Is SEO A Green Marketing Strategy or is Google Creating More Waste?
By Alanna Brown a LuxEcoLiving Advocate and creator of Brown House Online
Developments in digital media spiked in the 21st century and have yet to...
Born in the US..SR: How artist Zhenya Gershman got to paint Bruce Springsteen
Introduction by Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Zhenya Gershman was born in Moscow, Russia. She held...
Why Hillary Now
I'm not going to drop into the expected female rhetoric as to why Hillary...I will leave that to Gloria Steinem and all of her predecessors who paved the way for this act of liberation at a time when our world needs to heal
more than ever.
An Angel’s Skin
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
For most people the diagnosis of cancer is a daunting...
Berti Borrell Designs a Green Hat to Envy
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Have you ever had a center stage moment when you...
Vincensia DiIorio remembers the great Maria Callas
“Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore.” These are the first two phrases that Tosca sings in her famous Act 2 aria, “Vissi d’arte.” The English translation means, “I lived for art, I lived for love.” Puccini’s Tosca was one of Maria Callas’ most infamous operatic roles and the prime example of life imitating art. Callas’ life ended on September 16, 1977 in a Paris apartment. It is said that she died of a broken heart as did opera singer Floria Tosca at the end of the opera. Callas had an extra special gift which was reflected in the art form of opera. Transforming passion through music for the world to hear was what she sacrificed her life for.
Zhenya Gershman’s “Marks” Sheds Angelic Light for Praise
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
When an artist leaves their mark on a...
Nick Gentry & the Modern Life Cycle
Technological advancement is phenomenon that both delights and baffles us as we try to keep up with changes that evolve at lightening speeds. Billions...
The Artist: A Review with an extra big shout out to Uggy
By Nancy Chuda Founder and Editor-in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Silence is golden as in oscar winner. You betcha!
If...
President Obama’s Plea for Hope: To Protect our Children from Unthinkable Acts of Violence
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
An Essay
Like you, I am stupefied. It is unconscionable to...
Bob Dylan’s Acceptance Speech for Grammy Cares February 6, 2015
By Nancy Chuda founder of LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child Healthy World
Dylan's Eyes Portrait on Guitar by artist Zhenya Gershman for Grammy's Music Cares 2015
I'm...
Robin Williams was a giant amongst men: Learn how science uses mice to better...
By Nancy Gould Chuda founder of LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child Healthy World
"While as many as one in six Americans is likely to suffer depression...
My 10 Re-Commandments
By Zhenya Gershman, Artist, Educator and LuxEco Advocate
1. The true deadly sin is not to make art
2. The only taboo in art is bad art
3....
In Memoriam:Please don’t despair my name is Claire
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
I lost a very close friend. She was and remains...
In Memory of Colette: Healthy Child Healthy World Celebrates Twenty Green but Golden Years
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World.
This year Healthy Child Healthy World is celebrating its twentieth...
IF THIS GUITAR HAD EYES: ZHENYA GERSHMAN’S PORTRAIT OF BOB DYLAN
TEN-TIME GRAMMY WINNER BOB DYLAN TO BE HONORED AS THE GRAMMY 2015 MUSICARES PERSON OF THE YEAR AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE IS CELEBRATED BY A UNIQUE...
Legends of the Santa Ynez Valley: Horse Whisperer Monty Roberts Champions Charity with the...
Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Santa Ynez California Flag Up Farm Monty Roberts...
A Cancer Victim Finds A Canine Cure
Cancer Patient’s Best Friend
By SULEIKA JAOUAD reposted from The New York Times Blog
Suleika Jaouad writes about her experiences as a young adult with cancer.
When...
The Hotel Bristol in Vienna is one of the Best Hotels in the World:...
By James and Nancy Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child Healthy World
Vienna Austria on the Ringenstrasse at Hotel Bristol: Part One
Have you...
Kit Kemp’s Haymarket London: LuxEcoLiving’s Best Hotels in the World 2016
She's not a purist. She's a magician. Kit Kemp is one of the most talented designers in the world today.Step into any of her Firmdale properties in the UK or fly "over the pond" and land in the heart of Soho New York at the stellar Crosby and you are in for a life changing experience that takes luxury living and staycations to new heights.
