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safer housing

• Artist Monet Clark on Disability Rap this Friday 12-1pm PST
  Performance artist and severe MCS/CFS survivor Monet Clark will be speaking with radio host and disability rights activist Ana Acton on her radio show "Disability Rap" this Friday from 12-1pm PST.
• Housing non-profit re|shelter’s Holiday 2011 auction underway
  Starting bids have been set at 50% (or more) below retail value. This is a great opportunity to get the Gupta or Hopper brain retraining programs at bargain basement prices!
• Last day to submit donations for re|shelter auction
  Today is the last day to submit your auction donation form for the re|shelter auction to benefit those on the verge of homelessness due to severe environmental intolerances.
• Re|shelter Holiday Auction: A call for in-kind donations
  Re|shelter, the non-profit 501(c)(3) charity recently formed to address the housing crisis for those displaced by disabling environmental intolerances, is planning their first fundraising event: a Holiday Auction on eBay.
• HOMESICK movie in last stages of production
  Santa Fe-based singer Susan Abod needs our help to finish her movie HOMESICK, a powerful new film on environmental illness and the desperate housing situation many with the condition are faced with.
• Updated schedule for ecoTECH’s Living Sanctuary prototype
  Due to construction delays, the ecoTECH Living Sanctuary prototype will be completed toward the end of August, 2011.
• MCS housing prototype available soon for testing
  EcoTECH Design Studio's MCS housing prototype unit is being installed in Pennsylvania and will be available this July for testing by interested parties.
• Re|shelter approved for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
  Having tax-exempt status opens up a world of fundraising opportunities for new safer housing non-profit "re|shelter" in 2011 and beyond.
• Safer housing resources consolidated onto re|shelter website
  The free safer housing listings and resources found on the former MCSsafehomes.com website have been merged into reshelter.org.
• Safer housing checklists now on MCSsafehomes.com
  MCSsafehomes.com has just published several comprehensive checklists to help guide both chemically sensitive househunters and homeowners looking to rent or sell to chemically sensitive clients.
• New from re|shelter: Shelter Angels Network (SAN) beta
  A free blogging service to help those in housing crisis due to disabling environmental intolerances appeal to their personal community for critical fundraising in the absence of other resources.
• Swiss teamwork creates non-toxic apartments
  Fifteen apartments built for people with chemical sensitivities are scheduled to be completed near Zurich, Switzerland in 2013.
• Contaminated safe home – help!
  Dear Dr. Rea, I bought a "safe" house about two years ago and have slept in it off and on. For some reason when I sleep in there recently I have a major hangover in the morning, depression and altered mind.
• Julie Genser and Julie Laffin talk about re|shelter, their new non-profit
  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.
• New non-profit to address MCS housing crisis
  Re|shelter is a new non-profit organization forming to address the urgent need for housing alternatives for people with environmental intolerances.
• MCS and the Search for a Safe Community
  Mary Rives and Keith Carlson recap their past seven months on the road across America in search of a chemical-free ecovillage to call home.
• A Winding Path
  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.
• Defining home
  We can experience some amount of healing by recreating our vision of home and reestablishing a connection with "home" being a positive thing in our lives.
• $50K for MCS housing projects – VOTE TODAY!
  Get your vote in today for James Van Raden's entry in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge for affordable MCS housing!
• non-toxic lifestyle
  Keep your exposure to chemicals, mold, and electromagnetic fields (EMFs) to a minimum in order to maximize your health.
• Interview with Laurie Tümer, MCS Landlord
  The owner of Eco-Casitas for Traveling Canaries in Espanola, New Mexico shares tips for running your own MCS guest house.
• Environmentally sensitive need young champion for their cause
  Hannah Taylor is only 11 years old and has already raised over a million dollars to fight homelessness in Canada through her charity The Ladybug Foundation.
• Artists: Win a 3 Bedroom House in Maine!
  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.
• Hope for MCS/EI housing communities?
  A general contractor/developer from Fargo, North Dakota appeared on Facebook.com last week to announce his interest in tackling the housing crisis of the chemically sensitive.
• A Few Select Safer Condos in Dallas Being Offered for Sale
  As of December 1, 2009, a few select Regina Caeli Environmental Condos in Dallas are being offered for sale at $105,000. Buyers may be eligible for the Homebuyers Tax Credits, available until April 30, 2010.
• Nesting Instinct: A Survey of Bedding Options for the Chemically Sensitive
  Julie Genser presents an array of sleeping solutions for those unable to tolerate chemicals in conventional mattresses and bedding materials.
• Safe Houses: Only for the affluent?
  Barbara Eaton, president of a regional chapter of The National Association of the Physically Handicapped, writes about how people with MCS who have few resources end up as housing refugees.
• In search of a non-toxic home
  July 24, 2009 LA Times health feature and photo essay on Kathy Hemenway and her non-toxic house in Snowflake, Arizona.
• A Gypsy Life: Notes from the Diaspora
  Mokihana and Pete of Washington state discuss their journey with chemical sensitivity, building a tiny safe home on wheels, and their gypsy lifestyle.
• New healthier housing site: MCSsafehomes.com
  Planet Thrive's new free service for safer housing & trailer listings.
• Home Sweet Non-Toxic Home
  Th concept of home is universal, shared among not only the cultures of the world but much of the animal world as well, from nesting birds to burrowing rodents, to sea creatures to snails that are born with a home on their back.