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The Healthy and High Performance School report that for the first time tied together the peer-reviewed international sciences documenting the connection between school indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and student health and achievement. The resulting work and its policy translation for legislators strengthens the call for healthy buildings and moves the call into the school facility sector — the largest volume of all public construction.

While on the road doing Healthy High Performance School workshops last spring, it was surprising how little awareness the local architectural and engineering professionals had of children’s environmental health issues, and how eager they were to hear more. School buildings should be built for their primary occupants — kids, who breathe more air per pound of body weight than adults and spend hours on the floor, not built to meet an abstract notion of what adults like to see.

In what is becoming a trend that is gaining great following, Feng Shui has become a sought after craft that even designers are forced to study because more and more customers are asking for it. But you do not have to be a deep student of the subject to follow some of its simplest techniques. Feng Shui is an art of living in harmony with the elements and while some of its intricate matters need expert touch, the most basic principles can be implemented with ease. Here are some simple tips for those who wish to get started on the harmonious way of living and decorating.

Positive Chi is always clutter-free

Chi is the energy flow that is professed by Feng Shui and if you keep the energy flow positive in the space that surrounds you, then your life becomes all the more peaceful. The best way to achieve this positive Chi is to keep your home and office space clutter-free. Cramped up spaces, piled up trash and irregular arrangement not only look bad, but is detrimental to your thought process as well.