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For those living within fifty miles of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, there is a new way to document the potential impact of nuclear energy and radioactive waste. Breast milk: who knew it could be an (anti-)nuclear weapon?
The Mothers Milk Project is an endeavor founded by longtime activists Nancy Burton (of Connecticut Coalition [...]

Pardon my absence the last few weeks, but this month has been an unbelievably busy one in the green arena here. Bonn, Germany’s former capital city and the current seat of many NGOs and UN divisions has seen back-to-back conferences and I’ve been inundated trying to keep up with the conference happenings.
First, we had the [...]

Today our food is over-processed and contains artificial ingredients and sweeteners. Reading the ingredients labels on most foods in the supermarkets makes me feel illiterate, Dimonowhat? Polyglycolichuh?
Years ago everything contained sugar. Then saccharin (Sweet’N Low) came into vogue as a “dietetic” alternative to plain cane or beet sugar–remember TaB? Then, when that was [...]

Environmental education and experiential learning need to be incorporated into our lives, and our children’s lives. No Child Left Inside is an initiative coordinated to raise awareness and government funding, so that no child is left sitting idly in front of a television screen or computer monitor during their education years. Getting outside, touching the [...]

One of our readers pointed out a lack of political discourse on environmental issues. Earthlab has compiled a breakdown of what the candidates wish to accomplish with regard to the environment. Alex, thanks for bringing this up and for the link from earthlab!
2008 Presidential Candidates - Environment

Top Democrat Positions
Hillary Clinton
Clinton’s plans to tackle global warming [...]

People often ask why I live in Germany and I never really know what to say because the reason I came is not the reason I stay. I came because I received a grant from the Fulbright Association to do research I could have done (less well) in the US. I stay because my husband [...]

Ever wonder about the complete picture of consumption in our uber-consumer society and how it ties in with our global environment? Well I was recently turned onto the website for The Story of Stuff, which features a fantastic and informative story (with animation!) about our stuff-driven economy.The presentation is long, but if you’ve patience with [...]

By Guest-Blogger Lorna Li
This fall auto industry workers, environmental organizations and student groups rally hard for Congress to pass a 2007 Energy Bill
that includes higher fuel efficiency and renewable energy standards. Will you rally with them?

What’s on the plate is a fuel efficiency standard that the Senate already approved in June - [...]

Yeesh! There’s a flurry of activity surrounding environmental issues in Congress and it’s all I can do to keep up! Here’s what’s going on:
TOMORROW, on Halloween, the House is set to vote on HR 2262, which updates the incredibly outdated (and super destructive) Mining Act of 1872. That’s right, this puppy was last updated over [...]

Ok, normally I try not to post too much of this kind of stuff, but I can’t urge you all enough to contact your representatives (if you’re not sure who they are, go to this site.)
From MoveOn:
Did you know the U.S. right now gets only 2% of our electricity from clean energy sources like solar [...]