Five Different Ways to Recycle Shoes

The throwing of a shoe can be a powerful statement, depending on where you aim it. For most of us, though, show-throwing usually goes more like this: open trash can, insert shoe. Still, our shoe-throwing matters. Hundreds of millions of shoes get bought, used, and presumably … [Read more...]

CDC Investigates 42 State Salmonella Outbreak

An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium has spread to 42 states in the US, with almost 400 people infected by the bacteria and up to 20% of the victims requiring hospitalization.[social_buttons] The CDC, in conjunction with the USDA, the FDA and the Food Safety and Inspection … [Read more...]

Healthcare Needed for Our Tweens and Teens

This week a study by Social & Scientific Systems Inc., summarized by PR Newswire, has found that between 1996 and 2005 there has been a 6 percent increase in the number of U.S. citizens who have three or more chronic illnesses. And with the lack of affordable healthcare this … [Read more...]

Contessa Green Cuisine Review

In an effort to be healthy, environmentally friendly and save a little money I usually try to make most of our meals myself. However, there are still those days when I am too tired, ill, or just in a rush and having a prepackaged meal to eat is the easiest thing to do. That's … [Read more...]

Third Hand Smoke (Lingering in Clothing, Furniture, and Carpets): Toxic to Children

It's easy for me as a teacher to tell whose parents smoke. All it takes is one walk over to the coat area, where the fumes linger in the classroom. Or when I am working one on one with a student, crunching numbers in math. The smell always makes my stomach turn, then I feel … [Read more...]