Find a Safer Home

Liz Smentowski and Scott Killingsworth talk to Julie Genser and Julie Laffin, the co-founders of re|shelter, to find out more about the non-profit’s origins and future goals.

Re|shelter is a new non-profit organization forming to address the urgent need for housing alternatives for people with environmental intolerances.

Mary Rives and Keith Carlson recap their seven-month “excellent adventure” across America in search of a chemical-free intentional community to call home.

This is the story of how Loe Griffith has faced the challenges of chemical and electrical hypersensitivities (MCS and EHS), and how she adapted to her sensitivities and made a life in southern Arizona.

Joy Beach Thomas shares her experience building houses on speculation for the environmentally intolerant, an investment that has brought her many happy returns.

The owner of Eco-Casitas for Traveling Canaries in Espanola, New Mexico shares tips for running your own MCS guest house.

One lucky artist may be the new owner of this 3 bedroom house located in Sanford, Maine — if they can write the winning essay for the Artist’s House Essay Contest.

When challenged with severe chemical sensitivities, bed frames, mattresses, sheets and bedding can become huge obstacles between you and a night of stress-free, rejuvenative sleep. Julie Genser surveyed the MCS community to find creative solutions to the problem.

Natural gas appliances are a big no-no for people with environmental illness. Julie Genser surveys those with chemical and electrical sensitivities in her local community to see what they are cooking with.

A young woman with Asperger’s Syndrome writes about the struggles and gifts that chemical sensitivity has brought into her life over the past few years.

Inspired by the traditional gypsy caravan, called a “vardo,” Mokihana and Pete decided to build their own safe home on the bed of a trailer. The result was a labor of love that celebrated a nomadic, gypsy life, and involved deep internal exploration.

An interview with Lynn Argent, a Canadian with severe chemical sensitivities (MCS) who started a podcast series, website, and blog collectively known as “Living in a Chemical Soup.”

A woman with severe chemical sensitivities must grow her own food to control its purity in the high desert of Arizona.

An essay on why architects and designers must build beyond green to meet the housing needs of all of society, not just those of the fit and healthy.

One brave woman’s global search for clean air: for the past four years, Mirjam has spent time in Canada, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and Brazil to evaluate the local conditions for eventual emigration.

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