Articles about EcoNest and Baker-Laporte & Associates

• Unwanted Exposure: Making the bedroom an EMF-free sanctuary

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• Eliminating EMFs in the bedroom.

  Featured in "From House to Home" by Paula Baker-Laporte

  February/March 2009

• Building Biology 101

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• Just as wellness is more than the absence of disease, a healthy home means far more than a toxin-free environment.

  Featured in "Natural Home Magazine" by Paula Baker-Laporte

  January/February 2009

• For the Birds

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• While creating a healthy home for her beloved parrots, a New Mexico eco-developer gets an education in green living.

  Featured in "Natural Home Magazine" by Paula Baker-Laporte

  January/February 2009

• Kemp Lake Oasis: A Labour of Love

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• The Conwright home on Kemp Lake Road is an innovative home utilizing green technology.

  Featured in "Sooke News Mirror" by Jim Sinclair

  October 2008

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• Spaces of Spirit and Straw: Learn Why People are Building Green

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• The wondrous and perhaps alchemical permutations of clay, straw, water and wood have always provided New Mexicans with structures of sublime beauty and comfort.

  Featured in "April 2006" by Elmo Baca

• Healing by Design

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• Creating a living space that can relieve illness and promote good health is less complicated - and less expensive - than you may think.

  Featured in "Santa Fe Trend" by Nancy Zimmerman

  Winter/Spring 2006

• EcoNest Building Company

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• Designing and building human nests.

  Featured in "Santa Fe Real Estate (Santa Fe New Mexican)" by Paul Weiderman

  January 2006

• The Healthful House

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• Natural, sustainable materials are gentle on the environment and on the homeowners.

  Featured in "Inspired House" by Paula Baker-Laporte

  April 2005

• Yoga Journal’s Guide to Bringing Yoga Home

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• Harmonious Homes, eco-dwellings that shelter the soul and protect the planet.

  Featured in "Yoga Journal" by Molly Culbertson

  October 2003

• Home Free

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• A simple blueprint for restoring body and soul.

  Featured in "Alternative Medicine" by Sally Lehrman

  September 2003

• Breathing Room

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• In the foothills of Santa Fe, a pair of globe-trotting yoga teachers build a house as healthy as they are.

  Featured in "Organic Style" by Kelly Tagore

  January/February 2003

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• Building Healthful Homes

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• A centuries-old building technique combines timber and clay to create durable homes in New Mexico. Home designed by Baker-Laporte and Associates and built by the EcoNest Building Company.

  Featured in "Fine Homebuilding annual issue on Houses" by Paula Baker-Laporte

  Summer 2002

• Casa Natura

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• The Stanton Residence designed by Baker-Laporte and Associates and built by EcoNest Building Company.

  Featured in "Natural Home" by Linda Mason Hunter

  May/June 2002

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• A Breath of Fresh Air

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• A husband-wife designer-builder team relies on natural materials and a tradition of craftsmanship to create their healthy New Mexico home.

  Featured in "Natural Home" by Linda Mason Hunter

  March 2002

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Articles by Paula Baker-Laporte

• Tips for a Healthy Home

• A Home Buyer's Healthy Home Checklist

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• Healthy Building

• Why build a healthy home? Is there cause for concern?

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• Healthy Houses

• Architectural and building practices can create either sick buildings or healthy buildings.

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• Building Biology and the Healthy House

• Until about 25 years ago, indoor air pollution was a very limited phenomenon, but three basic things have changed in the evolution of building technology resulting in the current widespread concern about the environmental quality inside our homes.

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• Nesting Instinct

• Can a home with clay-straw walls replace the log cabin as the ultimate symbol of green living?

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• My Story: An Introduction

• The first in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide

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• Biological Compatibility and Ecological Performance, or What does cooking dinner have in common with building a home?

• The second in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• Are We Unwitting Guinea Pigs?

• The third in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• Essential Elements: Earth, Air, Water, Fire

• The fourth in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• We Shape Our Buildings…

• The fifth in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• The Romance of Fire

• The sixth in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• Air – What the Nose Knows

• The seventh in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• Ions, Winds, Waterfalls and Well-being

• The eighth in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• Are Your Cows Amorous? Insights on Siting Your Home

• The ninth in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• My Earthen Floors

• The tenth in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• Confessions of a CFL Detractor

• The eleventh in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• PERS vs HERS

• The twelfth in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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• Building Science on Steroids

• The seventeenth in a series of columns titled Healthy Home Corner. Reprinted courtesy of Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.

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