I met by chance Emilia Cristofori, reading a letter the weekly magazine Wired, which are briefly described his environmental activities on the Internet.
Emilia Cristofori currently manages a portal
www.babymio.it, where you can buy washable and environmentally friendly products
especially - but not only - for children. I've asked a few questions.
've always done this work? No, actually I did many different jobs ... I worked for eight years as a flight attendant for some Italian airlines (Air Europe, Volare Airlines and Alpi Eagles). I have traveled extensively, lived for a time in Sweden and the United States to spot
then take root again in my city. I stopped flying for 26 years I recycled and used as trade and import / export.
idea how did you come? The idea came to me after losing his job during the last pregnancy. I found myself at home, with all the difficulties that you can imagine, economic, psychological and self esteem.
rely heavily on my work I was trying to play the best but unfortunately the "belly" does not fit very often in the world of work. I started to sell the game used on ebay for my kids then go abroad to purchase particular products such as cloth diapers (which is already used) and re-sale in Italy. I saw that it worked and step by step I decided to open Shop online babymio.it
Network and ecology can really create jobs? I think this is so or so it has happened to me! Years ago I was not a great lover of the web (I love the direct interpersonal relationships), but I realized the enormous potential of the Internet after undertaking this adventure. Ecology on the contrary I have always been interested
tantissimo.Per this, after the birth of my children, I lived like a natural choice to use cloth diapers instead of disposables. The environmental sector is of paramount importance to my opinion and increasingly affecting companies and individuals, it is obvious that the work of the future will always be more focus on solving environmental problems in the world.
Waste reduction is now the focus of your business. Follow the same philosophy in other areas? Prefer products on tap? Sure, waste reduction is the focus of my business. Working to promote the use of diapers, sanitary napkins, breast pads and wipes washable. The disposable version of these products seems to have a low impact on the environment but it is not. Do you think that only a disposable diaper employs more than 500 years to decompose, a shame that there is no alert on the package purchase!
documented and I've discovered some amazing things Articles on telling us to be indispensable in early life of the baby. I enclose for your knowledge * a document that I use during the meetings that I organize for the dissemination of washable, I'm sure you'll be thrilled
faced with certain information. At home I try to always use organic products at zero km, always use detergents on tap as well as organic cosmetics products in a 'farm in the province of Verona which carry the empty glass.
I stopped buying bottled water and use a pitcher to purify water and carbonation.
habits are small but they made sure that the garbage at home is really less than that of the whole neighborhood!
spend more about food quality that I prefer organic, but savings on clothing and things that I consider to be futile. I am part of a gas (joint buying group) so I'll take the vegetables in a box once a week in office, pasta, rice, flour, and even the shoes spot orders!
With pleasure I note that my children, especially the biggest one is 5 years old today, they already know where they throw the paper, glass, plastic and wet for them is a natural thing.
Working from home has had a positive impact on your life? course work from home helped me a lot in all directions. It 'nice to not have to take your car in the morning and going along the busy highways to get to work. Now
accompany the little nest in the bike while my husband bears the great and the beginning of the day so much more peaceful. I organize my time as I prefer though, to be honest, work perhaps more than before! They are so passionate about "babymio" to be hard to pull the plug. I would sometimes be able to work but I do not think it is more difficult than last time. Now what I do I feel inside as a small mission, which is something I created and it is especially important in a part of me as expressing values \u200b\u200bin which I think a lot. I do not spend their days in front of the PC, on the contrary I move a lot on the territory
and collaborate with midwives, mothers spaces, voluntary associations, groups like grillini Villafranca di Verona, all of whom have become part of my life and maybe some I have changed for the better.
think that some customers have become friends set up a newspaper to talk about conscious motherhood, ecology and return to simple values.
I will try to send you the pdf even if it is a bit heavy!
Mothers who have used your products you have thanked or cursed? ;) It may seem strange but in all my years of activity has happened only once or twice have had problems with some customers! Everything, really everything you are passionate about the cause and have often become much more extreme than me! I learned a lot from my customers as I said almost always become friends.
It 'amazing how you can have the same ideals to join but maybe living in different cities!
Many customers have asked me to organize a day even with all of ecomamme babymio groped and I think the thing this spring. I think it will be a great satisfaction to succeed in this new challenge.
not believe me but some of my customers collect signatures outside supermarkets to persuade municipalities to provide incentives on the use of washable, write to the commissioners, I take appointments in community pharmacies so I go to talk about these products that few even know about. It 's wonderful, I enjoy it so much and when I pick up some small victory I rejoice with these amazing women!
What's even more beautiful is to see how many fathers also are convinced that these choices: we are happy family, happy and compact in Italy but nobody ever talks about it .... just about negative things, how our society is decadent .
In our house does not turn on the TV and live better. I'm tired of seeing only what they want us to drink ... the beauty of life, positive experiences and movements that are changing from below Italy are never in the media, something moves only on the Internet (perdonami.. I digressed!)
There are no data to quantify the economic and environmental savings for those who use cloth diapers? * I attach a document from which you can infer this information. However, it is proved that using washable you can save on average more than 2000 Euro in two and a half years, then if the children are two or three double or triple your savings! And 'demonstrated that even considering the' Washing machine water, energy and detergent used the impact to the environment is far less
the use of disposables. If we think about the health of children is even more important. It seems that in disposable there are toxic substances eg. optical brighteners.
