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Going Green: The Early Years By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect May 5 2008 Though the popularity of a mainstream, eco-friendly entertainment show like the G Word wouldn't have been possible fifty years ago, the practice of being environmentally friendly started long before going green became popular en masse. In fact, enlightened people were shrinking their ecological footprints long before any of us were even born! + READ MORE

Solve Diaper Rash, Choose Calendula By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health May 2 2008 A friend called me this morning with the exciting news she's about to become a mom! Since she's adopting from Vietnam--and kids from Southeast Asia have a high propensity for eczema--she asked me for advice. + READ MORE

Find out the State of Your Air By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden May 1 2008 Although air pollutions across the United States have declined up until three years ago, two in every five Americans, or 42 percent, still live in areas with unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution. + READ MORE

Peak Everything: Learn about Peak Water By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Apr 30 2008 This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.Stop subsidizing water-hogging agriculture; re-work the distribution among the southwestern states; fix the distribution infrastructure and set... + READ MORE

Eat Out, Without Gaining a Pound By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Apr 30 2008 Want to eat out, without packing on unnecessary pounds? It's not impossible! Here are six smart tips on choosing healthier options when you're wining and dining with friends and family. + READ MORE

Protect Your Family From Pesticides By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 29 2008 Even seemingly innocuous lawn-care pesticides post unacceptable health hazards for your family. Find out why the tiniest members of our family are also the most vulnerable, and how you can protect them. + READ MORE

How Much is Enough to Eat? By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 29 2008 On average, North Americans overeat and doctors have warned for years of the health effects of obesity. Now with food shortages looming around the world resulting in increased food costs, we may be looking at our pocket books as well as our waistlines... + READ MORE

Opt for Greener Cushions on Your Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 25 2008 How well do you know your couch?And, as soy increases in popularity not only as food but as a feedstock for biofuel, there are increasing agro-political implications of growing soy; mostly, that means that farmers are growing more of it, some using genetically-modified seeds, some using more pesticides so it'll grow... + READ MORE

Put a Cactus in Front of Your PC By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 24 2008 Worried about electromagnetic fields and its links to cancer and other health problems? Consider sticking a cactus in front of your computer monitor monitor to counter its effects! In the mid-1980s, researchers at the Institute of Geobiology in Chardonne... + READ MORE

Find Wood Furniture with a Good Social Conscience By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 23 2008 Now that we've covered the finer points of finding environmentally-friendly and healthy wood furniture, there's just one more piece to the puzzle: how to consider the social impacts of the furniture you buy.Don't let the wool get pulled over your eyes As consumers express a growing interest in going green, more and more + READ MORE

Get the Scoop on Green Wood Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 22 2008 Last week, we highlighted the environmental impact of buying wood furniture, but that's just the tip of the so-called iceberg; where and how we choose to source wood furniture also has some pretty serious health and social implications. + READ MORE

Practice Caution When Buying Baby Formula By Lynda Fassa IN Food & Health Apr 18 2008 Bisphenol A (BPA) is in the news and likely to stay there for some time. In a recent study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, researchers noted reproduction and developmental anomalies in mice... + READ MORE

Learn How to Find Eco-Friendly Wood Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Apr 17 2008 Wood furniture is a beautiful way to bring the natural world inside, and, when managed correctly, wood is a wonderfully renewable resource that can live on in your family, as furniture, for generations to come.By purchasing products made with secondary species, you take pressure off of overused species of wood and help... + READ MORE

Reduce Your Pets' Chemical Exposure By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Apr 17 2008 Your pets could be polluted with higher levels of many of the same synthetic industrial chemicals recently found in people, including newborns, according to a study by the Environmental Working Group. The results of the analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based consumer-advocacy group, which examined 20 dogs and 50 cats, discovered that the animals were contaminated with 48 of the 70 industrial chemicals tested, 43 of which were at levels higher than those typically found in humans. + READ MORE

Text DIET1 For Fast Fat Facts By Jessica Root IN Food & Health Apr 16 2008 Fast food like lo-mein, pizza, and burgers can pack a heavy punch-around your waistline-and the planet. but a new text-message service allows you to text your restaurant's name and menu item to 34381 to receive the calorie, fat, carb, and protein content information, helping you stay healthy on the go. + READ MORE

Boost Mental Health With Housework By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Apr 16 2008 Just 20 minutes of any physical activity--even if it's housework--in a week is enough to boost your mental health, according to a recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The findings were based on a sample of nearly 20,000 men and women who were asked about their state of mind and physical activity. + READ MORE

Why Demolish a Home By Team Planet Green IN Wrecklamation Apr 15 2008 Most homeowners consider their houses to be sources of pride and joy, but some find their homes to be sources of stress and frustration. In these cases, instead of working with what already exists, many choose to demolish the dwelling... + READ MORE

Plant a Billion Trees Campaign By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Apr 15 2008 On April 1, 2008, The Nature Conservancy launched the Plant a Billion Trees Campaign, an online fundraising campaign to support its efforts in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.To reconnect forest fragments through intensive reforestation in order to create forest corridors and improve the health of native species, the... + READ MORE

Fight Perfume Pollution By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Apr 14 2008 One of the top cosmetics ingredients to stay clear of, fragrances fall into a gaping loophole in federal law that doesn't require companies to declare any of the myriad toxic chemicals that a single product's fragrance mixture could contain.Get your write on: Write to your elected representatives and ask them to demand... + READ MORE

Eat Apples, Drink Apple Juice to Lower Risk for Metabolic Syndrome By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Apr 14 2008 Score another one for folk wisdom: Adults who eat apples and applesauce, as well as drink apple juice, have a significantly reduced risk of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of health problems linked to chronic diseases such as... + READ MORE