Guest post by Lindsay Pace of Moms Clean Air Force: Dear Amazing Mamas, I’m hearing from so many people who are wondering what they can do–and worrying that we are going to have a president who wants to get rid of all our clean air protections. Here’s what you can do right now: Get in […]
Taking the elevator to the top of the Knoxville’s landmark Sunsphere was the highlight of a downtown summer field trip for my family. The girls marveled during the short ride up that we’d be climbing so high, then they scouted for different Knoxville landmarks through the golden glass on the observation floor. I pointed out […]
We all want #CleanAir4Kids, don’t we? We know children, the elderly and those with compromised health are more susceptible to breathing problems from air pollution. We also know that even beautiful, picturesque places in the United States like Appalachia’s Great Smoky Mountains are still hot spots for high ozone levels — indicators of polluted air […]
Guest post by Lisa Sharp of Retro Housewife Goes Green Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is the process of injecting high-pressured fluid to create cracks in deep-rock formations through which natural gas and petroleum will flow more freely. Fracking is fairly common in my state of Oklahoma. The oil and gas industry accounts for a third […]
Have you heard the latest news about that popular product you may be putting on your lawn right now? How about efforts to clear the air for kids’ health? Or what you could say to your local store manager today that would forever change the way you look at shopping? Let’s look at these things […]
My youngest daughter became very ill the day we visited Emily Lane’s beautiful corner of small-town Arkansas. I wrote about this experience later at Moms Clean Air Force. We had been on a tour of the rural area turned industrial park, and we shared the concerns residents had that led to them testing their own air despite […]
Anyone else stop to wonder what our great grandparents thought about their efforts at gardening, preserving food, making or repairing their own household items and even sharing with neighbors? Chances are, most of them never used the term “green,” because what we now consider greener living was simply their way of life. Tomorrow on the […]
We feel uncomfortable looking at pictures like this, don’t we? We didn’t directly destroy this mountain and its ecosystem and pollute the water nearby. We didn’t directly contribute to fossil-fueled climate change. We just turned on a light switch. Revisit this story of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia and hear the voices speaking up for […]
Why do I have to worry about mercury levels in fish I eat, particulate levels in the air I breathe and diseases carried by too many mosquitoes that want to bite me? Americans are slowly realizing that more and more of what we used to assume was just the way things are — is linked […]
There aren’t enough hours in the day to (insert here)! I can’t afford to (insert here)! Some other parent will have to (insert here)! We all make excuses, despite our best intentions to live life to its fullest and care for our families. Spend a few minutes with Lori Alper of popular blog Groovy Green […]
Anne is a mother, wife and independent journalist blogging about carrying on the best of Grandma’s traditions while improving on what we know better.