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Mothers Against Fracking

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:33:26 +0000

Fracking sounds like such a dirty word, and it is. I don’t want my kids using it. Even though it is not a curse word, it is one of the dirtiest words I know literally! What is fracking? It’s not the latest teenage slang word; it describes a mining process that is polluting our earth [...]

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Autism and Chemicals, Cancer Report Under Fire, and Kudos!

Healthy Child Healthy World — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:04:58 +0000

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & C.E.O Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Potential Autism Causes Identified What causes autism? Dr. Phil Landrigan, professor and chair of preventive medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York and Honorary Board member of Healthy Child Healthy World, recently released a comprehensive list of environmental triggers, published [...]

Autism and Chemicals, Cancer Report Under Fire, and Kudos! is a post from: Eco Child's Play

Awkward Children’s Literature about Friendship

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:12:02 +0000

There is nothing worse than watching your child struggle through the trials and tribulations that come along with friendship. There are many children books out that help children learn to make new friends, maintain friendships, and recognize what makes them desirable to other children for companionship. Poppy, The Wandering Balloon by Eli Jay is just [...]

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100cameras: give photography. change a community

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:46:36 +0000

I love discovering new charities that are both unique and worthy of supporting. As a photographer and mother, 100cameras is one I can really get behind! I can’t stop looking at the images! The idea is really quite simple: give a child a camera; see their world. 100cameras empowers marginalized children to document their lives [...]

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Ted Talks: Compassion and the Golden Rule

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:41:59 +0000

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Healthy Child’s Legacy—And Future

Healthy Child Healthy World — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:43:06 +0000

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org I spent the past few weeks poring over the Healthy Child archives and I’m amazed at what I found. I knew this organization was powerful, but I didn’t really comprehend the extent of our impact. The reason my children’s school has to notify me [...]

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Native American Elder Wisdom: Two Moon Legend

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:42:17 +0000

Editor’s note: It is with honor that I post these words of wisdom and caution from Dr. Babe Wilson. TWO MOON Legend and ancient indigenous wisdom say the object in the sky that we identify as “The moon,” or “a dead planet,” is First Earth. According to my indigenous Elders, First Earth had everything [...]

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Growing Fruit Trees as Community Activism: the Boston Tree Party

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:32:43 +0000

Planting apple trees as a political statement? That's the idea behind the Boston Tree Party, which is about to kick off another season of planting and growing fruit trees as an act of community empowerment. Related posts:

11-year old Navajo Jamie Lynn Butler: “It’s Hard to Live Without Water”

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:55:14 +0000

11-year old Navajo Jamie Lynn Butler: “It’s Hard to Live Without Water” is a post from: Eco Child's Play

“The Media is Sending a Dangerous Message to Young People” [Miss Representation Trailer]

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:31:39 +0000

“The Media is Sending a Dangerous Message to Young People” [Miss Representation Trailer] is a post from: Eco Child's Play