Planet Thrive

tent living

• The MCS Survivalist Guide: Tent Living ~ Parts 2 & 3
  by Lisa Pausmann | Parts 2 & 3 of this helpful guide to outdoor living when you have severe chemical and electrical sensitivities.
• The MCS Survivalist Guide: Tent Living ~ Part 1
  by Lisa Pausmann | Hundreds of people with severe chemical sensitivities will be homeless this year and many turn to camping for shelter. This guide is for those with MCS and little outdoor experience.
• InsideOut: Chapter 6 ~ A New Beginning
  by Jack Rossi | The nurse practitioner’s directives were clear; she didn’t mean spend some time outdoors, she meant remain completely outdoors. This meant no house, no amenities, no stores and if at all possible, no car.
• InsideOut: Chapter 3 ~ Changes
  by Jack Rossi | I couldn’t rationalize how my relationship with my environment had deteriorated so rapidly and severely. I literally felt like an alien abandoned on a very hostile planet.
• InsideOut: Chapter 2 ~ Evolution of an Illness
  by Jack Rossi | ...within five minutes I felt completely under the spell of this fragrance. My eyes felt irritated. I was light-headed. I felt my heart palpitating and my focus and attention became a quivering mass of jell-o.
• InsideOut: Chapter 1 ~ The Wonder Years
  by Jack Rossi | Instead of putting a little gasoline on a rag then spot cleaning my hands, I would pour a couple tablespoons of the liquid into my palm and scrub my hands together to wash the paint off.
• InsideOut: Introduction
  Jack Rossi's memoir of his experience with MCS, being forced outdoors and his insight into the Vermont landscape, health and healing and the fragile planet we inhabit.