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If you are still using an antiperspirant and haven’t switched to just using deodorant, there’s a new warning out which you may want to heed. Seems that not only is the aluminum in antiperspirants...

Every parent wants their child to be happy. Happy kids mean happy parents, but how do we foster happiness? Growing Happy Kids: How to Foster Inner Confidence, Success, and Happiness by Maureen...

What are the real differences between incandescents, CFLs, and LEDs? Are the latter two really cheaper in the long run? A new infographic spells out the differences. No related posts.

When I first became concerned about the environment as a preteen, my efforts were largely conservation based wanting to preserve and protect wildlife and wilderness.  As I grew older, these...

Los Angeles has become the biggest city in the U.S. to ban the lowly plastic bag, according to the Los Angeles Times. The City Council voted 13 to 1 to phase out plastic bags at 7,500 markets over...

Just as the slow food movement prompted us to think about where and how our food was being produced -- agricultural practices, worker safety, cleanliness of factories, treatment of animals, etc....

The oceans do a lot of the Earth’s dirty work. On a given day, they will absorb 22 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), a third of the global output. In doing so they help to keep climate change...

It’s that time of year again: time for the 2012 Safe Sunscreen list from Environmental Working Group. I look forward to seeing this new list each year, as I want to make sure I am still using some...

With the world’s fleet of reactors aging, and with new plants suffering construction delays and cost increases, it is possible that world nuclear electricity generation has peaked and begun a...

If you live here in Atlanta, July 2nd is the deadline to register to vote in the July 31st election that will decide the future of the Transportation Investment Act. If you want to see the map...

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & CEO www.healthychild.org After the CDC lowered the threshold at which a child is at risk for lead poisoning by half last week, the number of children...

Kids need and deserve paint!!! The only problem is, even when they are older, children are not very neat artists. Recently, I was surprised at how much paint my daughter had all over her hands,...

Cutting down on car emissions and using less fuel are two ways that help us green our lives. Commuting by bicycle is a great way to do this, but what if you live too far from work to make this a...

I have long advocated that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is bad for our health and has no place in school lunches.  It is banned from our home. I personally banned it from the preschool program...

The energy transferred from biker to bike doesn't necessarily have to create forward motion: it can be put to other uses. A few entrepreneurs around the world have seen the profit potential in...