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Adventures In Humaning – Extreme Indoor Environment Series: Part 1 – Bacteria

Bacteria 03-01This week, we delve deep into an interesting topic.  We challenge you to expand your definition of what you consider to be an extreme environment.

Normally, we consider extreme environments to be those that test the very limits of human survivability. We take this perspective, twist it around, and pose a new question. What if the environment that we normally consider most safe, docile and mundane, is actually the most extreme environment?

We are talking about our modern, updated, sterile, climate controlled homes. Our artificially lit, heated, cooled, cleaned manufactured and furnished home environment.

We encourage you to join us, in this meandering conversation with an open mind and a curious spirit.

Join the conversation on Twitter on Facebook or carrier pigeon. I think Frank would dig that.

 

Here are the show notes, references, and other tomfoolery:

In case you were wondering about our intro… Cats purr, a biological explanation

Extreme environments that bacteria live in:

Humans have existed in the indoor environment only relatively recently in the evolutionary context of the entire species. 

“You adapt to what you do physically 100% of the time” ~Katy Bowman

How hospitals create superbugs. 

Are we inadvertently suporting an environment where we create a catalyst for superbugs?

Geologic time scale perspective. 

We have a long-standing relationship with bacteria.

The microbiome and clothes…

Infrared  and ultraviolet  disinfecting and or cleansing effect on bacteria, skin water bottling.

Kombucha 

The dangers of over washing And over sanitizing your hands

The story of the doctor and the handwashing fad. 

Soil bacteria – Spores,

Soil based probiotics – Megaspore probiotic.

Bacteria spray for litter boxes. Mother dirt?

Polyface farms and sustainable biomimicked agricultural systems

Natural household cleansers

Conventional raised store-bought eggs the case for refrigeration.

The shells of eggs are porous, nature has already devise and implemented incredible safety and preservation techniques. 

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The Roots of Health – Episode 63: Urban Wood with Josh Rice of Baraboo Woodworks

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Here on The Roots of Health, I like to explore the disconnect between our health and our modern environment, and it’s no secret that the health of your environment is directly related to the health of yourself. I like to approach the health of our environment from an ancestral perspective. Whereas we used to hunt and gather for our food, today we have a food system that brings us food from all around the world. The disconnect there is that we no longer eat local foods in season year-round, and that may some affect on our health for the long-term. And even more, the carbon emissions required to ship food around the world increase may be altering our climate in ways that we never predicted. But it’s not just our food system that has had major changes on our modern environment. Once upon a time, we harvested wood from our own land to build homes and furniture. Just as the farm to table movement is infiltrating our economies, so is the ‘wood to table’ movement, also known as the urban wood movement.

I recently talked with Josh Rice of Baraboo Woodworks about the opportunity and importance of harvesting urban wood to put to use locally. It’s about going back to basics, changing the way we consume and make things, creating quality, handcrafted artisan heirloom furniture, supporting your local economy, and sustainable environmental practices.

Learn about the modern disconnect with respect to your furniture, a piece from Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers, a clip Greenovation TV about urban wood, the Wisconsin Urban Wood group, learn about the emerald ash borer, ideas about how to turn your tree into a table, and locate someone to build you a piece of furniture out of your own tree.

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The Roots of Health: Explore the disconnect between your health, and your modern environment.

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The Roots of Health – Episode 56: Can Jaswig change your health and our world?

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One of my primary messages is that our environment shapes us. Our environment literally shapes our bodies, our health, our mental state. If you want to change your body, your health, your mental state, you need to change your environment.

Over the past year on The Roots of Health, I’ve interviewed a number of guests who have helped me to relay this message. [Check out the previous episodes if you’re curious about any of these shows] I’ve chatted with Katy Bowman about casts in our modern environment and why it’s important to re-define movement in your life. I’ve chatted with Scott Robsion about how our modern environment shapes your body and Juliet Starrett about her mission to get stand up desks in front of all school children within 10 years time to keep their bodies and minds healthy. Kit Perkins of Ergodriven told me about the Topo Mat, an antifatigue mat designed to drive dynamic movement, to keep your body in motion in your environment. Dayna Baumeister of Biomimicry 3.8 shared her story of healing breast cancer by creating an environment in her body that was conducive to life. I talked with Cathryn Nagler whose research team discovered an important link between the environment in your gut and your propensity for food allergy. Jasmina Agonovic talked to us the importance of treating our bodies as the ecosystems that they. Jane Antonovich helped to give us a feel about how all of the stuff in your environment is influencing your wellbeing. And finally, Coach Stevo of Habitry gave us some ideas about how to change your habits and environment.

And this show is no different. Mathias Ellegiers and his colleagues at Jaswig, are on a mission to make you feel better, to give you more freedom, to improve your health and productivity, and to help you know that you’ve made a socially and environmentally responsible choice in your life. They’ve created a stand up desk, and a movement to improve the environment and to educate our youth about their connection to the environment and what that means for their health.

Mathias and I chat about what Jaswig is, about their business model that is influenced by biomimicry and the circular economy, the story behind their business, I describe their desk, we talk about the larger mission of their company (hint: awareness about your environment & your health), who was the desk designed for?, we refer to Stand Up Kids (hear my interview with Juliet Starrett here), in light of their business model, we chat about what will happen to the desks after they’ve lived their useful lives, learn about the opportunities to work with Jaswig to support educational outreach.

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