Did you know that Seventh Generation offers a line of natural feminine care products, including tampons made with organic cotton? If you eat green and clean green, you should consider going green for feminine care. Seventh Generation tampons and pads are available at a wide range of retailers, including Target, Whole Foods, Amazon.com, Drugstore.com and natural food stores in your neighborhood.

We can imagine our kitchens without a lot of things, but plastic isn't one of them. In the half century since it created a food storage revolution, this material has come to play an indispensible role in nearly every meal.

There's good news from Washington: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting serious about regulating toxic compounds. The agency is reviewing available options, creating a list of high-priority chemicals to target, and considering an expansion of existing rules in order to control substances that threaten public health. These moves come even as Congress readies new legislation that would enhance the EPA's ability to take precautionary action.

While the first Thanksgiving is generally remembered as the one held by the Indians and Pilgrims in 1621, that famous event was actually a three-day harvest celebration of the colony's first successful growing season. For the Puritans, a day of thanksgiving was hardly a party. It was a solemn occasion marked by prayer and, quite ironically, fasting instead of feasting.

With thinning polar ice caps, extreme weather events, and other indications of a climate crisis becoming difficult to ignore, increasing numbers of Americans are working hard to reduce their carbon footprint, or the total amount of carbon dioxide that they create. For most that means dialing back electricity use, consuming less hot water, adjusting thermostats, and reducing driving. Actions like these are invaluable, but many people are surprised to learn that making simple changes in their diet can have an equally large impact.

There are more than 80,000 synthetic, human-made chemicals on the market. Yet, the Environmental Protection Agency has required safety testing on only 200 of them. Seventh Generation talks about toxins in the home with Dr. Alan Greene, practicing pediatrician and renowned authority on family health issues. Q: Why should we worry about chemicals in our homes?

The season of family celebrations is upon us. That often means more time in the kitchen preparing special meals and party feasts. Food plays a big role in our holidays, and that's just one of the reasons why the kitchen is the place we're likely to gather during winter's dawning days.

There's no symbol of childhood more enduring than the playground. Put a sandbox next to a swing set, add a slide and some kids, and what emerges is a portrait of pure joy. Indeed, whether they're in our backyards, at the park, or behind the school, playgrounds are a vital refuge from the world outside. Yet sometimes there can be less safety in these havens than meets the eye.

It's fall, and America's farms and gardens are brimming with a cornucopia of edible plenty. The harvest is here, and there's so much fresh produce available that try though we might, it's impossible to eat it all. And so comes the locavore's annual autumn lament: If only there was some way we could set a table like this all year round. The short answer is you can. The secret lies in the lost art of do-it-yourself food preservation, a once vital family tradition that the many conveniences of modern life have let most of us largely forget.

Tampons are a big part of the monthly female lexicon. American women spend about $2 billion on them annually and will use about 11,000 during their lifetimes. But they are a product that few people regularly discuss. That dynamic needs to change: Tampons, which come into contact with some of the most sensitive tissue in a woman's body, aren't as straightforward as they seem.