Environmental Health

What's worse than a pile of dirty dishes?

What's stinkier than day-old-dirty dishes left over from Thanksgiving? A corporation that doesn't live up to its public promises. In 2008 Toys “R” Us publicly promised (even issuing a news release!) to reduce the use of toxic toys that contain polyvinyl chloride (also known as PVC) from their...

What We Talk About When We Talk About Green Bean Casserole

Picture it: Thanksgiving, circa 1990. The table filled the entire room and overflowed with guests, so many that looking back all I remember is a blur of noise and food and endless pies. But in that blur, one thing stands out: green bean casserole. The white ceramic crock, crisp and brown on top...

Is Your Computer Designed for the Dump?

Crossposted from GenerationGreen.org Have you seen the Story of Stuff ? Millions of people have viewed Annie Leonard’s viral web video highlighting the health and environmental impacts of our consumer culture. Now, Annie returns with the Story of Electronics , a new video questioning the “designed...

Give Pundits a Time Out!

Political pundits are spinning away in the wake of the elections, making guesses about what the election results say about the will of the voters. But it's too critical a time for our country to let the paid pundits have the last word. Moms (and dads!) know more than any political pundit about what...