Many of us, as adults, have had to change our ways to become more environmentally friendly. One of the many favors we can pass on to the next generation is to teach them ways to be green so that’s it’s second nature to them to care for the world around them. My daughter is only [...]
Dear EarthTalk: My husband and I are expecting a child and we’re concerned about the environmental impacts of disposable diapers. I remember the old cloth diapers with pins that my mom used. Are there any new developments in the cloth diapering field? A growing number of green-minded parents are starting to recognize the health and [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I’m thinking about starting an environmental club in my middle school. Can you give me some ideas about how to start? Can you connect me with other school clubs? Starting an environmental club at school is a great way to get students energized about taking care of the Earth and helping their community [...]
Up to 90 percent of the infant formula sold in the United States may be contaminated with trace amounts of melamine, the toxic chemical linked to kidney damage, according to recent tests. The FDA’s test results, which the agency hid from the public and only released after the Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I caught the tail end of a discussion about ecopsychology recently on the radio, something about the negative impacts of people not communing with nature enough, spending too much time watching TV, sitting at computers, etc… Can you enlighten? The term ecopsychology, first coined by writer and theorist Theodore Roszak in his 1992 [...]
Now this is something that every school in America should get involved with! The Edible Schoolyard provides urban public school students with a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom. Using food systems as a unifying concept, students learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal produce. It is a program at Martin Luther [...]
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