Eating green is tougher than it sounds. I’ve been a vegetarian since the age of four and I upgraded to vegan status in late 2010, but there are still times when I feel that my efforts are inadequate. Sure, I buy local produce whenever I can, I recycle just about everything, and I … [Read more...]
A History of Harm: Asbestos in the Home
Over the past few decades, we have come to know just how dangerous asbestos really is. This strong, heat-resistant “magic mineral” was once added to nearly anything that needed to withstand extreme temperatures. Asbestos was particularly prevalent in the construction industry, … [Read more...]
The Myth of the Fragile Child
Parents today feel enormous pressure to protect and shield their children from a world that somehow feels much more dangerous than it did a generation ago. Yet research shows that these fears are largely misplaced. After years of working with severely emotionally disturbed … [Read more...]
Killing the engine- is it car-less, or careless?
American citizens have been racking up three trillion miles of travel, on the highways of the country, this year. That's three million million miles of automobile travel – enough to zip between the sun and back nearly 30,000 times. That's a lot of hurtling about, and an awful lot … [Read more...]
Rearranging the deckchairs – what does your furniture say about you?
Despite being literally swamped with snow in the icy winters for the last few years, global warming hasn't gone away. Fling your gaze northwards, and the evidence is there in the ever-shrinking ice cap – with this year shaping up to show another record loss of sea ice from the … [Read more...]