Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Show Notes:

As we head into colder months, we’re spending more time inside and our homes are closed up tighter. It’s important to consider ways to improve your indoor air quality to lower your exposure to toxins, reduce the risk of mold, and expensive repairs from ice damage. We talk about all this in this episode!

Host Bio & Links

Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network

The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Show Notes:

Gas stoves might be great for cooking on, but are they healthy or green? We dive into some research done on the impact of gas stoves on indoor air quality, and Emma talks about the move to electrify our buildings and why it’s something to think about.

Host Bio & Links

Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network

The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Show Notes:

With 11 episodes under our belt, we thought it was a good time to recap some of the key lessons learned from our incredible guests to help you take action on a range of healthy green home strategies.

Listen as Emma reflects on the conversations she’s had over the past 9 months and shares her insights into how you can create a healthy, green home, with less overwhelm.

Host Bio & Links

Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network

The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Intro:
Michael Rubino is an air quality expert and wellness advocate, helping to bridge the gap between our homes and their direct impact on health. He is the founder and CEO of HomeCleanse (formerly known as All American Restoration), a company dedicated to addressing the worldwide health epidemic caused by poor indoor air quality. Michael is also the founder of Change the Air Foundation, a nonprofit committed to empowering the world to achieve better health by establishing safer and healthier indoor environments.

List of Topics Covered:
What is the problem with mould?
What are some of the biggest culprits of moldy homes that you've seen?
What should we do if we suspect or know we have a mold issue in our homes? And what should we not do?
What are common pitfalls in the remediation industry to watch out for?

Links:

homecleanse.com
themoldmedic.com

Facebook:
@themoldmedic
@homecleanseco

Instagram
@themoldmedic
@homecleanse

Host Bio & Links

Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network

The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Intro:
Tim Swackahmmer is the Founder and CEO of Mold Medics and Mold Medics Franchising. Mold Medics is dedicated to helping people improve the environmental quality of their homes through Mold Remediation, Air Duct Cleaning, Radon Mitigation, and other environmental services.

This episode is focused on radon in your home and what it is.

We chat about:
how to know if your home has a radon issue
what to do if tests show high levels of Radon
What costs are involved in remediation
How often one should test for Radon

Links:
www.moldmedics.com
http://moldmedicsfranchising.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-swackhammer-15869861
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mold-medics
www.facebook.com/MoldMedicsPGH/

Host Bio & Links

Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network

The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal.

This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Intro:
Bettina Hoar is the founder of Sage Living Toronto, a sustainable building consulting firm specialising in health and well-being in the sustainably built environment. This episode is fantastically rich with insights and information!

We talk about how to choose a team, costing, energy efficiency considerations and so much more.

Links:
https://www.sagelivingtoronto.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sagelivingto/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/SageLivingTO

Host Bio & Links:
Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network:
The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships:
Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal.

This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Intro:
Alexandra is a globally recognized change agent in non-toxic fashion and a leading voice in the international dialogue to turn fashion lovers into conscious consumers through education and action. To help shed light on the hidden epidemic of harmful chemicals in the clothing people wear and serve as a trusted source of content that would help close the transparency gap that exists between consumers and fashion and apparel brands, Alexandra founded Fashion FWD in 2018 and is a frequent speaker on sustainable fashion topics.

Alexandra previously served on the U.S. sustainability team, Sancroft, Chaired by the UK’s former Secretary of State for the Environment and Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Lord Deben. When not sharing ideas to move fashion forward in the boardrooms of leading brands around the world, Alexandra can be found educating students through the global business of fashion.

List of Topics Covered:
Toxins in clothes
Mobilizing change in the manufacturing of clothes
Greenwashing claims
How consumers can drive change

Links:
www.fashionfwd.org
Instagram: https://instragram.com/fashion_fwd

Host Bio & Links:
Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network:
The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships:
Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

Intro:
Learning about and acting on toxins, environmental degradation, and other hard topics requires the capacity to do so without letting it drag you down. It can be easy to sink into fear and despair, feeling like it’s too big to handle. We are needed. And we can make a difference. So we need the capacity to tackle hard things.

