- Personal Development -
Revolutionary Act 15: Raise Your Sights
By Pilar GerasimoDon't get sucked in by obsessions with six-pack abs and buns of steel. Don't play "compare the bodies." Fulfill your best-self vision.
Pesticides/Chemicals
- Food Culture -
As Food Industry Ditches BPA, Questions Emerge About Alternatives
By Craig CoxSeveral food giants are gradually shifting away from BPA, but the alternatives may not be much better.
- Environmental Health -
5 Chemicals in Lawn Fertilizer You Want to Avoid
By Care2 TeamTips to keep your lawn healthier this year.
- Environmental Health -
Why Anti-Odor Clothes Stink
By Margret AldrichWhy you may want to avoid anti-odor clothes, and alternatives for lessening the stink.
- Environmental Health -
Wash Before Wearing
By Experience Life StaffAs 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).
- Sleep -
What Lurks Under the Covers
By Experience Life StaffMattresses, pillows, and other bedding can contain chemicals that, while intended to make sleep safer, actually have the opposite effect.
- Environmental Health -
How to protect yourself from harmful air pollutants
By Maggie Fazeli FardAir pollution is now considered the world’s largest environmental health risk, taking the blame for an estimated seven million premature deaths in 2012, the World Health Organization said.
- Pesticides/Chemicals -
#FashionTakesAction with @PeopleTree
By Casie Leigh LukesDigital content specialist Casie Leigh Lukes on her participation with @PeopleTree's #FashionTakesAction contest.
- Pesticides/Chemicals -
Garment Self-Sufficiency Follow-Up: Sewing Underwear Out of a T-shirt
By Casie Leigh LukesEditorial Intern Casie Leigh Lukes recaps her recent project of sewing her first pair of underwear out of a t-shirt.
- Pesticides/Chemicals -
Garment Self-Sufficiency
By Casie Leigh LukesIntern Casie Lukes is on a quest to learn to sew ... and she's starting with the bare essentials: underwear!
- Pesticides/Chemicals -
A Quest for Ethical Shopping: Down the Bunny Trail
By Casie Leigh LukesEditorial intern Casie Lukes on her quest for sustainable clothing.
- Weight Loss -
The Impacts of Chemical Exposure on Body Weight
By Experience Life StaffResearch shows that certain chemicals have an unhealthy effect on body weight.
- Environmental Health -
40+ Easy Breezy Ways to Recycle Anything and Everything
By Laura KleinTips to recycle everything from sports equipment, cosmetic containers, clothing, shoes, and electronics.
- Hormones -
Even BPA-Free Plastic Has Health Risks
By Experience Life Community ManagerSome tips on how to avoid hormone-disrupting chemicals in your kitchen.
- Environmental Health -
Put That in Your Pipeline and Spill It
By Heidi Wachter“We need to move beyond oil. We need to reinvent society, technology and economy. We need to do it fast and we need to do it creatively. We can.” — Dr. Vandana Shiva In July 2011, courtesy of Exxon, 42,000 gallons of oil spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River affecting areas as far as 150 miles... Read more »
- Sports/Recreation -
A Safer Splash
By Pamela WeintraubWhether you're diving into a pool or wading into a lake, certain water conditions can threaten your health. Here's how to avoid trouble.
- Environmental Health -
Start Seeing Toxins
By Alyssa FordToxic chemicals surround us - often in the places we'd least suspect. Want to protect your body, your home and your world from harmful pollutants? Start by knowing where to look.
- Clean Eating -
Weighing Heavy Metals
By Catherine GuthrieMercury in fish and dental fillings. Lead in old paint. Cadmium and arsenic in industrial wastes. There's a lot of talk about heavy-metal toxins these days. But how worried should you be, really? And what can you do to protect yourself?
- Nutrition -
Clean Sweep
By Jane AlexanderEver wonder how much toxic sludge your body is carting around? If you want to be healthy, fit, and bursting with energy, it's time you learned a little about detoxification and internal cleansing.