Happy (almost) Mother’s Day! Celebrate the moms in your life with nontoxic gifts and treats. With these easy tips, you can take toxic chemicals out of your Mother’s Day breakfast, create your own luxurious beauty gifts for mom, and wrap up your Mother’s Day presents in environmentally friendly, affordable packaging. Breakfast in Bed: Treating a [...]
Equal Pay Day and Tax Day both fall on April 17 this year due to a simple calendar coincidence. But the connection between the two and the financial impact for women and especially mothers is no coincidence. April 17, 2012 is the day that symbolizes how far into 2012 a woman has to work to [...]
Getting ready to set up a nursery? Make it as safe and nontoxic as possible with a few important green swaps when it comes to decor, furniture, bedding, and toys! Paint: Avoid VOCs (volatile organic compounds) by using low or no VOC paints. After the room is painted, give it adequate time to offgas. Keep [...]
Getting ready for Easter this weekend? Do it the nontoxic way! There are easy, affordable, nontoxic alternatives for everything from egg dyes to Easter sweets. And you’ll be in good company: Last year, the White House started making the annual White House Easter Egg Roll greener by using environmentally friendly wooden eggs. Easter Egg Dye: [...]
We are so fed up with bisphenol-A (BPA). It’s highly toxic, our families are being exposed to it left and right, and, now we have a chance to help get rid of it! In just two days the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going to issue a final decision on whether or not BPA [...]
Since Monday, more than 90,000 of our members have taken action, calling on the Department of Justice to take over Trayvon Martin’s case, arrest his killer, and launch an independent investigation into the Sanford police department’s initial mishandling of the case. The senseless killing of the 17-year-old boy has been a tragic reminder of the fears Black folks [...]
Happy second birthday, health care reform! This week is the two year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Over the past two years, millions of families have been helped by health care reform, and when new provisions kick in 2014, millions more will have access to crucial health care coverage for themselves and their [...]
Happy first day of Spring! Spring break is here or on it’s way, the Spring holidays are just around the corner, and with all this Spring merriment comes a host of Spring chores. It’s time for spring cleaning! This year, why not skip pricey, potentially toxic cleaning supplies and test a few DIY recipes? For [...]
Success should be in the grasp of all children, no matter where they live. However, the opportunities available to children based on their neighborhood vary dramatically across the United States. For the 8 million U.S. children living in high-poverty neighborhoods critical resources for their healthy growth and development–including high-performing schools, quality medical care and safe [...]
While February was American Heart Month, we want to keep the celebration going and keep our hearts healthy year round. Right now, heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women, killing more than one third. More women than men die of cardiovascular disease each year. This Wellness Wednesday, we’re breaking down: Heart [...]
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