Looking to detox your body and home this Spring? These Brooklyn community workshops will help you get started! I'm partnering with health consultant Liz Neves, my neighbor and new friend, to present a workshop that'll make housekeeping healthy and fun. I'm also leading a similar workshop on my own. Liz will be leading a workshop on how to mix your own body care products. But first, Prof. Jenna Spevak teaches us how to lessen our exposure to toxins in our home.
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Domestic Detox: Pollution is Personal
Thursday, February 24th, 7-8pm
@ The Commons, 388 Atlantic Ave. (btw Hoyt & Bond), Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Cost: $6 suggested donation.
From laundry detergent and toothpaste to non-stick pans and canned beans, unregulated, untested, and undisclosed synthetic chemicals are used in the production of countless household items. Many of these toxic ingredients are absorbed by our bodies and contribute to a dramatic increase in chronic health problems. Scientific estimates show that the average person carries at least 700 contaminants in his or her body.With the FDA and EPA powerless to regulate the chemical corporations and protect the populace, how do citizens navigate this minefield of domestic toxins? Where do we start?
It can be overwhelming and often paralyzing, but we CAN transform our living spaces into toxin-free homes, starting with a few simple steps. Join Jenna Spevack, City University of New York professor and founder of Plastic Albatross, for a domestic detox with a step-by-step tour down the average household shopping list. Learn how to lessen your exposure to toxins in your own home and reduce your body burden.
Green Housekeeping for the Domestically Impaired
Tuesday, March 8th, 6:30 to 7:30pm. Join us at 6pm for refreshments.
@ LaunchPad: 721 Franklin Ave. (btw Park & Sterling Pl.), Crown Heights.
Hosted by Brooklyn Skill Share
Cost: Free. Bring a snack to share if you can.
Let’s face it: You’re busy and you like to have fun. Housework is time-consuming and you have 10 million things you’d rather be doing, that is, if you could stop tripping over the same pile of stuff on your way to do them.
Attend our workshop and learn not only how to fit housekeeping into your full and fabulous life, but learn how adopting a happy, eco-friendly housekeeping practice can make your life even better. Olivia will offer practical, personalized advice on how you can say goodbye to clutter and hello to all the good stuff you really need, want, and deserve. She’ll also share her secrets for making cleaning and organizing a sacred, self-healing and renewing ritual you’ll actually look forward to! Liz will explain how the products we clean with impact our health and our environment. She’ll also demonstrate how to mix our your own homemade cleaning product.
Participants will leave with a mini-guide to eco-friendly housecleaning, a homemade cleaner, and a fresh perspective on life, love, and dust bunnies!
Attend our workshop and learn not only how to fit housekeeping into your full and fabulous life, but learn how adopting a happy, eco-friendly housekeeping practice can make your life even better. Olivia will offer practical, personalized advice on how you can say goodbye to clutter and hello to all the good stuff you really need, want, and deserve. She’ll also share her secrets for making cleaning and organizing a sacred, self-healing and renewing ritual you’ll actually look forward to! Liz will explain how the products we clean with impact our health and our environment. She’ll also demonstrate how to mix our your own homemade cleaning product.
Participants will leave with a mini-guide to eco-friendly housecleaning, a homemade cleaner, and a fresh perspective on life, love, and dust bunnies!
Please bring a 4oz jar.
Olivia Lane is a professional apartment cleaner and organizer offering creative, positive, and personalized eco-friendly service to Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene & Lower Manhattan. Visit www.olivialanehousekeeping.com for more info.
Liz Neves, healthy home consultant (raganella.com), thinks everyone deserves to experience health and well being. She helps nurture a more healthful and natural lifestyle by reducing the chemical burden that is common in many households. Her work is based on studies in permaculture, lotion & soap crafting, and herbalism.
Olivia Lane is a professional apartment cleaner and organizer offering creative, positive, and personalized eco-friendly service to Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene & Lower Manhattan. Visit www.olivialanehousekeeping.com for more info.
Liz Neves, healthy home consultant (raganella.com), thinks everyone deserves to experience health and well being. She helps nurture a more healthful and natural lifestyle by reducing the chemical burden that is common in many households. Her work is based on studies in permaculture, lotion & soap crafting, and herbalism.
Natural Beauty: Make-It-Yourself Body Care
Sunday, March 20th. Light potluck brunch potluck at 10am. Workshop 10:30am-12pm.
@ The Brooklyn Free School, 372 Clinton Ave. (btw Lafayette & Greene), Clinton Hill
Hosted by The Good Life
Hosted by The Good Life
Cost: $35 Non-Members/ $25 Grower Members/ Free Pollinators
Are you ready to get crafty making luxurious lotions, polishing cleansers, and other body care products? In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn the simple art of mixing up your very own customized goods that enhance your natural beauty. Many of the ingredients we'll work with can be found in your cupboard, or are easily located at your local grocery store. Everyone walks away with 3 products (all-over body cream, facial cleanser, body scrub, deodorant; subject to change).
Please bring: three 4-oz. glass containers (mason or baby food jars work great.) We will also have containers on hand to purchase if need be.
About Liz Neves of Raganella Healthy Home Consulting
Raganella means "tree frog" in Italian, and like a tree frog with permeable skin, I'm sensitive to polluting chemicals in our homes and environment. Everyone deserves to experience health and well being, and I help nurture a more healthful and natural lifestyle by reducing the chemical burden that is common in many households. By eliminating toxic chemical-based products from our homes and replacing them with simple and effective natural solutions, we can all get closer to enjoying the wealth of health.
I work one-on-one to help you achieve your healthy lifestyle goals. Workshops, in-home make-it-yourself parties, and my recently launched Community Supported Botanicals program are other ways to experience my services.
I'm passionate about helping people live in a healthier, just, and ecologically sound world. My work is based on my studies of permaculture, lotion & soap crafting, and herbalism. I'm also a big fan of composting and urban gardening. You can follow me on twitter @raganella7 or on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/raganella7.
Why Can't the Laundry Do Itself? Housekeeping for the Domestically Challenged
Wednesday, March 23th, 7:30- 8:30pm. Join us for vegan refreshments at 7pm.
@ The Brooklyn Free School, 372 Clinton Ave. (btw Lafayette & Greene), Clinton HillHosted by The Good Life
Cost: $12 suggested; Pay-What-You Wish. Bring a vegan snack to share if you can.
RSVP via EventBrite and/or the Facebook invitation.
Let’s face it: You’re busy and you like to have fun. Housework is time-consuming and you have 10 million things you’d rather be doing, that is, if you could stop tripping over the same pile of stuff on your way to do them.
Attend my workshop and learn not only how to fit housekeeping into your busy, fabulous, fun life, but learn how adopting a happy housekeeping practice can make your life even better. I’ll offer practical, personalized advice on how you can say goodbye to clutter and hello to all the good stuff you really need, want, and deserve. I’ll also share my secrets for making cleaning and organizing a sacred, self-healing and renewing ritual you’ll actually look forward to!
Participants will leave with an original, handmade mini-guide to eco-friendly housecleaning and a fresh perspective on life, love, and dust bunnies!
Olivia Lane is a Blogger, Green Living Educator, and Health Coach trained at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She's also author of Baking Soda & Bliss: The Healthy & Happy Guide to Green Cleaning.
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