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Headline	Author	Published	Section
No Surrender This family is sticking with eco-alternatives	Christine Gardner	27 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
This summer, my family and I took an overnight trip to Chicago that started out pleasant enough. We were well packed and tidy. Just before boarding our train, my husband took a few pictures of us, joking that this would begin our slow descent into madness. Consider the alternatives. Photo: iStockphoto Descent into madness. That turned out to be pretty accurate. We have a long and storied history of not ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

Adolescent Appetites The road to disodium inosinate is paved with good intentions	Amy Linn	27 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Mea culpa. That's the only way I can honestly write anything about getting older kids to eat healthy foods. Because I've been a sucker for the look my 11-year-old gets on her face if I plop down a bowl of nuclear-orange SpongeBob mac-and-cheese in front of her. Sheer joy: that's the only way to describe it. Ditto for the times she eats (can I admit this?) Cookie Crisp cereal, high-fructose c ...
Topics: food, green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

Elmo Has Left the Giggle Box An illustration and explanation of today's tainted toys	Keri Rosebraugh, Katharine Wroth	25 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
By Keri Rosebraugh and Katharine Wroth 25 Sep 2007 Seems you can't turn around these days without hearing about some trusted toy being yanked from the shelves. (Dora, we hardly knew ya!) If you want to keep on top of the latest recalls, check out the Consumer Product Safety Commission database or BabyCenter's product recall finder. Meanwhile, we offer a graphic cheat sheet below, followed by explanations of s ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, shopping, special series (all these topics)

Alterna-Toys Where to turn when you're sick of disposable doodads	Katy Balatero	25 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Block to basics. Photo: iStockphoto Keeping up with Ken and Barbie got you down? Check out these companies invested in making eco-friendlier playthings for your little ones. (And read about one mother's no-crap crusade.) Dwelling These soft, handmade toys are created by a women's knitting collective in Kenya, under the guidance of a nonprofit that helps connect artisans to international markets. All of ...
Topics: consumerism, green living, health, parenting, shopping, special series (all these topics)

Play Lady Play Can a crusade against crap toys ever succeed?	Lou Bendrick	25 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Is it just me, or is anyone else sick of fairies? Because personally I am sick to hell of wee folk and their tiresome fantasy ilk -- unicorns with rainbow horns, mermaids with cotton-candy hair, and tarty princesses. Oh, I'm especially sick of the princesses. Is there some unwritten law that princesses have to dress like down-market 1980s bridesmaids? Can't today's little girls take their cue from Camilla Bo ...
Topics: consumerism, green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

Dr. Know An interview with green pediatrician Alan Greene	Amy Linn	24 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
If you were to give a check-up to Alan Greene, eco-pediatrician extraordinaire, you just might diagnose him with ASHD -- Attention Surplus Hyperproductivity Disorder. It isn't a real disorder, of course. But whatever Greene's got -- whatever blend of vim and vision allows him to stay at the cutting edge of environmentalism and e-medicine while also writing books, doctoring, and being a 100-percent-organic-food-eati ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

Kids On the Web A few of our favorite parenting and health links		21 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
It's possible to say a lot in a two-week series on parenting and health, but it ain't possible to say it all. That's why we've compiled a list of sites we're finding pretty dang helpful and entertaining. They tell the rest of the story, and they'll keep telling new stories after our series is over. Go ahead, poke around -- and add your own favorite resources below. Photo: iStockphoto Parenting sites: Babble iVillage N ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

To Freak or Not To Freak? How four green parents deal with the plastics scare	Katharine Wroth	20 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Pop quiz time: plastic baby bottles are a) completely safe, or b) a risk to you, your baby, and every other living thing in the entire universe? The answer lies somewhere in between -- but you wouldn't know it from most media reports. Over the last year, countless stories have sprung up citing research about the dangers of endocrine disruptor bisphenol A leaching from clear plastic baby b ...
Topics: consumerism, green living, health, parenting, shopping, special series, toxics (all these topics)

Fighting Fire Retardants with Fire An interview with Mary Brune, founder of Making Our Milk Safe	Amy Linn	19 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Editor's note: Last year, Grist introduced readers to MOMS as the activist group was targeting Target's sales of PVC. In this interview, we catch up with co-founder Mary Brune to find out about the group's latest campaign. OK, so David slew Goliath. He never had half the battle facing Mary Brune and her fellow mothers in their crusade against the $500 billion-plus chemical ind ...
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

Sex Education A primer on chemicals, fertility, and reproduction	Emily Gertz	18 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Illustration: Keri Rosebraugh Feeling unusually infertile lately? You're not alone: according to a December 2005 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 12 percent of American couples reported having a hard time conceiving a child and bearing it to term in 2002, up 20 percent from the 6.1 million couples reporting such "impaired fecundity" in 1995. Although the re ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, sex, special series, toxics (all these topics)

What to Inspect When You're Expecting A handy health checklist for pregnancy	Amy Linn	18 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Talk about a double whammy. It's challenging enough to be green when you're solo, and then pregnancy comes along and gives you twice the eco-angst (not to mention more hormones than you know what to do with). Photo: iStockphoto The cause for alarm is real: pregnancy is the most critical time for establishing your baby's well being. It's also the time when you're vulnerable to the alphabet stew of ...
Topics: food, green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

Brood Awakenings A Grist special series on parenting and health		17 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Got kids? Got thoughts on kids? Come on over to our parenting blog to chat. Among environmentalists, a common rallying cry is to protect the planet "for our grandchildren." It's a lovely sentiment, and a powerful notion -- that the choices you make today affect generations yet to come. But what about the generation spattering spaghetti sauce on your walls right now? In this special series, Grist turns its fo ...
Topics: education, green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

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