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How large is your footprint?The Earth couldn't support its 6.6 billion residents if everyone lived like a typical American.
These games and interactives let you explore the impact you have on the environment: |
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Simple earth friendly changes you can make today!
Nearly everything we do leaves behind waste. Household garbage, exhaust from our automobiles, plastic bottles or grocery bags.
Listed below are small changes you can make that add up to a big difference.
- Inflate your tires
- Bike, walk or take public transportation
- Switch you electric provider to a company with wind or hydro power
- Eat lower on the food chain-less meat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains
- Invest in sustainable algae bio-fuels
- Plant trees or grow food locally
- Stop using petroleum pesticides, solvents, oil, plastic
- Conserve energy & increase efficiency
- Dig beneath the headlines and educate yourself
- Vote for politicians that aren't owned by oil, coal and nuclear interests
- Reduce waste at home, at work, in the community
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Composting
- Plug into eCycling: recycle electronics
- WasteWise Program
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Your Baby Deserves an Organic Diet
Protect your baby’s health and support sustainable agriculture by feeding your child organic food.
Chemical-free, organically-grown produce is widely accepted as the healthiest choice for everyone, but it is especially important when it comes to infants and young children. Why? Before their brains, immune and detoxification systems have developed, little baby bodies are especially succeptable to chemical residues found in non-organic food.
Plus, because babies are so small, they eat (pound for pound) two to four times more fruits and vegetables than adults. This means that babies’ potential exposure to chemical pesticides and fertilizers is much higher than most adults’.
The USDA closely regulates certified-organic produce, ensuring that it is free of the dangerous additives of conventional food. Similarly, organic meat and dairy is guarenteed to be free of hormones and antibiotics used on standard livestock. Since the long term health risks associated with ingesting these chemicals is still uncertain, it’s better to play it safe with your kids.
Buying organic food helps to support small, sustainable farmers who keep harmful chemicals out of our diets and water supplies. Organic food is better for the environment because its farmers use sustainable practices that benefit the soil and limit pollution and waste. It may be more expensive, but think of it as an investment in the health and future of your child.
(Source: Ecomii)
Chemical-free, organically-grown produce is widely accepted as the healthiest choice for everyone, but it is especially important when it comes to infants and young children. Why? Before their brains, immune and detoxification systems have developed, little baby bodies are especially succeptable to chemical residues found in non-organic food.
Plus, because babies are so small, they eat (pound for pound) two to four times more fruits and vegetables than adults. This means that babies’ potential exposure to chemical pesticides and fertilizers is much higher than most adults’.
The USDA closely regulates certified-organic produce, ensuring that it is free of the dangerous additives of conventional food. Similarly, organic meat and dairy is guarenteed to be free of hormones and antibiotics used on standard livestock. Since the long term health risks associated with ingesting these chemicals is still uncertain, it’s better to play it safe with your kids.
Buying organic food helps to support small, sustainable farmers who keep harmful chemicals out of our diets and water supplies. Organic food is better for the environment because its farmers use sustainable practices that benefit the soil and limit pollution and waste. It may be more expensive, but think of it as an investment in the health and future of your child.
(Source: Ecomii)
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