Environmental Health Archives - Page 4 of 7

- Environmental Health -

How to Make a Bee Bath

By Heidi Wachter

You’ll make a splash with local pollinators by placing this watering hole in your garden.

- Digital Detox -

Breaking Free

By Kyra Bobinet, MD, MPH

Some routines are helpful — others hold you back. Shake things up with a new design so you can move in a healthier direction.

- Gut Health -

White House Announces New Microbiome Initiative

By Kaelyn Riley

The Obama Administration answers the call for a broader study of healthy microbial communities.

- Environmental Health -

Leading Pesticide Company to Nix Toxic Neonicotinoids

By Craig Cox

Backyard gardeners will soon be able to protect their plants — and the bees that pollinate them.

- Beauty -

Small Beads, Big Trouble

By Heidi Wachter

How you can steer clear of cosmetic microbeads to safeguard our environment — and your own well-being.

- video -

ReWild (Video)

By Experience Life Staff

Our city-dwelling staff writer takes a walk on the wild side to connect with nature and herself.

- Food Culture -

As Food Industry Ditches BPA, Questions Emerge About Alternatives

By Craig Cox

Several food giants are gradually shifting away from BPA, but the alternatives may not be much better.

- Sports/Recreation -

Bicycling Values: The Cost of Car vs. Bike Commutes

By Michael Dregni

A new study finds that it’s six times more costly to travel by car than bicycle.

- Environmental Health -

5 Chemicals in Lawn Fertilizer You Want to Avoid

By Care2 Team

Tips to keep your lawn healthier this year.

- video -

Behind the Scenes With Robin Emmons (Video)

By Experience Life Staff

Hear from Sow Much Good founder Robin Emmons about how she’s working to make fresh, affordable food available to everyone.

- Environmental Health -

The Green Hour

By Experience Life Staff

A daily dose of nature can improve your health and well-being. Here are 27 ways to get more green in your day.

- Environmental Health -

Seeds of Change: Robin Emmons

By Heidi Wachter

Robin Emmons is creating gardens from food deserts and empowering Charlotte’s impoverished communities to feed themselves.

- Environmental Health -

Why Anti-Odor Clothes Stink

By Margret Aldrich

Why you may want to avoid anti-odor clothes, and alternatives for lessening the stink.

- Food Culture -

How to Detox Your Life, Save Money, and Change the World

By Stacy Malkan

What’s best for our health and the planet can also be great for our bank accounts. All it takes is shifting how we spend our money and our time.

- Environmental Health -

As many as 2,000 chemicals may be involved in making the clothes in your closet. They include pesticides, toxic dyes, and formaldehyde — a known carcinogen used as a mildew preventive in the fashion world (and as an embalming agent in the funeral industry).

- Travel -

The Power of a Pushup: Tyson Mayr

By Maggie Fazeli Fard

World traveler Tyson Mayr crusades for clean water in the Third World — and proves that simple acts can make a big difference.

- Stress Relief -

Quiet, Please

By Karen Bannan

Electronics beep and buzz, music blares, traffic zooms. Everyday noise is more than just irritating — it can have a nasty impact on our health. Here’s what you can do to quiet the clamor.