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Thu, Jan. 28, 2010
Family Life
Posted by the Inkslinger

Are School Buildings Healthy?

If you have kids, you know the importance of protecting planet home by avoiding toxic cleaners and other chemical products. There's just one hole in this theory: For much of the year, we send our children off to school buildings where the environment is less than healthy. According to the Healthy...
Thu, Jan. 28, 2010
Family Life
Posted by Francineinthe206
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Stre-e-e-e-tch It Out

Cats are smart. I watch how my Joe stretches when he gets up from a nap -- only to flop back down to sleep again. Joe will even stretch while he's walking, sort of looking like a slinky pull toy. Cats know that in order to be pounce-ready, joints and muscles must be limber and loose. And they know...
Fri, Jan. 22, 2010
Family Life
Posted by BethArky
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Can Green Disputes Kill a Couple?

Not that long ago, when couples fought over the green stuff, it meant only one thing: money. But now battle lines are being drawn over a new kind of green -- the kind that involves Reducing, Reusing and Recycling. The New York Times recently reported that marriage counselors are seeing "a rise in...
Fri, Jan. 22, 2010
Family Life, Pregnancy and Parenting
Posted by abbybrooks
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All I Got For Christmas Was Seventh Generation

We first met abbybrooks when she posted a message to our Facebook page explaining that she had asked for, and received, Seventh Generation cleaning products as a Christmas present. We were intrigued, and asked her to share her story with the rest of the Seventh Generation Nation. --The Team at 7Gen...
Thu, Jan. 21, 2010
Family Life
Posted by the Inkslinger
16 Comments

(Cast) Iron Chef

In my house, we live to cook and eat. So when research came out showing we should give up our non-stick cookware to avoid perfluorinated chemicals, we had a hard time contemplating a life without the easy-to-clean pans. The skies seemed to darken. Tempers flared as we envisioned hours standing in...