| WELLNESS / ECOSALON HOME Aug 29, 2008 at 5:00 am by Sarah Irani Honey for Healing I’ve always considered honey more of a medicine than a food, considering that eating small amounts of raw, local honey can help build immunities to pollen allergies. And now honey - specifically New Zealand Manuka honey - has been shown to have another medical purpose: dressing wounds. Manuka honey (Leptospermum scoparium) has incredible antibacterial properties - even against antibiotic resistant strains. It can be eaten by the spoonful (truly your "spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down") or applied to cuts and scrapes for healing. But in a hospital setting, you can’t run around slathering patients with honey. That’s where Derma Sciences comes in. Derma Sciences has created MediHoney, an FDA approved wound dressing, perfectly appropriate for home or hospital care. MediHoney can be used for burns, leg ulcers, and traumatic and surgical wounds of all varieties. This product is a safe and natural way to prevent infections and promote healing. The Earth Mama in me is excited, because MediHoney is yet another example of science and medicine catching up to what Mother Nature has known all along. Now let's hope the bees will stick around... Image: AlainB ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
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| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Aug 22, 2008 at 5:00 am by Mike Sowden 9 Life-Changing Inventions the Experts Said Would Never Work The lightbulb. The telephone. Email. If you're a specialist in your field, there are two ways to become a household name: create something new...or claim it can never be done. If you want to be remembered on the Internet, choose the second one. Here are 9 examples of breakthroughs, inventions and innovations the experts were completely wrong ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Aug 20, 2008 at 10:22 am by Sarah Irani 10 Handy Green Gadgets You'll Love to Use Just because we women like the latest green design and fashion trends doesn't mean we're not into green technology, too. I happen to be equally techie and earth mama myself - and I know plenty of women who are nuts about technology. Here are some useful green gadgets you'll have fun with: ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Aug 15, 2008 at 12:56 pm by Mike Sowden Eco Links to Green Your Weekend Just before you go off and enjoy your hard-earned weekend, we'd like to tell you about these... .jpg){kind=small} Lifehacker is keen for us to save a little money by powering down our computers - and they recommend using ...Read MoreRelated Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Aug 12, 2008 at 6:00 am by Mike Sowden The 8 Weirdest Ways We'll Generate Electricity in the Future To meet our future energy requirements, we need to rely on a huge range of alternative sources. Let's not forget the whimsical beginnings of our efforts to harness electricity (I'm referring to the kite of Benjamin Franklin). It's only fitting that electricity generation technologies come from left field. ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Aug 11, 2008 at 9:43 am by Mike Sowden A Passive Approach to Reducing Your Power Bill The best way to heat your home is with your body. That's the belief of the passive house school of eco-friendly architecture. Its buildings avoid the energy-wasting constraints of conventional heating and cooling designs, in favor of technologies (triple-pane glazing, for example) that circulate and regulate temperature ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Aug 4, 2008 at 10:25 am by Mike Sowden Radical Prefab Eco Houses: Which Would You Choose? In the future, will all houses come ready to assemble? Prefabricated housing couldn't be more eco-fashionable, and it's not hard to see why. Whether temporary or permanent, a flat-pack house can go pretty much anywhere (as long as you have water & electricity supplies - and permission!). And it's increasingly affordable: the ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Aug 15, 2008 at 10:34 am by Kim Derby Eco-Concrete by Gore Design Co. Fortunately, we’ve reached the point where it is not only un-cool, but offensive when companies ignore their footprint and don’t face eco-reality. Despite the plethora of green-going ventures out there, I’m still impressed when I come across another design studio forging ahead, breaking new green ground without compromising creative ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Aug 13, 2008 at 5:00 am by Kim Derby Steam-Bent and Rolling Through A Garden Near You According to our calendars, summer is almost over. Kids are returning home from camp, school supplies are being purchased and I’m wondering where the time goes. Want your summer to last forever? The Rolling Summer House may be just ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| FASHION / ECOSALON HOME Aug 12, 2008 at 5:30 am by Carlie Partridge Pioneering Luxury with Osklen Brazillian designer Oskar Metsavaht is riding the leading wave in the world of eco-luxury with his Osklen brand. His environmental thinking is embodied in stunning collections inspired by Brazillian beachwear, Tahitian motifs and a marvelous range of fabrics, from high-tech threads to pupunha wood ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |