You’ve heard of the Atkin’s Diet, the South Beach Diet, even the Cookie Diet, but have you heard of the Hundred Mile Diet? If you’re watching your figure and counting calories and carbs, you may not have. This is because the Hundred Mile Diet has nothing to do with focusing on your weight – it [...]

You may have read our previous entry, Is Your Home Making You Sick? to learn ways in which you can isolate indoor air quality problems in your home and help you and your family to feel better. Since this is such an important topic that can affect virtually all of us at one point or [...]

No, we’re not referring to color (necessarily!). We’re talking about eco-friendly paints for your home. You may have seen our other blog posts about eco-friendly paints, offering some advice for homeowners or renters looking to bring some color into their home without sacrificing their indoor air quality with harsh chemicals. Now, in addition to some [...]

Looking for ways that you can get involved this Earth Day, and every day? Green Living Ideas has created a wonderful resource of websites that help you find events and activities in your area for the big day.
The EPA has dedicated a nice portion of their website to information about Earth Day, from its [...]

What if you were faced with the following choices?  You feel miserable, so you go to your doctor to find out what’s wrong with you.  The doctor gives you these two options:

You can undergo a series of tests that will cost a whole lot of money and will probably NOT tell you what’s making you [...]

Earth day is coming up on April 22! With so many green living articles, websites, blogs, and ideas surfacing over the past year, it’s safe to say that this holiday is going to mean even more this year than ever before. In the spirit of the Earth-Friendly holiday, we at HomeAire are helping spread the [...]

We’re coming up on Earth Day on April 22, so it’s the perfect time to take some time to reflect on the greenness of your own life and how you can take immediate action to be more kind to our planet. Georgia Orcutt, an author for The Boston Parents’ Paper, has published an article offering [...]

Walk through your home, top to bottom.  That means from the attic to the basement (or crawl space).  Walk around your home.  Do you see anything that might be contributing to poor air in your home?

Are all combustion appliances properly vented? 

Do all bathrooms have exhaust fans vented to the outside?

Does the kitchen have an [...]

Good indoor air quality follows the Golden Mean:  not too hot, not too cold; not too dry, not too humid; not too breezy, not too still and a level of contaminants that is low enough so occupants aren’t getting sick.
These conditions will vary for different people.  Some folks are strongly affected by odors or pollens [...]

In the April 2-15 "Homes" issue of the Improper Bostonian, "Metro Boston’s granola guide to entertainment, culture and eco-harmony", writer Lisa Pierpont brings us into the home of the Crawfords – a Brookline-based family who forfeited their sprawling Victorian home for a fixer-upper ranch with green plans in mind. The home sits on a southern-facing [...]