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Come check out a New Living project being featured in the American Institute of Architechts Home Tour this weekend! This small, green home, at 806 Fischer Street, was designed by Donna Kacmar and features local, reclaimed, and non-toxic materials from New Living. This weekend, October 22 and 23 from noon to 6 pm, this self-guided [...]

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Last October, New living helped the KIAH Channel 39 offices become a greener and healthier environment. One project involved painting and refurbishing one of their conference tables with a very bright, colorful pattern. The second project involved re-painting the offices of the Creative Department and the office of the Director of Innovation & Imagination, Theressa [...]

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  Watch this video about New Living partnering up with Habitat for Humanity to help a family live in a healthy home from New Living on Vimeo.

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Thanks for voting us “Best Green Store” in the Houston Press Best of 2010. Heres what they had to say. “Going “green” has come to mean many things to many people, but to the folks at New Living, it is a social, environmental and economic lifestyle. The place itself, located in an old hardware store [...]

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From the Examiner by Bill Large If you’ve ever wanted to vacate your house for a few days due to fumes from a new paint job, take heart. If you’ve ever wished your Houston tap water were healthy, you’re in luck. If you’re tired of the same old choices in countertops for your kitchen, your [...]

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Define Body and Mind Preview

September 3, 2010 by

Define Body and Mind has found a great presence in Houston by focusing on a healthy mind and a healthy body. They have found so much success with this focus that they are already expanding into a second location in River Oaks that is opening in October, after only opening the first location a year [...]

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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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As part of our ongoing New Living Talks series we have another fascinating speaker, Steven Deutser of Park Lane Builders and Park Lane Healthy Homes, to discuss “Nursing Your Home Back to Health: Understanding Your Home, Your Health, and Indoor Air Quality.” Deutser, a home builder and healthy home auditor, explains the relationship between energy [...]

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We recently worked with our friends at Smart Meals on the buildout of their flagship Shepherd Location, which just opened this month. From J.R. Cohen; Director Retail Operations – “Smart Meals chose to source and install all of our finish materials from New Living in order to ensure the healthiest possible indoor environment for our [...]

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Join us for the Emerging Green Builders (of the US Green Building Council) May educational event Wednesday, May 20th from 6-8pm at the store. Stephanie Edwards-Musa will be speaking at the event. Stephanie is a realtor and certified eco-broker who also runs a blog at www.turninghoustongreen.com. Stephanie will be speaking about current trends in green [...]

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