Healthy Approaches to Infant Care Nothing can be more exciting, or exhausting, than discovering a new baby is on the way. Expectant parents may suddenly begin worrying about “child-proofing” the house and buying the safest car seat—but there are other important risks to consider. From the moment a fetus begins developing, environmental factors play a […]
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Green Mountain Spinnery’s Comfort Blanket URL: http://www.spinnery.com Tel: (800) 321-9665 Handwoven, checkered baby blankets featuring 80 percent wool (pesticide-free), 20 percent organic cotton, and low-impact dyes ($87) . The Kinder Garden URL: http://www.stackit.com/kinder Tel: (888) 8-KINDER Eco-baby gift baskets delivered in hand-painted pots, offering a variety of organic cotton wash cloths, bath care, wooden rattles, […]
Allergy-Fighting Alternatives To Wheat And Rice Offer Many Nutritional Advantages Ann Foster, an avid camper and hiker originally from Arkansas, dreamed for years of moving to the mountains of Colorado. But when that dream finally came true, Foster found herself sidelined with joint pain so severe that it was sometimes a challenge to walk across […]
Sixteen million American homes use a total of some 11 billion gallons of heating oil a year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. That’s 700 gallons per year per household. And while many of those homes have their oil tanks tucked away in the basement, millions of others have them buried underground where, neglected, […]
Looking for an innovative way to protect the environment and receive valuable financial rewards? If you or someone in your family owns land that you’d like to see protected, donating the property to a land trust may make sense. It’s probably the only personal statement about controlling urban sprawl you can make that won’t infuriate […]
Traveling with a Cause in a Dangerous World The Congo and its neighboring mountains were never a travel destination for the faint of heart, but the chance to see gorillas in their native mists has long been a powerful lure. Visitors flooded into neighboring Uganda until this past March, when 14 tourists were abducted and […]
Can Congress Walk the Walk? When freshman Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat from Portland, Oregon, began his term in the House of Representatives three years ago, he wore bow-ties to stand out among the other congressional newbies. Now he’s known more for having one of the greenest reputations in Congress. Chief among his legislative achievements is […]
Three quarters of Americans get their news primarily from television—if it’s not on the tube, for most people it isn’t happening at all. That’s what makes environmental programming all the more important. And that where Ecology Communications comes in. Courtesy of Ecology Communications Environmental programming doesn’t have much of a place on ratings-obsessed network television, […]
As natural foods consumers get more adventurous in their eating habits, the organic herb and spice trade is heating up. Several companies are building a market for pesticide-free seasonings, which were difficult or impossible to obtain just four or five years ago. And these companies are going further by creating sustainable agriculture programs that allow […]
