01/12/2025
Our Soul | Eco-Friendliness Column - Boast Magazine
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By Szöllősiné Irén
🌿 👃🫁 Breathe Better, Live Better: How Indoor Plants Could Transform Your Home Air 🌿
Boost Your Health and Mood During the Winter Months ❄️☃️🌬️🌪️
During winter we spend far more time indoors, open our windows less, and turn up the heating — all of which leads to drier, poorer-quality indoor air. This directly affects our energy levels, concentration, immune health and overall mood.
What many people don’t realise is that the most effective solution doesn’t have to come from expensive electrical air purifiers or ionisers.
✨ Nature already provides the answer: indoor plants. 🪴
Air-purifying plants gently cleanse the air without electricity, filters or noise — offering a 100% natural and environmentally friendly way to improve indoor air quality.
🌱 Plants don’t just produce oxygen. They also:
☝️Absorb carbon dioxide
☝️Filter harmful toxins such as benzene and formaldehyde
☝️Increase indoor humidity naturally
☝️Support our immune system
☝️Improve mood and mental wellbeing
☝️Create a calmer, healthier living space
And of course — they bring beauty into our homes in a way no machine ever could.
🍃 Which plants work best?
Some of the most effective and easy-to-care-for air-purifying plants include:
🪴Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
🪴Snake plant (Sansevieria)
🪴Peace lily (Spathiphyllum)
🪴Aglaonema
🪴Ficus varieties (Benjamina & Elastica)
🪴Philodendron
🪴Dracaena
🪴Hedera helix (ivy)
Most of these plants tolerate low light, require minimal care and continue photosynthesising even under artificial indoor lighting — making them ideal for winter homes and beginner plant owners alike.
💡 Fun fact:
For an average 55–60 m² flat, only 7–8 plants are enough to noticeably refresh the air — and this costs far less than even one electric air purifier, while being completely sustainable.
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✨ Clean air doesn’t need cables, noise or plastic filters.
Sometimes all it needs… is a few healthy plants and a little care. ✨