Live Green with More Not Less: The New Urbanism
By James Chuda, Co-founder of LuxEco Living and Healthy Child Healthy World
With more knowledge, more consumer choices that allow us to support eco-friendly services and products and a better understanding of our interconnectedness to each other, the planet and the production processes of the things we buy, we could Live LuxEco! We could live truly sustainable. We could Live Green with More not Less!
What if we thought different about the way we live- we got out of our individual little cars and away from suburban sprawl? How about a New Urbanism that teaches us to be self-sufficient while still contributing to the benefit of all society?
InhabitableSpaceFrames Create Affordable Cloud Center Communities
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Two architectural visionaries, James Chuda and David Noble...
The Bear and Star in Los Olivos Celebrates The Culinary Magic of Chef John...
I have traveled the world. Met chefs in Paris, Provence, London, Milan, Venice, Gstaad, to mention only a few destinations and compared to some of those masters I found a brilliant culinary sympatico with John Cox.
Malleable Trees: The Future of Eco-Architecture
By: Molly Rovero, LuxEco Editorial Assistant
LuxEco previously explored the idea of growing your own home with Mitchell Joachim's "Don't build your home, grow it!",...
Home Size: How Big is Too Big?
By Trish Holder
Courtesy of Greenspiration Home
“We’re going to die,” I pronounced.
We were in the third hour of our drive to Folly Beach, SC for...
7 Keys to Rembrandt’s Secret
by Zhenya Gershman
Rembrandt is unquestionably one of the most famous and beloved artists of all time. His work has been scrutinized for centuries with...
TO INVENT FIRE by Joe Henry
By Nancy Chuda Founder and Editor-in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
As 2011 comes to an end, I feel a...
Raising More Than Kane: Steve Hearst great grandson of William Randolph Hearst will screen...
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World. Reporting from San Simeon California.
"San Simeon was the place...
Apple Needs Customer Care Repair
Pope Francis, called the unfettered pursuit of money "the dung of the devil." Capitalism is key when it comes to Apple.
Jeff Bridges delivers down home country at the Maverick Saloon
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of of Healthy Child Healthy World
What matters most to Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges?...
Oh Mighty Tree
by Nancy Chuda, co-founder of LuxEcoLiving.com and Healthy Child Healthy World
Oh mighty tree must you stand so tall?
Do you know how long I have yearned to be near you?
To feel the touch of your skin against the weight of my heavy heart
Since the beginning of time
I have grown accustomed to your beautiful boughs and gentle swaying leaves
I have sat amongst the clustering of your youth
You have protected me against tyranny, hatefulness and shame. Coveted my innocence
shielding me against the preposterousness of war
An Owl’s Nest Creation Has The Perfect Christmas Gifts
Christmas will be here before you bat an eye... or two. I found something on Etsy that I really treasure. A hand made Garden...
Karla Bonoff Energizes Past with Present: Tales From The Tavern at the Maverick Saloon
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Santa Ynez Valley Maverick Saloon Tales From...
Beauty’s Big Secret: Hidden Toxins in Fragrance
By Alanna Brown, LuxEco Editorial Assistant
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article entitled “Fragrance Chemicals and the Scent of Suspicion,” the fragrance industry has been keeping vital chemical information from the public. The article says two recent reports, one by the EWG and one by Women’s Voices for the Earth, have caused a stir amongst researchers, environmental groups, consumers, and industry legislation. These reports reveal that on the label of any given personal care product, bottle of perfume, or cleaning agent the word “fragrance” is loaded with unknown meaning. Manufacturers have used this one word, a nondescript listing among the other ingredients, as a catch-all to legally mask the dozen-or-more chemicals not actually listed.
14 Reasons to Never Doubt Yourself
By Alanna Rosette Brown, a writer/filmmaker, LuxEcoLiving Advocate, and author of Moonpennies. Follow her blog at alannarosette.com
Self-doubt is one of our biggest gremlins, as...