People have been living in homes for centuries and have evolved over time in these environments living closely to nature and the earth’s natural rhythms. Only recently have we started to build our homes faster, tighter and with synthetic and often times toxic materials. Coincidentally people in today’s world are losing their health faster than ever before. Even our children are getting sick and developing conditions at an alarming rate. Could there be a correlation between the two?
We think so…
Every day the human body deals with stress, not just psychological stress like the kind you get from work or meeting a deadline, but there is also the kind we get from the food we eat, the chemicals we come in contact with, the dirty air or water we take in or all the frequency signals that are floating all around us from wireless transmissions. Each person’s body is like a rain barrel with the capacity to hold only so much. Depending on a persons capacity or how much stress they have that barrel may eventually overflow and they will loose their health. More serious events can cause a crack in the barrel reducing a person’s capacity to deal with stress.
This is where Healthy Dwellings can help. The typical person spends about 90% of their time indoors so it is safe to assume that the majority of the stress we are talking about originates here. We evaluate your environment and educate you on where your exposures are, how to avoid, reduce or eliminate them, and ultimately create a healthier, less toxic environment which supports the optimal health of you and your family.
As Certified Building Biologist Environmental Consultants (BBEC) we take a holistic approach to our evaluations looking at the home as not only something that gives us shelter and provides safety but one that interacts with us and the outside environment almost like a living organism. As with any living organism we can determine the health of it, how well it is working and weather it is contributing to the health of its occupants or taking away from it.
Contact Healthy Dwellings today to find out how you could benefit from having your home evaluated.