Dear EarthTalk: What are some things that children and families can do to be greener (and to provide life lessons for the kids in the process)? There are many ways to be green around the family that are sure to rub off on the littler ones in your midst – if they don’t beat you [...]
“On the road again…” I am on my way back to my house in New Mexico, so while I keep on trucking, here are the Quick Green Reads for this weekend… Boredom, it seems, has become a 4-letter word in many households with children. Apparently, boredom in children is a fate that many fear more [...]
By now I am sure that most of you know that bleach is incredibly toxic to both you and the environment around you. As I have mentioned before, chlorine bleach releases dioxin, furans and other organochlorines into the air, can cause sore throats, coughs, wheezing, shortness of breath, fluid in the lungs and studies have [...]
Today’s post is by my friend John Hamilton Farr, who blogs at FarrFeed and shows the real New Mexico at FotoFeed How To Deal With Bugs… Organically, Of Course! Otherwise, you wouldn’t be reading, right? The year was 1970. I was off to help some friends in central New Hampshire build a couple of log [...]
Dear EarthTalk: If train travel is so much less polluting than driving or flying, why are passenger rail options in the U.S. so limited compared to Europe? And is anything being done to shift more travelers over to American rail lines from cars and planes? I take Amtrak cross-country as it’s my favorite way to [...]
Hope you guys have been enjoying the guest posts that friends of The Good Human have been publishing this week. I have 1 more week of vacation and have a few more lined up for next week, so stay tuned. On to the Reads for the week… Wouldn’t it be great if you could walk [...]
