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Wow, this is a truly non-toxic paint, and it’s going to be sold exclusively at Home Depot. It’s called Freshaire Choice, and it’s a zero VOC paint. According to the EPA, the air inside a home is, on average, two-to-five-times more polluted than the air outside. Paint is a large contributing factor to poor indoor air quality and can emit harmful chemicals, such as VOCs, for years after application.
Another innovative feature of this line of paint is that the tints are also zero VOC. It’s the first paint that can make this claim — on average, up to 150 grams of VOCs are added back into paint once the color is mixed. That means that even if you buy a boutique, all natural paint, as soon as you tint it to the color you desire, you just defeated all the work you put into locating and purchasing the paint (except for naturally pigmented paints, like clay paints).
The Freshaire tinting system uses pre-measured packets of dry tint that color the paint without adding any VOCs to the paint. This zero VOC system is an industry first. No other tint system for paint can make this claim. Another innovation is that the tint comes in a packet that dissolves into the paint completely. By using pre measured, standardized packets, Freshaire ensures consistent colors no matter when you buy more paint. The only drawback to the system is that you can only use the 65 colors that are currently available — so no custom matching.
Freshaire Choice has a GreenGuard certification (one of the most stringent independent test laboratories in the United States).
Freshaire uses 100% recycled materials for the can, the can is recyclable when you are done, 75% recycled fiber material is used for the can’s label, the label is printed with soy ink. Another innovation is that the paint chips are also completely recyclable as well being made from recycled materials. As far as I know, only Freshaire allows you to recycle actual sample paint chips.
The Freshaire Choice Paint will be exclusively available at The Home Depot nationwide beginning April 1, 2008. The one-gallon containers will be sold at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $35 – 38. The Freshaire Choice Paint product assortment consists of flat, eggshell and semi-gloss finishes, as well as drywall interior primer and ceiling paint. For more information or to request a free sample, visit www.thefreshairechoice.com or call 1-866-880-0304.
Source: http://www.metaefficient.com/paint/innovative-zero-voc-paint-to-be-sold-at-home-depot.html
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
source: http://depletion.blogspot.com/
Relativity Dogma & Truth
Relativity – The doctrine that measurements and perceptions are true
only in relation to a given observer at a given place and
time.
Dogma – A generally held set of formulated beliefs.
Truth – The actual state of things.
“If you own a hammer… every problem looks like a nail.”
So what?
Of course reality is objective; That is a trite truism. What am I supposed to do about the things I don’t know I’m not aware of? Magically become aware of them somehow? Of course not… But our relative perceptions of truth, and the expression of these beliefs as dogma in our lives, have an insidious and dangerous potential to pigeon-hole our critical thinking in subtle ways. It is this conundrum which is at the root of our struggle to make good choices. What you are doing today, is most likely what you will be doing tomorrow. Our default positions, developed through our lives, describe a set of assumptions about ourselves & our world. We coalesce meaning from the vapor of nuance, deriving a set of values based on our experiences. Absent new information, we assume our core values to be correct; that is to say consistent with objective reality. But the very nature of objective reality itself implies that all our acknowledged truths, are subject to the vagaries of perception. As with the story of the 3 blind men & the elephant, each will perceive a different aspect of the same larger reality, glimpsing only this small fraction of truth upon which their own objective reality is based. And this is precisely the problem. It is the common assumptions we make, which blind us to the bigger picture. We are all slaves to our own version of truth, held captive in a prison we can neither see, nor feel… The worst part of this captivity, is that it replicates itself, and grows stronger over time. We hijack those elements which fit our existing worldview, further entrenching & hardening our positions. Everyone who can read this blog, is firmly entrenched in the western values & dogma, which tells you that we can overcome the terrible challenges of life on Earth. We have all but conquered hunger, disease & illness, slavery, poverty… the list is almost endless. But this is only an illusion of our relative perception of truth. The larger reality says that in spite of, (or perhaps even because of), modern agriculture more starve today than ever before. The highest standard of living ever known to man, is accompanied by unprecedented poverty in never before seen numbers. Unparalleled advances in energy efficiency have propelled our consumption of energy to unseen heights. The freedom our ancestors provided for us through great sacrifice does not make you free. Freedom is something you do… not something you have. The truth is that none of these”modern advances” we cherish have delivered on their promises of a better tomorrow. Instead, they have ushered in an era of unprecedented poverty, misery, suffering and death which shows no sign of retreating. The problem dear Brutus, lies not within our stars… but within ourselves. The punchline here is that actual reality does not respect our dogmatic beliefs… or even know of such nonsense. As the impoverished, huddled masses are discovering as I write this…
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