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Green Painters U.S. Launch

September 29, 2010 by

New Living is so proud to announce that we have launched the Green Painters certification program in America. So far, we have certified 18 painters in a full day class that educates them about sustainability and healthy paints, application techniques for the latest painting technologies, such as heat reflective coatings, waste water treatment, and green [...]

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Tomorrow, Sept 11 at 3 PM, join Greenpeace and TEJAS for a public forum on the risks of chemical facilities in Houston. The forum will be held on the Rice Campus, Sewall Hall Room 309. Building is near visitor parking. See map here: www.rice.edu/maps/colormap.pdf. Texas has more “high-risk” chemical facilities than any other state in [...]

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Wondering what all the hubbub over the Safe Chemicals Act is about? Want to learn more about how this legislation and further regulation of toxic chemicals  will effect YOU? Interested in hearing experts and activist discuss the bill and answer YOUR questions? Then join New Living Health for a panel discussion on the Safe Chemicals [...]

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Wondering what New Living is all about? Want to know exactly what the terms “non-toxic” and “natural” mean? Then check out this video where customers and our owner, Jeff Kaplan, explains exactly why we sell healthy, non-toxic, and green products. I would write about it here but it’s probably just easier to watch the video:

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Unlike other cities, in Houston, we spend most of our time (estimated at 90%) indoors. Because of the heat and because of air quality problems – like ozone levels – we usually believe that buildings are healthier. However, although indoor environments may feel safer, it’s important to remember that indoor air quality too can effect [...]

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Check out these videos of our customer Jamie talking about her New Living experience! Jamie is a DIYer (do-it-yourselfer) who is currently remodeling her home. In an attempt to be as sustainable as possible and to make her home transformation worry free she came to New Living for products and help. She purchased IceStone recycled [...]

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Join USGBC Emerging Professionals and AIA COTE for a free screening of “Greening the Cube: 100-Mile Housing” tonight at 6:30 pm at Gensler’s office (711 Louisiana Street, Suite 300). Hope to see you there! For more information about the film: http://www.thevisualblueprint.com/Greening_The_Cube__100-Mile_Housing/GREENING_THE_CUBE.html

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Although many of the words on that list may be hard to pronounce, they’re all volatile organic compounds – chemicals – that can be found in your memory foam mattress. These 61 chemicals are emitted in your home as you sleep, dramatically decreasing the quality of your indoor air environment. These chemicals found in conventional [...]

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Check out this short video from one of our past customers, Ashley Maltz, and hear what she has to say about her New Living experience and the New Living products in her home. She was one of our early customers, and got to experience New Living before the store was even complete! Still, she enjoyed [...]

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Celebrate freedom from toxic chemicals and petroleum in your bedroom. Did you know the mattress industry is not required by law to disclose the chemicals that are in your mattress? Yet we spend almost a 1/3 or more of our lives on our mattresses and usually we are half naked.  Human skin is absorbent so [...]

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