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SustainabilityDr. Lillian Ostojich’s commitment to sustainability evolved in concert with the building and construction of the Personalized Wellness Center that she has created in Chicago - Zoetica.Zoetica was founded on the core principals of trust and reliability with the mission to provide the environment, tools, education and support necessary to achieve and maintain radiant health and well being, not only for her clients, but for the general public and, ultimately, the planet as well, by becoming a model for sustainable and healthy living. This began with the facility itself. Dr. Lilly feels very strongly that it is not enough to offer the purest organic products and frontier services to clients if the building conditions and the surroundings where they are provided are impure and harmful to the environment and living organisms. Consistent with this mission, Zoetica is a USGBC/LEED Project. A great deal of time, effort, research and collaboration with others will soon lead Zoetica to be awarded LEED Certification - Gold or Platinum (according to projections by an independent third party 2Point Perspective, whose Principals are LEED Accredited Professionals.) “It is much harder to achieve LEED status in an existing site. One must readjust, remodel and improve existing systems. Ideally, this would have been planned for and incorporated into the original architectural design and the costs calculated ahead of time for a brand new building on a site chosen for that purpose.” It takes commitment and dedication far beyond monetary concerns when one is building a facility of this kind. Another obstacle was Zoetica’s size. For a small to medium sized business to attempt such a goal is even more unusual as the time, effort and resources required are prohibitive and impractical for all but the most staunch advocate of sustainability. Coupled with this great achievement, Zoetica discovered that it will be the first USDA Certified Organic wellness and health facility in the country. All of Zoetica’s textiles, skin and hygiene products, produce and food are USDA/Certified Organic. Zoetica’s exclusive skin care line - “Zoetica One”, formulated with the cooperation of a seasoned cosmeceuticals formulator, innovator and manufacturer - Karen Cieser, principal and founder of Trillium Herbal Co. Inc. - - has already achieved USDA/Certified Organic status. The confirmation of purity is well documented in the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Coalition testings results and database. The brand will be expanded to include tea, coffee, chocolate and “ready made” raw food meals, linen hygiene products and supplements and any products of critical importance for health preservation. It is a distinctively singular achievement for a facility of any kind to have received LEED Certification and to be USDA Certified Organic. For a small specialized business such as Zoetica to have accomplished this, well, it simply has not been done. The menu to the left is offered to help all of those who may wish to follow in her footsteps. It is hoped that the years of research that went into this project to locate and source all of the information and products that are used in Zoetica might help others to create their dreams as well, transform their lives and benefit everyone. Here you will discover a detailed description of how Dr. Lilly employed state-of the-art, environmentally balanced, green building and construction practices according to USGBC/ LEED guidelines to create a facility that represents in both form and function all that Zoetica stands for - Pure, Radiant Health and Well Being. |
