How much time do you spend in your home and office?

Have you carefully read the stay safe messages on your latest cell phone?

Do you ever get the feeling you're going to be physically sick just by entering into your home or an office building?

Why do we commonly use engineered wood products to make cabinets, furniture, and wall paneling when we know these emit deadly pollutants like formaldehyde?

That means whether you're aware of it or not, you're breathing a toxic cocktail of chemicals right in the comfort of your own home's air supply, right?

Why are you so stressed out?

You might be wondering why stress is a problem...we touch on the mental impact...or just maybe we're all imagining we're living in carefree and safe environments: http://hubpages.com/hub/why-are-you-so-stressed-out

Foam furniture padding and more contain flame retardants which are highly toxic and evidence of PBDEs, are now showing up in breast milk.

Maybe its because your body is exposed and absorbs all sorts of dangerous hazards, even potentially toxic substances that exist freely all around you everyday...

When it comes to the types of chemicals floating around most homes and office buildings this is only the tip of the iceberg.

The typical automobile and building is designed with a host of cost-effective ways to use magnetic, volatile plastics and organic compounds which release invisible toxic gases...

Just jump into your car on a warm or hot day and the vapours are almost visible and very toxic.

What about those overhead fluorescent light buzzing ever feel cloudy minded, daunted and confused or drained of energy?

Engineered wood products commonly used to make cabinets, furniture, wall paneling and more emit pollutants such as formaldehyde into your home's air.

Modern furniture, electrical appliances, paints, cleansers, air fresheners, vinyl floors, carpets, upholstery fabrics, and much more...

Can significantly impact your health without you even being aware of it causing cancer and damage to your liver, kidney and central nervous system.

All these toxic gasses emitted are found circulating indoors through the air of new buildings which have been found to average 20 to 40 mg per m3.

Adverse health effects may begin with exposure at just 10 mg per m3.

Many of the timbers products, that are used for decks, outdoor building, and playground equipment are pressure-treated with chemical arsenic pesticides.

The environment in which you live and work very dramatically impacts your state of mind too.

Perhaps you've heard about Feng Shui...if your living space is cluttered, it's proven to be a burden on your energy levels.

Now if you feel trapped or closed in a small office environment, your thinking and productivity will not be at its best because the actual height of the ceiling can impact the way you think.

To be calm, relaxed and happy, not to mention being productive emotionally and physically, you must surround yourself in an inspiring living environment.

Ok...now the practical tips:

You may not want to tear down your home and build a new natural home or office for yourself...

But you can make small changes to bring more natural, aesthetically pleasing and healthy materials into your living spaces.

Remember, even little changes, simple steps can turn your home into a green environment using natural materials like bamboo flooring.

Avoiding all chemical cleansers, air fresheners and detergents, and switching to natural varieties instead.

Installing full-spectrum lighting to bring the benefits of natural sunlight indoors.

Simply adding plenty of houseplants to your home and office creates a bit of nature.

And getting outside to spend some time in a natural environment as often as possible for both your physical and mental well-being.

Have you ever spent time in an environment that invigorated your body and mind, calmed your nerves and inspired you to think clearly and creatively?

Chances are high it was in a natural living biology...and this is in nature the holistic approach of bau-biologie...

Building biology is promotes "the use of healthy building principles as a means to improve living and work spaces.

The relationship between building and environment, intertwining the nurturing feelings of nature with the places in which you live and work..