Architect, Aryo Falakrou includes the psychology of place when designing a home! Creating a place and a space is not just about what color the room is and where things go. According to Aryo, it's about indulging your senses to inspire imagination and creating a space that incorporates room for your interests to grow and change!Creating your eco-friendly home is a well rounded endeavor that needs to consider your body's wellness, your mental health, and your everyday happiness! Whether you're aging in place, a growing or shrinking family, or changing lifestyle patterns your home's architecture can impact how you feel, think, and what you do.Feeling stuck at home? Consider creating more space for lite movement, uncluttering your front doorway, and leaving shoes and a jacket near the door for quick exits. Feeling disconnected from your home? Create more spots around your house to do the things you love without leaving, spots to relax in while you are home, and bring in more natural light to provide the vitamin D your body gets while on the go (and look into biophilia)! Aryo has been an architect in Vancouver, British Columbia for 35 years and is the author of "Beyond Ages: A Smooth Transition to Independent Living." Visit myhomedesigner.com to learn more about Aryo!Want to hear Aryo on another podcast? Check out "Unleash Unapologetically: Visualize Your Lifestyle In The Home You Built."

Find out what home buyers really want (and don't)! When it comes to selling your house, making upgrades, or remodels how do you know you're making the right ones?According to the National Association of Home Builders, buyers want laundry rooms, ceiling fans, patios and decks, Energy Start appliances, hardwood floors, and energy efficient lighting!Learn along with me as I review the article "What Home Buyers Really Want" released in March 2021 as a "Special Study for Housing Economics" by Rose Quint regarding Economics and Housing Policy for the National Association of Home Builders.Link: https://www.nahb.org/-/media/NAHB/news-and-economics/docs/housing-economics-plus/special-studies/2021/special-study-what-home-buyers-really-want-march-2021.pdf.Related: Check out this article by Bigger Pockets Podcast on the best 7 ways to spend $5000 in a renovation budget! https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/5000-renovation-budget.Enjoy your eco-friendly home!

Time to learn about avoiding mold! Whether you’re learning for mold prevention or mold remediation, Cheryl Ciecko is the mold master. She is overflowing with information and we’ve only just turned the water on! But don’t fret, if the water spills over Cheryl knows how to clean it up prevent mold from growing :)You can certainly get more from this fountain of knowledge by taking Cheryl’s MOISTURE BASICS class (mentioned in the podcast), following her blog post, buying from her course BUNDLES, watching her YT channel, and visiting her website: Avoidingmold.com. Link to the FLASH SALE! (mentioned in last 5 minutes of episode)I hope to have another collaboration with Cheryl so stay tuned for more and please reach out to her or myself for comments, questions, or suggestions!Enjoy your eco-friendly and mold free home!Cheryl is also a LEED AP Architect- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Advance Professional (by the US Green Building Council)!

A combination of my own podcast review and exploring the 7 Petals of the Living Building Challenge! Here I place each of my podcast episodes into one of the seven Petals to explore why they fit there and how they are achieving the goals of each petal.The seven Petals of the Living Building Challenge are created and categorized by the International Living Future Institute. I am currently enrolled in the introductory course of this challenge and set to achieve accreditation within the next year!Additionally, this is my 24th podcast episode and felt like a good time to do some sort of audit. My podcast has featured topics that I did not expect to have which has been awesome and eye opening! It's also brought up the question, "What do people value in an eco-friendly home?"By placing my episodes in alignment with the seven Petals, I am able to see what areas I have covered and what areas I want to bring more attention to. This also helps reveal what type of work people value doing, topics people value discussing, and what eco-friendly changes have already been made accessible.  The seven Petals or categories listed are: Place, Water, Energy, Health & Happiness, Materials, Equity, and Beauty. I explore each Petal in detail so this is a great, in-depth learning opportunity!

At first glace, False Ego is a modern and thoughtful eco-friendly clothing brand. Upon second look, False Ego holds so much more!Found, Jevon Taylor, quickly dives into the ways he uses his sustainable apparel brand, and fantastic storefront location (on the same block as Denver Central Market, Patagonia, and Burton), as a "customer empowerment" tool! Through False Ego, he is able to enhance his community, build new community, showcase local artists and entrepreneurs, and work with other store fronts in the area to create physical and lasting POSITIVE CHANGE in the growing Five Points, RiNO district of Denver, CO!They even have an event page on their website with community care event like Platte River clean up days, which I was fortunate enough to attend!Interested in learning more about False Ego's manufacturing process? You'll find everything you want to know on their website, FalseEgo.eco; which makes it clear that TRANSPARENCY is one of their core values.Jevon has a great story to tell, so sit back, relax, turn off your False Ego, and become A Part of Everything!Location: 2650 Walnut St. Denver, Colorado.Website: https://falseego.eco/IG: @false_eg0 (that's a zero)FB: @falseeg0 (also a zero)

