Wellness Update

By Mary Muchowski

Progress continues on the projects we have developed for our grant from The California Wellness Foundation. We had one television advertisement air on local channels during October, November and December. Now we have another television advertisement regarding chemical cleaning and pesticide products (concept created by staff and produced by Brian Peterson of Peterson Pro Video) which has aired in March and will continue through April. We are also working on one more TV commercial called “Toxic Trail” that will be airing as soon as we get it produced.

Our new intern Adebusola Adekoyejo, and Karla Kent have been aiding staff and our contractor, Julia Murphy, with developing and revising materials for this grant. Our Alternative Cleaning Solution workshops continue to be well-received. After a slideshow presentation that details the harmful side-effects of many commercial household cleaning and pesticide products, we allow workshop participants to make their own alternative cleaning products using ingredients and bottles that are provided by BEC. If you know of a group that would like to have this presentation, give us a call at the BEC office. We also have a slideshow presentation on Alternative Lawn and Garden Care.

From the Spring 2010 issue of the Environmental News.