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The Eco-Living Institute Be the change you want to see in the world ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Did you know that it takes 175 years of foliage falling from the canopy of a forest to create 1 inch of forest floor?Thi...
04/26/2023

Did you know that it takes 175 years of foliage falling from the canopy of a forest to create 1 inch of forest floor?

This precious top soil provides one of the few ways we as humans can grow food to sustain our lives.

Large-scale construction can completely strip top soil. Composting food scraps and other compostable items can create beautiful, nutrient dense soil for you to use for your house plants or garden.

Look for more information on our upcoming workshop:

Returning to the Earth
A Soil Composting Workshop

Did you know that 70% of US municipal solid waste is compostable?Did you know that composting is quite simple?The impact...
03/09/2023

Did you know that 70% of US municipal solid waste is compostable?

Did you know that composting is quite simple?

The impact can be impressive. In fact, four households alone could effectively remove one car from the roads or 8 households could offset an average homes electric use for one year just by composting food scraps.

We at The Ecoliving Institute believe that the most important benefit of composting is the product you get as a result of your efforts; beautiful, nutrient dense, rich, moist, and abundant new soil!

Join us for demonstrations, useful and actionable information, and simple plans to build your own composting bin with repurposed materials.

Tamara Bogard
The Ecoliving Institute
Forest City Float
223 East State St. Upper
Rockford, Illinois 61104

Whole Life Detox Day 29 Baby Food Just as you would find pesticides and petrochemicals in non organic food items, you wi...
10/30/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 29 Baby Food Just as you would find pesticides and petrochemicals in non organic food items, you will find them in baby food. The danger here lies in the fact that until age 7, infants and children are incapable of processing these toxins. We suggest that you purchase age appropriate organic food and use the amazing Baby Bullet! You can process the food in the Bullet and store in the refrigerator or freezer. We love this item and have used it personally.

Whole Life Detox Day 28 Fabric Softeners, Air Fresheners, and Artificial Flavorings, Coloring, and Fragrance Quatemary A...
10/29/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 28 Fabric Softeners, Air Fresheners, and Artificial Flavorings, Coloring, and Fragrance Quatemary Ammonium Compounds in fabric softeners and dryer sheets can trigger asthma and be toxic to the reproductive system. Air fresheners have been labeled as carcinogens by the American Lung Association. Artificial flavorings, coloring, and fragrances are most often a combination of petrochemicals. Most of these things we can certainly do without. Did you know there is a natural vanilla flavoring that is made from beaver a**l glands? .
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Whole Life Detox Day 27 Lawn Care Gearing up to spray Roundup in your driveway cracks? Spreading w**d and feed on your l...
10/28/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 27 Lawn Care Gearing up to spray Roundup in your driveway cracks? Spreading w**d and feed on your lawn? While Roundup's main ingredient Glyphosate is our favorite petrochemical to obsess on at this time, there are thousands of untested petrochemicals out there that are potentially disrupting our hormones and causing cancer. W**d and feed is a collection of petrochemicals as well. Tip: get out there and get some exercise by picking the w**ds that come up in your driveway. Gardens Alive is an amazing company that helps you keep up a beautiful lawn without all of the toxicity. We use WOW Supreme, a pre-emergent made from corn gluten meal, to keep our lawn free of w**ds. Super Hippy Tip: don't poison your yard and you can eat the few dandelions that pop up.

Whole Life Detox Day 26 Eat At Home When we prepare food from home, we have the potential control over the ingredients t...
10/27/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 26 Eat At Home When we prepare food from home, we have the potential control over the ingredients that go into our meals and into our bodies. Sorry restaurant owners, until you change your ways, we advise people to primarily consume food prepared from home. We highly suggest that restaurants source non gmo, organic, and local whenever possible and let us know about it! .

Whole Life Detox Day 25 Deodorants and Antiperspirants Most deodorants carry a heavy load of parabens and phthalates and...
10/27/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 25 Deodorants and Antiperspirants Most deodorants carry a heavy load of parabens and phthalates and antiperspirants obviously do not allow your lymphatic system to effectively detoxify your body. Perspiration is a key method in which our bodies detoxify. Tip: use salt based deodorant products to cleanse areas of bacteria daily so that it doesn't build up and eventually cause an odor.

Whole Life Detox Day 24 Fluorine in fast food wrappers Per-or poly-fluorochemicals are a family of chemicals widely used...
10/26/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 24 Fluorine in fast food wrappers Per-or poly-fluorochemicals are a family of chemicals widely used to make water-, grease-, and stain-repellent coatings found in fast food wrappers. They are notoriously persistent in the environment and the human body, and some have been linked to pancreatic and liver cancers, reproductive and developmental harm. These chemicals have only a slightly different chemical structure than the banned Teflon. For more information go to www.ewg.org .

Whole Life Detox Day 23 Water In October of 2017, a headline in Rockford, IL, EPA Superfund site in Southeast Rockford, ...
10/24/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 23 Water In October of 2017, a headline in Rockford, IL, EPA Superfund site in Southeast Rockford, 20 year study of the health of people who consumed contaminated water, results never revealed. Report speaks of wells in town that are CURRENTLY contaminated with toxic chemicals. Berkey Water Purification Systems are the course of action we recommend and are available at Namaste Studios. Email and website are in bio. Contact us for more information.

Whole Life Detox Day 22 Food Organic Food labels that include the word "Organic" mean the food was produced without the ...
10/23/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 22 Food Organic Food labels that include the word "Organic" mean the food was produced without the use of conventional synthetic pesticides, fungicides, petroleum-based fertilizers, sewage sludge, genetic engineering, or irradiation. When the word "Organic" is listed on meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy product packaging it means the animal received no antibiotics or hormones and they were fed organic feed containing no animal byproducts;100% Organic. Remember, if a multi ingredient product says it's made with organic ingredients, it only has to guarantee 70% organic contents.
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Whole Life Detox Day 21 Self Care Infrared Saunas Sweating is one of the body's most natural ways to eliminate toxins. C...
10/22/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 21 Self Care Infrared Saunas Sweating is one of the body's most natural ways to eliminate toxins. Compared to Swedish Saunas, infrared allows you to eliminate about seven times more toxins. Other benefits are relaxation, pain relief, lower blood pressure, improved circulation, and weight loss. Research has shown that Infrared Sauna therapy is helpful in dealing with Lyme Disease.

Whole Life Detox Day 20 Toiletries Mascara, Nail Polish, and Makeup Lead found in Lipstick? Mercury in Mascara? Toluene,...
10/22/2018

Whole Life Detox Day 20 Toiletries Mascara, Nail Polish, and Makeup Lead found in Lipstick? Mercury in Mascara? Toluene, Formaldehyde, and Phthalates in Nail Polish. Whether it is to plasticize, preserve, or apply more smoothly, these toxic and endocrine disrupting chemicals do not belong in our products. The Environmental Working Group has built a data base called Skin Deep that lists more than 78,000 items and rates their safety. www.ewg.org/skindeep .

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