Archipelago Clubs of Denver, Colorado is a low cost ($125 a month) social club! Born out of unused spaces and great ideas, Archipelago holds event every weekend for their members to join and bring a guest to! I have been to one of their events in their Attic location - it was bright, fun, had so much space, character, and I met great people. That's what this social club is all about -  helping people meet people in unique environments that lead to lasting connections: People, Places, and ProgramsArchipelago Clubs have two locations here in Denver, The Attic (which has view of the Platte River, Elitch Gardens, and downtown Denver) and The Garage (which has a sauna and great outdoor patio space). They also have locations in Phoenix, Arizona called The Palm and The Speakeasy. If anyone has been to an archipelago please reach out to me on IG @moving.with.madison I would love to hear about your experiences :)

Welcome to my Eco-Friendly Home! Today we meet up with Michelle Ifversen of Design Well Studios (DWS) based in Portland, OR!Michelle is a biophilic designer and environmental wellness coach all wrapped into one person! And yes, she is that impressive!Come learn from Michelle all about testing your home environment for chemicals like formaldehyde, toxic mold, and electro magnetic frequencies (EMFs). At DWS, testing is the key component for living a healthy, wellness based, and even regenerative life! Without the certainty of home testing, you're just guessing when it comes to your home's health and wellness and your body's health and wellness. Additionally, Michelle has won design competitions that are based on biophilia (plants and nature). She incorporates nature into art pieces around the house and texturizes features to show off natural elements like movement and sunlight. Through this technique, even those without green thumbs can feel inspired by the great out doors!Books she mentions:What's Toxic, What's Not by Gary Ginsberg (Amazon link, not affiliated)Toxic by Dr. Neil Nathan (audible link)Neil's website

Part of having an eco-friendly home is having a clean home! Marjee and Marquise Wise co-own their own house cleaning business based in Boulder, CO. I worked on their team for six months and learned A LOT including best house keeping practices, places and spaces frequently forgotten (that actually make a drastic difference), and WHY Wise Cleaners uses nontoxic, green cleaning products.Marquise has a history of asthma and allergies so we also tap into common household allergies and why the green products are safe to use in all homes! We're also friends so this was an extra fun episode to record :)Marjee's mentions:"Think Dirty" App for rating you products."Branch Basics" bathroom cleaner, all purpose cleaner, and kitchen cleaner. Lastly, in my podcast from 2 weeks ago I interviewed Peyton's Potions, an essential oil based, nontoxic household cleaner. If you would like to check them out use my discount code ECOHOMES15 for 15% off!!Happy Cleaning!

Peyton’s Potion is an all natural, nontoxic household cleaner made with the highest quality essential oils, Colorado local, safe for children, pets, and even those with compromised immune systems! In fact, Peyton’s Potion was created by a dedicated mother, Jess Armstrong, with her son, Peyton Armstrong, while he was battling with acute lymphocytic leukemia, mixed lineage leukemia, and an infection.Jess learned from a book she was reading, “Love. Medicine, and Miracles” by Dr. Bernie Siegel, that people who advocate for their disease have better prognosis. So they used Peyton’s sense of smell, essential oils, and a natural chemist to create this product that is safe for him and other children with cancer. They donate 5% of every sale to Cure Search to support childhood cancer research. To purchase online check out their website: https://peytonspotion.com/Use my discount code ECOHOMES15 for 15% off! And if you are wanting to learn more or find products in a local store check out their blog and Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/peytonspotion/?hl=enAll Peyton’s Potions are sold in reusable, biodegradable, glass bottles and all refill concentrates of this all purpose cleaner are also sold in glass bottles!This is a fantastic product that I am so thankful to have on my podcast! It really smells amazing, very earthy and pure. I have started spraying it everywhere including my car, shoes, and desk! I have also started using it as a little hand sanitizer when I can and doing what Jess does, taking a zen moment from the naturally soothing aromas. However, I am almost out since recording to the time of this posting. So do be warned, you will use it all!! :)And because I cannot give you all of the details in the show notes, listen for the paper crane story! This explains their beautiful, hands-on logo!Links:Love Medicine and Miracles by Dr. Bernie Siegel http://berniesiegelmd.com/products-page/holistic-healing/love-medicine-miracles-lessons-learned-about-self-healing-from-a-surgeons-experience-with-exceptional-patients/ECOHOMES15Environmental Working Group (EWG) https://www.ewg.org/Hailey Armstrong daughter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZvQ0sS_HuMPranarom Essential Oils that Peyton’s Potion uses https://pranarom.us/products/essential-oils/

Cute and quick bonus content from our first conversation together. Elizabeth Boulos, The Ingredient Insider, and I chat about sugar alternatives and our favorite low-sugar bands!Links:Swerve - from New Orleans, LA and made from erythritol.https://swervesweet.com/aboutSimple Mills - my favorite premade cookies!https://www.simplemills.com/Lakanto - brownies sweetened with monk fruit and keto friendly. https://www.lakanto.com/products/sugar-free-low-carb-brownies