Hats off to history on Derby Day
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
What's a hat got to do with it?
The Kentucky...
Jefferson Woeste’s Passion for Gardening: If Not Now When
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child Healthy World
Gardening is my therapy
" A garden to walk in and immensity to...
Cella
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World.
My dearest friend lost her beloved companion today....
How To Create An Oasis: Your Residential Bathroom Spa
By Stephanie Nickolson a contributing LuxEcoLiving advocate and Interior Designer
How To Create Your Own Residential Oasis
It wasn't that long ago that...
The Best Bread in the West: Bobs Well Bread Bakery
Bob's commitment to being Well Bread means doing good things. He supports the Los Alamos Community by donating what they don't sell to local...
A Healthy, Sustainable Easter
Let's get healthy this Easter with some sustainable, non-toxic alternatives to the usual holiday traditions.
By Brooke Rewa, LuxEco Editorial Assistant
Filled with treats and trinkets...
The Chesterfield Palm Beach: LuxEcoLiving’s # 1 Hotel in Florida
It's a jewel of a hideaway in the confines of one of the wealthiest locations in all the world... Palm Beach Florida. What The...
Fiscal Policy Hurts EPA By The Billions
Washington's Fiscal Policy This Year Takes Aim At the EPA By Slashing a Great Deal of Support
By Derin Richardson, LuxEco Living Editorial Assistant
President Obama signed,...
The Sixties: An Environmental Retrospective
By Nicole Boreham, LuxEco Marketing Assistant
There are many important questions deriving from the Sixties. What is the legacy of the Sixties? What has changed? What aspects of the Sixties are important to maintain and preserve for future generations? What has really changed? How can we learn from the mistakes of the past?
The Lead Carpet: Who’s going to lose?
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Health World
Lead in her Lipstick? Not Meryl! Not in real life. But...
Apple Will Get The Job Done!
Introduction by Nancy Chuda Founder of LuxEcoLiving and Editor in Chief and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
I am proud to say that my charity, Healthy Child Healthy World, earned early recognition when I was a journalist and reporter for ABC news. Our first grant was an Apple computer. The irony in all this is that we lost Steve to cancer. He was a hero. A person with a rare intelligence. Steve Job's brain was wired for success. He had a synaptic response to create just about everything Apple. We lost a legend but we gained a universe that in its totality has created a new religion: Interconnectedness. Life goes on for Apple and I will be true to the core.
Nancy’s Organic Kitchen
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor-in-Chief LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
Grown in the sun and kissed by a babies breath
I live...
San Ysidro Ranch Welcomes Valmont: The World Leader For Anti-Aging
You could say he's spoiled. Or you could say so are we. You're right. Living the life with a Lab in Luxury can only happen at the posh and prestigious San Ysidro Ranch. No one does it better than Ty Warner. Where in the world can experience a couples massage while your dog stretches out on your private terrace and gets one too.
Reflecting on The Home Within Us
By: Leslie Harris, Interior Designer, Leslie Harris Interior Design and LuxEco Advocate
As I wind down for the year I find myself thinking about a book called The Home Within Us and how much that says about my design philosophy. Everything I approach as a designer lies first and foremost in the feeling of comfort, well being, creating a place of safety and sanctuary. Problem solving, space planning, furniture and color selection comes later but it is driven by these things.
Clear The Air With Houseplants: 6 Tips for Your Healthy Indoor Garden
By Lorri Ballance Laird, Luxeco Advocate
The holidays are over, and for many people in many parts of the U.S., winter has set in with a vengeance. One way to beat the winter blahs might be to try adding some houseplants to your indoor landscape. According to a plantsforlife.org report, not only can plants help boost your mood, reduce stress, and speed recovery from illness, they can also help improve indoor air quality.
A Taste of Yosemite: Best Culinary Experience California Gold
The Taste of Yosemite offers more than just gourmet delights
Dear You, Who Harbor Hatred and Ignorance November 7, 2016
No matter how different we all may be, as humans, we are all we have. We must stop hating each other. We must stop refusing to see each other. We must decide to love each other.
The Yoga Break
By: Joanna Bateman, Luxeco Editorial Assistant
I’m a mid-west girl who recently moved west to California to spread my wings and fly. And if it weren’t for this past August, I’d be one stressed-out-Sally in the big sea of crazy known as Los Angeles. I needed to ground myself so that I didn’t float away in La La land. I needed Yoga camp!
