Four Elements House » Health http://www.fourelementshouse.com a Journey from Living On the Grid to Living Off the Grid in Chenogne Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:32:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Deadly Teflon http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2008/05/the-deadly-teflon/ http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2008/05/the-deadly-teflon/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 14:00:36 +0000 Rogier http://ourearthship.com/?p=210 So I found the Good Human blog, they spend their holiday in an Earthship, and while browsing their great site I found an article about Teflon which disturbed me greatly.

Turns out Teflon is actually Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), try say that quickly. Turns out this PTFE is a “likely carcinogen” (cancer-causing substance). What? Say that again.., you can get cancer from using Teflon, as in the Teflon in your cookware, the stuff you produce your food in?

Just read this, this or this… and get some stainless steel or cast iron pans…

]]> http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2008/05/the-deadly-teflon/feed/ 2 Changes http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2007/07/changes/ http://www.fourelementshouse.com/2007/07/changes/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:07:07 +0000 Rogier http://ourearthship.com/?p=51 Life is unpredictable. Not that you didn’t already knew, but you’d be surprised how unpredictable it really is when you start to take notice.

We were planning on an enormous trek across a continent and we were struggling to get our monetary funds in order. In the meanwhile we were thinking more and more about permanently migrating south.

And then the unpredictability kicks in and decisions are made for you and, consequently, your path is determined for you. You start to roll with the punches.

My mother-in-law has cancer.., in the lungs.., stage 3b. Can’t get much worse…

So our plan of traveling for Africa is, sadly, canceled. There is simply no way we can be somewhere on safari with not knowing what’ll happen. It will take to long to get back.., time is precious.

But.., gladly for us we are who we are and we do what we do.., which is.., we adjust and change our plans. We’ve moved up the timetable for our southern migration. We found our perfect future home, we just have to go and build it…

We have to disappoint those who expected an adventurous expedition through Africa, but I can assure you that our coming adventures in Spain will not bore you.

George will be part of all this throughout everything and we will start the adventure September 1st. During our holiday we will head to Valencia (Spain) and work our way back to Holland visiting a few Earthships on the way.

The whole trip will be documented and the eventual “docu” will be posted here.., of course…

That’s all…

Rogier

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