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Book Reviews
Australian Complementary Health Association - April 1997
THE HEALTHY HOUSE by
Sydney & Joan Baggs,
Harpers Collins Publishers, Sydney1996, 256 pages. RRP $39,95
Subtitled 'the Gaian approach
to creating, healthy and environmentally friendly home', this glossy large format book is
one of those bookshelf or coffee table items that one keeps coming back to for another
dose of information and inspiration. The book is a timely response to increasing concern
people have for the health effects of the buildings in which they live and work. Witness
the prevalence of smoke free buildings, the popularity of broad spectrum or high
efficiency lighting and the almost incongruous appearance of feng shui columns in
the popular 'women's magazines'.
The huge amount of well
researched information in the Healthy House is always presented from the big
picture, contextual level, down to (often minute) nut sand bolts detail. Where necessary,
relevant theory-such as the Gaia hypothesis, for example-is explained first so that the
subsequent facts or suggestions are easily understood in the overall scheme of things. To
quote from the preface, 'The ideas outlined here will help you integrate more fully with
all life on the planet, surely the aim of all thoughtful human beings.' The authors
certainly demonstrate that integrative approach in their clear and concise writing style.
It has been said that we need
to first put our own house in order before we can solve the world's problems. This
wonderful book provides a remarkable synthesis of many approaches, Eastern and Western,
scientific and esoteric, that assist the reader to create that order.
Reviewed by Chris Morris.
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