Archive for May, 2012

Horst Rechelbacher sold Aveda to Estee Lauder in 1997 and founded Intelligent Nutrients, a personal care line based on organic food-grade ingredients, in 2008.(organic spa magazine, May-June 2012)

Before opening the doors at One Green Street I thought Aveda was the purest personal care and cosmetics line out there. The packaging, smells, branding and Oh the price….I thought this must be the best there is!  Well…..I am not going to bad mouth Aveda but instead encourage you to visit www.safecosmetics.org and see for yourself how SAFE the line, now in the hands of Estee Lauder really is!

It took me a year and a half to find a haircare line I felt comfortable putting on my shelves or my head for that matter.  Then finally…I read about Intelligent Nutrients. Horst is a man of his time, after he sold Aveda he shifted focus to Intelligent Nutrients, a health and beauty company that lives to the highest standards of 100% food-based, safe, non-toxic and organic ingredients.

They say at the launch of Intelligent Nutrients, Horst drank his hair spray out of a champagne glass! He and I are both big believers that if you wouldn’t eat it you should not put it on your skin!

I highly recommend you give Intelligent Nutrients a try and doing my part to encourage you if you mention this post I will take 20% off your entire Intelligent Nutrients purchase!

The rhythm of her hula hoop put me in a trance….her dreadlocks swaying in concert with her hips and the hoop. Hairy armpits and legs, a not so firm belly exposed for all to see, see moved to the music with such confidence and joy I couldn’t keep my eyes off of her!

I experienced so many feelings and emotions that day…Houston, Texas, the Energy Capital of the world hosting a Sustainable Living Fest! Individuals coming together to demonstrate that living a sustainable lifestyle can be fun, sexy, functional and life changing.

What I learned this day is that any city in the world can move towards sustainability if it’s people…it’s soldiers….it’s eco-warriors come together with the same passion and determination to make a difference in their community, city, state and world.

It was HOT! but it could have been 30 degrees…people laughing, smiling, dancing, making new friends and connecting with old ones. I don’t mean to be dramatic but I really don’t think Houston will ever be the same after this unbelievable event! I am so proud and honored to have been part of it all.

The leaders, partners and collaborators of this event showed Houstonians they mean business. The movement to make Houston a more sustainable city is here to stay! Those that will join hands and run with us will grow and prosper in ways they never thought possible. Those that say “This doesn’t affect me..” or “I don’t believe in this stuff” will sooner or later join us as the movement continues to grow.

There will be another Sustainable Living Fest in 2013 and I for one plan on being involved on many levels. No turning back now…the word is out! Houston is not just the Energy Capital of the World but a city on the brink of being one of the most Sustainable this country has ever known and that’s something I want to be part of…..