Jeff wrote:
> I'm reading a book called "Healthy by Design" which is full
> of interesting comments about how a healthy environment
> is created. . . .
>
> OK, that is a sampling of the book. My questions would be:
> Does this design process create a world of fragile people who
> survive only by staying in sealed environments. Is this a
> sustainable approach and does it separate us from nature?
Though I have not read the book, I will throw my ideas out anyway. So,
what else is new : ) It sounds like a moderately shallow approach to
"greening the home environment". There seems to be some basic "un-green"
assumptions:
- that we should live in what most of us recognize as a standard house,
- that choosing this product over that product is good enough,
- that a house is "safe" if it's not toxic,
- that it's okay to pollute elsewhere, as long as it doesn't off-gas in the
home,
- that Nature is rather harsh and should be kept at a distance or tamed,
- that if we're "careful", we can still do what we've been doing,
- that a little tweak here or there is all it will take to make everything
okay.
But then again, I could be wrong.
Eric Storm