I was lucky enough to start to build this capacity with support from Lindsay Coulter when I worked with her in the David Suzuki Foundation’s Queen of GreenTM Coaching Program. I invited her to chat with me to help you build capacity too.

Lindsay Coulter is a dedicated mother of two, naturalist, community catalyst, soul activist, mentor, writer and horse lover in Victoria, B.C. She seeks to inspire others to claim sane leadership and find better ways to be in this world together. She believes in creating good human society wherever we are, whenever we can with the people and resources available to us now.

Her expertise is as a green living expert for more than a decade, as former David Suzuki’s Queen of GreenTM, a leader, mentor, facilitator, community catalyst, compassion cultivator, soul activist and courageous conversation starter.

List of Topics Covered:
What it means to take sane action
Simple ways to build community and why this is essential
How we can reconnect to nature in an increasingly disconnected world
Eco-grief and building the capacity to cope
How to show up on social media
Having conversations with people who aren’t on board
Hope and fear in chaotic times

Links:
You can find Lindsay here:
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaneAction
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saneaction
The forest and nature school, EPIC: https://epiclearningcentre.org/

Other links mentioned:
Margaret Wheatley "Beyond hope and fear": https://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/BeyondHopeandFear.pdf

Nature & Children: https://childnature.ca/taking-care-of-the-heart-through-nature-play-and-connection-in-chaotic-times/

About the EcoParent Podcast Network:
The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships:
Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal. This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network.

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

About the Episode:

Linda Alexanian, Founder of Organic Weave, is the third generation of her family in the rug business.

Her commitment to end child labor in India’s carpet industry dates back to 1990, when no agencies existed to monitor child labor. A founding member of Rug Mark (now GoodWeave), Linda has worked tirelessly with industry, government and NGO’s to eliminate child labor in India.

Linda established Organic Weave to give sustainable income to women artisans in India.

In this episode we cover:

1. What you should know about the rug industry.
2. How household textiles are regulated.
3. How organic rugs differ from conventional rugs, and what various certifications are out there.
4. What should consumers look for and what should they avoid when selecting a rug for their home.
5. What greenwashing trends are common

Links Mentioned:
https://global-standard.org/
https://organicweaveshop.com/
Follow Organic Weave on Instagram: https://instagram.com/organicweave

Host Bio & Links

Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network

The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal.

This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.

Healthy Green Homes is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

This episode is generously sponsored by Eucalan: https://www.eucalan.com

About the Episode:

EMFs - electromagnetic fields - and EMR - electromagnetic radiation - are topics that can be hard to dissect. There’s a lot of conflicting information out there, and knowing how embedded wireless technology is with our society it can be hard to even want to go there.

But I don’t shy away from a challenge. In this episode I’m talking with Ashley Spanovich, founder of Awakening Spaces, about how she incorporates health into her design practice and specifically her studies to be an electromagnetic radiation specialist.

We discuss:
What are EMFs and EMR
What we know about the health effects and what are the unknowns
What can homeowners do to reduce their exposure

Guest Bio & Links:

Awakening Spaces is a full service interior design and consulting firm that support health conscious individuals and those who have been impacted by mold, chemicals, and EMFs create safe nurturing spaces.
IG: @awakeningspaces
https://www.awakeningspaces.com

Headshot photograph by: Halle Madeleine (freeenergycollective.com)

Host Bio & Links:

Emma Rohmann is an environmental engineer and mom of 2 who brings over 15 years of experience as an accredited green building consultant. She has been helping families reduce toxins in their homes for over 5 years through her business, Green at Home.

IG: @emma_greenathome
https://greenathome.ca

About the EcoParent Podcast Network:

The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice across our six podcasts: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids’ nutrition, green beauty, healthy home, and raising greener teens. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Partnerships:

Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal.

This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.