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Headline	Author	Published	Section
The children in my community Tips for reliving your childhood	biodiversivist	27 Mar 2007	Gristmill

Topics: parenting, placemaking (all these topics)

Levels of Risk On chlorine	Umbra Fisk	12 Mar 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, So I've been buying unbleached diapers for my baby, using chlorine-free laundry and dish soaps and non-chlorine bleached paper, and generally thinking that's better for me and the environment. Then I go swimming in a chlorinated pool twice a week, sometimes with my kids! Is there a difference in the type of chlorine exposure? Is swimming a health risk? It certainly bothers my nose (I think I'll start using some nose plugs). Can you ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Meany in a Bottle Baby bottles found to leak chemicals, California may ban them		01 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Meany in a Bottle Baby bottles found to leak chemicals, California may ban them Most parents discourage their kiddos from ingesting known toxics, so a new study from green group Environment California is a bit of a bummer: when run through a simulated dishwasher 50 to 75 times, name-brand baby bottles leach the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, in levels that have caused reproductive abno ...
Topics: California, green living, health, news, parenting, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Guest blog: Searching for food in the school cafeteria What parents can do	Tom Philpott	23 Feb 2007	Gristmill

Topics: parenting (all these topics)

What not to buy for Christmas Watch out for scary chemicals in plastic toys for tots	Lisa Hymas	13 Dec 2006	Gristmill

Topics: San Francisco, parenting, health, toxics, green living (all these topics)

Mother Knows Best Fed up with breast-milk contamination, mothers form a national activist group	Gregory Dicum	06 Nov 2006	Main Dish
Mary Brune looked worried. "I don't know what the problem is," she said, peering at the generator in the grass. Attached to it was a blower that was, in turn, attached to a puddle of yellow nylon. The next morning, that puddle was supposed to inflate to become a giant rubber ducky, the centerpiece of a protest Brune was leading at a Target store near her home in ...
Topics: grassroots activism, green living, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Scary movies Children, anxiety, and global warming	biodiversivist	06 Nov 2006	Gristmill

Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, insanity, movies, parenting (all these topics)

Ghoul-y jewelry Beware, ye Halloween pirates and princesses.	Sarah K. Burkhalter	23 Oct 2006	Gristmill

Topics: fashion, holiday, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Clothes Encounters On synthetic fabrics and kids	Umbra Fisk	11 Oct 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have just recently learned about all these plastic-awareness issues and now wonder about polyester clothing, or any human-made fabric for that matter, on my children (three girls: 3, 5, and 7 years old). If plastics can leach out into their bodies, can clothing also affect them? Julie Roberts Nevada City, Calif. Dearest Julie, The clothing we wear can affect all of us, as well as our environment. But should ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fashion, green living, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Nature and allergies	David Roberts	20 Jun 2006	Gristmill

Topics: health, parenting (all these topics)

Flush Forward Jason and Kimberley Graham-Nye, eco-diaper entrepreneurs, answer readers' questions		12 May 2006	InterActivist

Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, parenting (all these topics)

Flush-a-Bye, Baby Jason and Kimberley Graham-Nye, eco-diaper entrepreneurs, answer Grist's questions		08 May 2006	InterActivist

Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, parenting (all these topics)

More interview with author Richard Louv On his book, Last Child in the Woods	David Roberts	30 Mar 2006	Gristmill

Topics: books, green living, interview, parenting (all these topics)

Louv Story An interview with Richard Louv about the need to get kids out into nature	David Roberts	30 Mar 2006	Main Dish
Richard Louv is an anecdote machine. As we milled about near the door of a Seattle cafe awaiting lunch-hour seating, he kept up a constant stream of witty, telling stories -- about "no running" signs on playgrounds, clueless environmental leaders, suffering outdoor-gear execs. I started fumbling for my recorder. Richard Louv. It's no wonder Louv's got a trove of such chestn ...
Topics: interview, parenting, placemaking (all these topics)

Cradle to Cradle On baby nurseries	Umbra Fisk	20 Mar 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I am pregnant and wondering if you know of any websites or resources for setting up a nursery -- for green furniture, bedding, and mattresses. We're painting the nursery with low-VOC paint and looking for low-VOC carpeting, and we gratefully accept used toys and clothes from friends and family. Janine Olsen Pine Brook, N.J. Dearest Janine, Happy to advise, based on a bit of research I've done for you in particular, but als ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Drowning Myself in the Gene Pool When it comes to having kids, this global citizen can't bear it	John Kurmann	14 Dec 2005	Soapbox
This old earth has spun 'round the sun 40 times since my founding egg and sperm got cozy with each other, and yet I'm still a solo act: no wife, no family, no tribe. While a life partner and tribe can be left to happen whenever they happen -- if they happen -- I'm at the point where I think I need to either become a daddy, soon, or give up the idea once and for all. Hope f ...
Topics: green living, parenting, population (all these topics)

Sweet sixteen One family aiming to be half the population of Arkansas	Sarah K. Burkhalter	13 Oct 2005	Gristmill

Topics: parenting, population (all these topics)

Toxic babies	David Roberts	15 Jul 2005	Gristmill

Topics: health, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

A beautiful day in the neighborhood Choosing the healthiest place to raise your kids can be a complicated matter	Sarah van Schagen	03 Jun 2005	Gristmill

Topics: health, parenting, placemaking (all these topics)

The Battle of All Mothers Are greens overlooking a key constituency?	Angela Park	06 May 2005	Soapbox
On a snowy winter morning five years ago, after four days of cocooning in the hospital, I walked home carrying my newborn daughter. I knew I was crossing the threshold into life as a mother, caregiver, and working parent. What I didn't know was that I was about to become a different kind of environmentalist. It took just a few blocks to transform my environmentalism from one based on vehement philo ...
Topics: green living, parenting (all these topics)

Surely You Gestate On having kids, revisited	Umbra Fisk	21 Mar 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, What do you feel is the one issue of personal responsibility regarding the environment that people ignore the most? Vaughn Jackson, Tenn. Dearest Vaughn, Reproduction. But what can you do? As I said the other time I touched this topic with a 10-foot pole, we don't make childbearing choices based on politics. If we don't want kids, we bolster that decision by patting ourselves on our environmentally aware backs. I ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, parenting, population (all these topics)

Heavens to Betsy -- Come in, Betsy Betsy Rosenberg, green radio-show host, answers readers' questions		21 Jan 2005	InterActivist

Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, parenting (all these topics)

Radioactivist Betsy Rosenberg, green radio-show host, answers Grist's questions		18 Jan 2005	InterActivist

Topics: green living, InterActivist, interview, parenting (all these topics)

How toxic is your breast milk?	Lisa Hymas	09 Jan 2005	Gristmill

Topics: food, green living, health, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Kid Commando On diaperless parenting	Umbra Fisk	12 Feb 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have a baby on the way. Due to prodding by my wife, I have begun to think about things such as diapers. Babies make a lot of boom-boom, and wrapping it all up in a bundle of plastic diaperness, tossing that in a plastic sack, and then tossing the lot in a landfill seems eco-unfriendly. And reusable diapers are definitely parent-unfriendly, insists my wife. I have seen some all-cotton and paper disposable diapers, but at ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, parenting, solid waste treatment and disposal, waste (all these topics)

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