As BuddyTV reported earlier, The Bachelorette couple Trista and Ryan Sutter are still waiting for their new baby boy Maxwell Alston to be released from the pre-natal intensive care unit. Max was born four weeks early, so he is still undergoing nutritional monitoring. However, once he is released into the care of his happy mom and dad, it won’t just be a warm and welcoming nursery waiting for him; it’s an environmentally-friendly one as well.

The Bachelorette couple talked about the “green” nursery to Vail Daily, a site for which Ryan writes a column regarding sustainability-related issues. They worked with a company called Green Nest, a consulting firm that works with home owners to reduce and eliminate toxins from homes.

For Ryan and Trista, this meant using low-fume paint in the nursery, as well as installing a special air purifier. This was especially important to the couple due to their own medical history. “I have allergies, and Ryan had allergies when he was a child, so the likelihood that our baby may have allergies is pretty high,” Trista says. “The air is pretty pure in the mountains, but every little bit helps.”

They also installed water filters, ensured their cleaning products were natural and biodegradable, and used organic cotton in the baby bedding.

While green is certainly a trendy color nowadays, with it being quite fashionable to be concerned about issues relating to the health of the planet, for The Bachelorette couple, this is a true commitment. In addition to his weekly column, Ryan also is certified to build eco-friendly homes, and has just wrapped shooting The EcoZone Project, a different sort of home makeover show, geared towards making celebrity homes more environmentally-responsible.

Trista acknowledges the two aren’t perfect, saying “We try and live environmentally friendly lives as much as possible…We still use electricity, we still drive cars, we still buy cotton products that aren’t organic, but any little thing that you can do, if all of us do our part, it makes such a huge difference, and that goes along with all the fun stuff for babies.”

- Leslie Seaton, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: VailDaily.com
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