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Through her various roles as an ICU nurse, mother of three, yoga instructor and author, Elizabeth Irvine has developed a keen sense of how to bring peace into her life and the lives of those around her. The perfect antidote to the ever evolving...
1 week 1 day ago
Christopher Gavigan is Chief Executive Officer of Healthy Child Healthy World. For more than a decade, he has dedicated himself to improving the lives of children and families. He holds degrees in environmental science and geography from the...
1 week 3 days ago
Hi Everyone my name is Beverly (aka Truddle - Truddlebug). I am married to Jamie, and the mom to 5 (4 girls and 1 boy), and the grandma to the same (3 girls and 2 boys). My kids are now on their own, but there are times when one or more of them will...
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Liat Simkhay Snyder is a Pediatrics Resident in California. She graduated magna cum laude from Brown University, as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She obtained her medical degree from Columbia University, and is currently completing her residency...
2 weeks 15 hours ago
Jill Krause is writer and blogger who’s immersed herself in a life of sippy cups, Diego, Mega Bloks and cloth diapers. Once a self proclaimed priss who wanted nothing more than a fast-paced and successful career, with ambitions to become the...
5 weeks 20 hours ago
Wendy Gabriel is the founder of MyGreenSide.org, a writer at TwilightEarth.com, and a weekly on-air contributor to The Christopher Gabriel Program. You can listen to her Wednesdays at 10:20 a.m. (Central Time) on AM970 WDAY where she talks about...
5 weeks 20 hours ago
Sally Greenwald is a MD MPH student at a medical school in Boston. She is a dancer, a flutist, a swim lesson instructor, a right fielder in softball, and is conversationally fluent in French. She graduated from Tufts University in 2007 and spent a...
5 weeks 20 hours ago

Perspectives Guest Blog Entry

I was introduced to modern cloth diapering early in my pregnancy. I don’t recall exactly how, but one night I stumbled upon a website with a laundry list of links to online stores who sold the cutest little poop collectors I’d ever...
1 week 2 days ago
Wendy is an eco-writer, media broadcaster, twitter addict and mommy with a passion for Simple Tips for Green Living. Her definition of Living Green is living simply, sustainably and thoughtfully. I’ve been doing a lot of research lately on...
6 weeks 4 days ago
Wendy is an eco-writer, media broadcaster, twitter addict and mommy with a passion for Simple Tips for Green Living. Her definition of Living Green is living simply, sustainably and thoughtfully.
6 weeks 4 days ago

Blog entry

The story broke on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. Correspondent and hard-hitting investigative reporter Lisa Fletcher announced that the Center for Environmental Health had tested women’s purses from the nation’s largest retail chains and found...
2 weeks 14 hours ago
Once again, my take is different than that of most. About 70 percent of Americans measure their liquid medicines in kitchen spoons. But when smart college students were asked to pour a real teaspoon of liquid medicine into a kitchen spoon, they...
3 weeks 5 days ago
Recent headlines have trumpeted an exciting study about how pomegranate juice may prove very useful at preventing and even treating breast cancer. In test tubes, it’s proven quite effective against breast cancer cells. It turns out that...
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Right before our eyes there's a dark hole in what we see. Not only don't we see some of what's right in front of our face, but we don't even notice the gap. Our illusion of a seamless visual world is so strong that scientists used to think that the...
3 weeks 6 days ago
I received a great question from @ChowMamaStacie on Twitter (which was posed by @amanda by way of @kidappeal), "What do you say or do when kids make funny faces as they taste food?” I suggest a low-key, unsurprised, positive response, something...
3 weeks 6 days ago
According to the Centers for Disease Control, colon cancer is the third-most common cancer in both men and women, and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the US. Since colon cancer tends to strike people over the age of 50, parents...
4 weeks 2 days ago
What should parents do now? The FDA has finally, in January 2010, reversed its earlier position of calling exposure to small amounts of bisphenol A (BPA) safe. They now agree with the National Toxicology Program at NIH that there is reason for some...
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Q&A

Ever wanted a time machine? Here’s good news: several things could help protect us from lead exposures in the past.
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Event

Whole Children Whole Planet This year's FREE community event will feature non-stop education for all those willing to learn – kids, students, parents, teachers, friends, grandparents – with FREE workshops throughout the day, hands-on enrichment...
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Sightings

A recent article in American Medical News is right on target. According to the article, when patients take a more active role in their own healthcare (frequently using information technology as a tool), doctors can contain costs and improve outcomes...
5 weeks 2 days ago

Product Reviews

These pretty pink and blue necklaces are handmade from the broken remnants of 1960s-era Willow dishes. Also know as “Willow Ware,” this china was produced throughout the 1900s and is highly sought after by collectors for the beautiful,...
5 weeks 4 days ago
This is a powerful film that anyone who eats should watch!
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This lovely little lunchbox set includes: 1 handmade, machine-washable bag 5 machine-washable napkins, so you don’t have to wash them every day! 1 pair of eclectic utensils flap closure secured with a vintage button 1 Lock...
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Good-looking, tough, practical, good for the earth and El Salvadorian artisans. If the rubber was strong enough for a car or truck, it’ll surely be able to carry your cash and plastic. Description: 6 credit card slots and full length paper...
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