Family/Children

Earth Day: Don’t Let it Become Just Another Holiday

April 20, 2009
By Seamus Ford
Earth Day: Don’t Let it Become Just Another Holiday

The founders of Earth Day and the early voices in the environmental movement predicted a future of extinctions, deforestation, water pollution and the eventual jeopardy of the human race. That prediction has proven prophetic as the population of the Earth is set to surpass 7 billion. ( It as 3.2 billion at...

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Re-thinking what you consider to be junk: re-use and re-purpose

June 20, 2008
By lowcarbonhome

The world is filling up with stuff. Modern industrial society has lost touch with the real value of what it produces. Our wasteful consumption and our disposable attitude toward so much of what we produce and use is going to hurt our children. In spite of the fact that most parents would never eat...

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Create a day without electronics each week

March 15, 2008
By lowcarbonhome
Create a day without electronics each week

The condition Nature Deficit Disorder (NDD) has become pervasive in modern society. According AC Nielson the average child in the United States spends 6 hours per day watching television or playing video games. This is a 400 percent increase over their parents generation.

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