The classics are disposable like plastic bags in which we close the genitals of our children. For boys this is absolutely disastrous. Over the past 20 years (ie since they arrived the disposable) contact dermatitis have increased by 80% and there is evidence that those who use washable has hardly ever of these disorders. Unfortunately, corporations that sell these items have their hands on the retail and often sponsor various maternity wards. I, too, after the first birth, I left the hospital with a nice case of free samples of Pampers! Fortunately, today there are very respectable midwives but also doctors who go against and at least make information during the course of prepartum area.
Question a little vulgar: you gain right? This is a sore point but not very sorry!! At first, the gain was not great, but working hard things have improved. Consider that I move a lot for free (because they believe it and I love it so ...)
Each week, as you can see from the news on the site, courses are at prepartum, spaces for mothers and various meetings where I talk about the washable and free of charge without a sale. The sale takes place at a later time and only if the mothers have known that I agree that they trust me.
Who is Verona often back again to see me, maybe with a husband or mother, then as you see it's all very complex. Selling online is faster and more cold and lately, fortunately more and more frequently. I also like in this case to the availability of which I always ask the mothers to send feedback and email me if they found it difficult to use. The 2009 ended well allowing me to earn more or less as a full-time salary in a foreign office. For me it's ok since I'm at home, work when I want and if I have problems just do not work! Account and hope to make the leap in the coming years. I invested a friend and I created together with a complete line of avabili diapers and accessories. With this new opportunity I hope to be able to do more and better.
sure if I would put the sole aim of selling and you manage to earn so much but considering that I also like to follow the human side of this path I try to use economic resources to find the time to handle the rest (see review)
Ok, I think I have you bored as hell ..... I'm sorry but when I start to write
always ends like this!
Hello and say hello to Roma, Emilia
Cristofori
babymio.it
info@babymio.it
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the child's welfare It 's true that most children are dry and are most happy? The assertion is already questionable in itself, but it is even more when compared with some data: the disposable diapers contain chemicals superabsorbent gel (silicate and the like) and still no studies have been conducted on possible side effects of these elements. In fact, it seems that between them there is a sodium policloridato, which absorbs more than one hundred times its weight in water. This substance was removed from the absorbent in 1985 because of its correlation with the toxic shock in pads for women. According to Statistics Canada, North America, where about 80% percent of families use the diaper, plastic cases of irritation grew from 7% to 61%. The increase of irritation is certainly also due to malpractice leave too much on the child the same diaper. The only real way to prevent this is to change the baby often, but then what's the use super-absorbent diapers? It 'should also be noted, as the age of transition from diapers to underwear has risen significantly, leading some to speculate that this is due to the fact that the superabsorbent gel, reducing the feeling of wet, making it more difficult for the child understanding of the physical sensations related to "get him to pee." CONCLUSIONS Use cloth diapers is a duty towards the environment and a benefit to the child's welfare. In addition to creating fewer allergies than disposable ones is shown to stimulate the child to first check their own needs, feeling wet because they tend to learn before (Dr. Mara Vio - Verona). In addition there is also a cost savings: about 1000 € for as long as you need the diaper to the child and her siblings. This system does not require too much time then, if we consider the time it takes to get you to buy disposable diapers. It 's all very easy and comfortable. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The disposable diapers are made mostly of plastic and heavily pollute the environment right from their production. In the world using a stunning 3.5 billion gallons of oil, 82,000 tons of plastic and 1.3 million tons of wood pulp to produce 18 billion plastic diapers. These diapers require about 500 years to decompose. Used to produce 37% more water than that for washing reusable nappies and a research conducted by the University of Vienna in 1992 showed that the energy used is greater than 70%. In addition, they consume many natural resources and polluting materials are used (plastic, hydrogel, ...). The production eliminates water solvents, heavy metals, polymers, dioxins and furans. Are usually bleached with chlorine. Every day in Italy using at least six million disposable diapers, which, in a year, meaning two billion and 190 million plastic diapers. The "contribution" on the part of individual children (perhaps more appropriate to say their parents) is about a ton at the age of three years (about 4500-5000 diapers). We must also consider the health risk related to the disposal of such waste, since almost nobody follows the rule of the clean diaper from its solid contents before disposing of it (perhaps because this sensible advice would greatly reduce the use and convenience throws). The accumulation of organic waste (urine and faeces) in situations that are often not prepared at their disposal creates a high risk of contamination. On the market today can easily find the cloth diapers for children, which are a great alternative to disposable ones. Unfortunately there are still completely biodegradable disposable diapers and even if there are very few places equipped for their proper disposal. economic savings Each pack of diapers "disposable" contains an average of 40, for a cost of about € 10. Consider using at least a pack a week costs about 40 euro per month, which means almost 500 euro per year, spending a little stronger for the family budget. An estimated savings of about 2000 euro per child. It must also consider that cloth diapers are passed from child to child and family to family, so the savings is much higher. WASHING INSTRUCTIONS As for the washing of diapers, remember to remove the inserts from the pocket of waterproof wrap before putting them in the washing machine. The new diapers should be washed at least 3 times at 60 ° C before being used. Continue washing machine more comfortably up to a maximum of 60 °. It is always advisable not to use softener that ruin the fabric. We recommend that you use very little detergent and a little vinegar instead of softener and / or bicarbonate sterilizing everything. The detergent often leaves residues in tissues and makes them less absorbent diapers and inserts. Rinse with warm water can solve the problem. To dry, use the dryer as well with the delicate cycle / synthetic or leave them lying on the drying rack with the rest of the laundry.
