covered up since the early twentieth century that few doctors know or will tell you about.

The Work Environment is where you spend a third of your time. Employers are finding safe building practices dramatically decrease employee sick time and employee turnover rate.

Children at School: The Wellington County School Board in Ontario recognized they saved money by using cleaner safer products, like vinegar to clean desks and non-toxic watercolor markers on whiteboards and by not allowing perfume in the classrooms. They found it increased academic performance and increased attendance.

Community Can Make a Difference: The women in Israel said, "we know what is causing cancer". They saw the incidence of cancer was rising in their country just the way it was in twenty-eight other countries. And they argued with the male politicians and they said ....we want these chemicals stopped. They had a fight and they finally won. Women convinced them that they should stop it. What happened ten years later? Well, let me tell you. Ten years later, the other twenty-eight countries, the incidence of cancer of the breast had increased twenty percent and what do you think happened in Israel? It dropped eight per cent...in young women it dropped 34%. [Dr. Doris Rapp on Women Speak Out]

Introduction to Optimum Environments for Optimum Health and Creativity: Designing and Building a Healthy Home or Office by William Rea, M.D.