Raising a Humane Child

Editor's Note: We are honored to publish the following guest post by Zoe Weil. Zoe is the President of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE), www.HumaneEducation.org and author of Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times and Most Good, Least Harm: A … [Read more...]

Idling During School Pick Up Bad for Kids, Earth

Taken from "What's the Big Deal with Idling" by Stephanie Hastings--President at Naperville for Clean Energy and Conservation According to the U.S. EPA, the personal automobile is the single largest polluter. Motor vehicles are responsible for about half of the toxic air … [Read more...]

Affordable, Eco-Friendly Sanitary Pads for Ugandan Girls to Stay in School

Can you imagine having to quit school because you have begun menstruating? That's exactly what faces many girls in Uganda. A donation to Globalgiving can change that. Just $30 "buys sanitary pads for one girl for one year ensuring that she stays in school", and I just made a … [Read more...]

Move Over Ritalin: Medical Marijuana in the Classroom

I have the fortune of working in a school district in northern California in the heart of marijuana country. In the late summer at our back to school staff inservice, our superintendent told us we had yet to have a student come in with their Proposition 215 medical marijuana … [Read more...]

Bike Education Promotes Cycling to School

Does your child's school have a bike education program? It is absent from my children's curriculum, but maybe it shouldn't be given the results in of school-based cycling programs in Wales. According to Treehugger: From bike traffic schools in Santa Cruz to bike commuter … [Read more...]