Just a quick word explaining my absence from active posting the past two weeks. I have injured my back, been having lots of visitors, and just enjoying summer. I hope to be back in the swing of things next week, but it may take another week. Hope all of our loyal readers are well … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
Hank D and the Bee: Onion Farming?
More on our Founding Farmers From Seattle Times: 'Founding Gardeners': How gardening and farming shaped the thinking of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and Madison Catch up on the rest of the Hank D and the Bee series at JoeMohrToons.com. For cartoon updates and other green … [Read more...]
Tell the Senate: Healthy Children Need Safe Chemicals
by Margie Kelly, Communications Manager, Healthy Child Healthy World We know a lot about how toxic chemicals hurt kids. Babies are born with more than 200 chemicals in their bodies. Rates of childhood cancer keep rising, while other types of cancer are holding steady or … [Read more...]
Hank D and the Bee: Beach Closings
Learn more about beach quality from the NRDC--Testing the Waters: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches And parents and kids can take action and learn even more with Joel Harper's book, movie, and interactive website All the Way to the Ocean. Catch up on the rest of … [Read more...]
Another Reason to be Vegetarian
At the age of 16, I became a vegetarian. It was a time when my consciousness was awakening to both animal rights and ecological issues. I also had trouble digesting meat as a child and had naturally avoided it. My daughter chose to be a vegetarian around the age of five. … [Read more...]
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