Saxon Villa and Spa Johannesburg South Africa: LuxEcoLiving’s Best Hotel in the World
Journey with us to South Africa the home and heritage of Nelson Mandela. The Saxon Villa and Spa is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world.
She’s Crafty, and She’s Just My Type
By: Linsley Oaks, LuxEco Living Editorial Assistant
I have a friend who knits. A lot. She is better than any machine. She gets...
The Brothers Red Barn Brings Back That Lovin Feelin…Again
By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
The Brothers know how to bring home the...
The Compostable Toothbrush
by Heather Clisby Second Chance Ranch courtesy of BlogHer
The latest product to land on my radar is a computable toothbrush, apparently "the first of...
Whole Foods Market Recycling Wine Corks
By Alanna Brown, LuxEco Editorial Assistant
Whole Foods Market is a forward-thinking grocery chain that has broken down barriers and paved the way for progress in the green movement. In addition to its organic standards for food and non-food products, and its existing recycling infrastructure, Whole Foods is now starting a wine cork recycling system. The popular grocery franchise will implement this new program at all of its 292 stores across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
School Gardens Teach Sustainable Organic Living
Hands on instruction in the garden transfers young students green learning at school to green living at home. Johnna Walker, the garden instructor, teaches the importance of sustainability.
By Alanna Brown, LuxEco Editorial Assistant
Larchmont Charter School, an alternative neighborhood school within LAUSD, takes green living to the future—to our children—with the implementation of green learning. Our precious earth is in their itty-bitty-but-quickly-growing hands, so best to start showing them how to take care of it, and themselves.
Growing Up Green: Get on NatureTrack and Veggie Rescue for a great cause
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child Healthy World
Gainey Winery Santa Ynez California
It was truly a gift of nature! Standing...
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?
Lauren Vidal France’s #1 Fashion Forward Boutique For Style And Elegance
For 20 years, Lauren Vidal remains true to the uniqueness of its creations and gives the contemporary woman her own image, focusing on overlays creating purely light styles punctuated by unstructured volumes.
Africa’s Development: How We Can Help
By Galen Crawley's, author of A Path To Survival Against All Odds and LuxEco Advocate
In 1979, the British colonization of Zimbabwe came to an end under Ian Smith. After sustained social unrest, the ZANU party, led by Robert Mugabe, came to power. Initially, there was a pervading sense of optimism as this charismatic, highly intelligent individual began to educate the country. In the 1980’s, the economy was growing and Zimbabwe was the breadbasket of Africa.
Unfortunately, what began as a democracy became a dictatorship. During the 90’s the Zimbabwe spiraled into decline. At the beginning of the millennium, the Land Reform Programme was initiated. The white farmers, who fueled the economy with their tobacco and food production, were brutally kicked out. It was the beginning of mass starvation, hyper-inflation, and when the diamond fields were found, murder and torture.
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...
Green Lightning. Go, Green Lightning.
Green Lighting
By Lush Huxley, Editorial Assistant LuxEco Living
On a bright and sunny Wednesday in Los Angeles, I am sitting in a pleasant backyard under...
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...
Why Indie Publishing Beats a Mainstream Book Deal
By Alanna Brown, a LuxEcoLiving Advocate, creator of Brown House Online, and author of Moonpennies
The gatekeepers are gone. The agent, the editor, the lawyer,...
Women At Work – The World Will Be Saved By Women
Women at work: Women as the new decision makers in a changing world
By: Lewis Perkins, Founder of Women Are Saving The World Now and...
Getting a Good Book Review Without a Hundred-Dollar Bribe
By Alanna Brown, a LuxEcoLiving Advocate, creator of Brown House Online, and author of Moonpennies
John Locke broke an independent publishing record in 2011. He...
Lotusland’s Lotus Garden: A Center for Spirituality
By: Molly Rovero, LuxEco Editorial Assistant
First up on our journey through Lotusland is the Lotus Garden: a center for spirituality. Lotus flowers are significant to many eastern cultures, such as the Buddhist and Hindu religions. This beautiful flower emerges from the murky depths of mud and contrasts the dark water with its vibrant petals.


















