Pesticide Use and Thyroid Disease
The nonprofit group Beyond Pesticides warns that some 60 percent of pesticides used today have been shown to affect the thyroid gland’s production of T3 and T4 hormones. Commercially available insecticides and fungicides have also been implicated. Women are most at risk.
Sustainable small homes
First utilized by relief and aid missions around the world to house workers or refugees, self-contained modular homes that can be partially or even fully fabricated in advance are now all the rage among green architects and those committed to more sustainable living.
What on Earth is global dimming?
I’ve heard of global warming, of course, but what on Earth is “global dimming?”
Meatless Mondays
I know that some people abstain from meat on Fridays for religious reasons, but what’s the story behind “Meatless Mondays?”
Scratching synthetics for Merino wool
Merino wool undergarments tout themselves as being kinder to the environment than other wools or synthetics. How is this so?
What is BPA?
What is “BPA” used in plastics, and why should I worry about it? Are there certain household items or food containers to avoid because of BPA?
Plastic Grocery Bags
How long does it take a plastic grocery bag to decompose? Or can it decompose at all?
Doomed dunes?
Since the April 20th explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well, it’s been pretty much impossible to hear “oil” and “Gulf Coast” in the same sentence without also hearing “total decimation.” Heading to the beach after exposure like that would be sort of like packing up for a forest getaway in the wake of a conflagration.
Greening the office
No matter how green your office may be already, there is surely room for improvement somewhere. Here are 10 suggestions to help get you and your co-workers further along on the path to office sustainability.
Activewear Goes Green
As Earth-consciousness increases, we’re demanding more responsible activewear.
Local Food
By eating locally sourced foods, we strengthen the bond between local farmers and our communities, stay connected to the seasons in our part of the world, promote crop diversity, and minimize the energy intensive, greenhouse-gas-emitting transportation of food from one part of the world to another.
Wildflowers and Global Warming
Will wildflower fields give way to sagebrush desert within the next 50 years?
Happy Birthday ANWR!
Writer Molly Loomis is on an expedition through the 50-year-old Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She’ll meet the people, see the places, and take a first-hand account of one of the world’s most heated conservation issues.
