First of all I want to say hello. My friend PatricBull refered me here. We usually stay at shroomotopia.com and shroomtalk.com but I think you will see a lot more of me. Anyway on the topic of green homes, I am an Indoor Air Quality Specialist as well as an IAQ/ Mold Inspector and Biocide Applicator. I started selling products for a healthier living technology company about a year ago. It was an mlm but I was reluctant to go that route even though I have seen so many reviews about the company ranking it #1 on both compensation and the opportunity itself. The reason the market is so great though is because of going green. From a single cleaner that is enzyme based you can get rid of all your other cleaners, granted I don't make much on the cleaner it is helping the environment so I give out samples when I can. I would rather have them buy them from someone else than not at all because I am not in it for the money as much as I am in it to help people. I am 29 and recently found out I have the beginning of COPD (Cardio Obstructive Pulminary Disease) and this summer there were a couple days when it was hott and smoggy and I couldn't breathe. I went in my neighbors and I still was having problems. As soon as I got in my house I was fine and I am sure it is because of the purifier. Whenever I lend them out the mold grows back in my bathroom on curtains etc. They kill bacter, viruses and mold and they are energy efficient. It was in the NextGen house in 2005. It is the same technology as the space station uses to keep the air clean. As far as the nutritional stuff goes I have only tried the Enzyme Diet Superfood. It can be used 2 a day for a diet shake or one a day for a supliment. It basically has all the digestive enzymes your body needs and complete whole food vitamins and the chealated active enzyme deliver system makes sure your body gets all of it. The tag line is "creating weight loss that stays lost" because it supports your metabolic system so your body burns fat effectively instead of storing it. There are fat burning enzymes as well. The newest thing though, which isn't released is a windmill for homes that is under $5k. It is set up so that someone could finance (I can't because I am not set up like that) but the idea is they finance for 3 yrs and that is $180 a month. That is less than the average electric bill so you can have electricity for less a month and in 3 yrs nothing a month....so that is all renewable energy, it will never run out. I have no idea the realease date. I do more shmoozing over the new stuff then actually selling it. The Air system breaks down the moisture in the air to create hydrogen peroxide and other friendly oxidisers to kill germs and mold on surfaces. KSU found it killed 99.7% of bacteria, viruses and fungus on surfaces and reduced 90%+ of the bioaerosols in the first 60 min according to the university of cincinnatti. I think the best part of this business is we meet lots of people and we help influencing them to go green. Like for instance, you can't use glade plug ins with our air purifier or it creates a poison. Plug ins are poison already so they have no place in a home. Plus the air units destroy odors anyway so they wont need it after. That is when I usually throw in a sample of the Eco H Cleaner. I really would like to find some like minded people to work with on this, so if anyone wants to be in business for themselves but not by themselves all while helping the planet hit me up. I am gonna ask on a few other boards as well. I make decent money but it would be nice if I had friends to work with that were more like me. My email is art.fontaine@gmail.com or nhmoldinspector@aol.com My cousin had a cleaner made of some kitchen spice that was green tumeric maybe? anyone try anything like that? This stuff smelled awful, eco h has no odor and even 1/2 tsp to 2 qts water and you have window cleaner better than windex.
The three major trends driving the industry are Clean Air, Clean water, and healthy bodies and that new lifestyle mentality isn't going anywhere, so we can expect to see more retail giants going green and being concerned about the quality of air they breathe. Mt Sinai School School of Medicing proved mold causes brain damage and learning disabilities, so along with going green schools and such need to be concerned about indoor air quality (IAQ) so going green can help because all the cleaners like lysol are toxic. Lysol was found to cause instant dislexia in children when they sprayed it near the face. So all that stuff is a coctail floating in the air, plus the woodwork, paint and plastic offgassing chemicals. NORMI just tested the smaller air unit on formaldehyde and it completely destroyed it which is amazing since it is such a complex chemical. So it can surely break down paint and furniture VOC's and destroy mycotoxins from mold.
I didn't realize there was a small business opportunity thread, if one of the mods could move it, I would appreciate it. Thanks!