Environment

Summer is Great for Creating Childhood Memories and Shaping Identity

One of my strongest childhood memories in summer is of the grass getting so scorched that the sharp brown blades poked into my feet as I would run through the yard. I would play in the yard and woods till I was…

Earth Day Focus on the EPA’s Free Publications for Kids

“Got Science?” Sticker

Interested in getting a free “Got Science?” sticker?

As the site says, take a true or false quiz that pits your knowledge against industry-funded “experts,” corporations, and think tanks. See if you can tell who’s “Got Science” versus who’s spreading propaganda…

Organic v. Conventionally Grown Produce

Even before I got pregnant, I tried to buy organic foods when possible. It’s debatable as to whether organic foods are nutritionally any different from ones that are grown conventionally, with the use of pesticides. There is some evidence that organic is…

Using a Book, We Planted a Tree, to Jumpstart a Discussion about Dr. Wangari Maathai and The Green Belt Movement

I really appreciate children’s books that allow for discussion and

Book Review — Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood

I cannot recommend Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood enough. Sandra Steingraber does a wonderful job of balancing science and prose, a very difficult task especially since she goes into such marvelous…