Fear of traffic risks and ‘stranger danger’ are holding our children captive indoors. For the sake of their health and development, and for the environment they will one day need to protect, we have to find ways of getting them into the wild.
… Let Our Children Roam Free Tim Gill | 23rd September … Play Nature Education Woods Obesity Child Children Outdoors Children Education Food And Health Mental …
Give a child a non-toxic, ethically-made toy and avoid the pitfalls of today’s Disneyfied toy market
… there are nearly 10,000 toy factories. Today, children the world over play with the same … you are buying into. CHECKLIST Non-toxic Children will put anything in their mouths, so … are preserved. No unnecessary packaging Many children’s toys are packaged inside oversized …
When people take part in the seasonal and cyclical activites of growth they are more able to put things into perspective - to make decisions that are governed by life-sustaining principles over and above financial incentive
… inflexible in its concept of education. My children often question their education in … of life. It is a simple wisdom understood by children (at least those who are lucky enough … where food grows and wildlife is abundant and children play; a sustainable and sustaining …
If you split post-operative patients into two groups, giving one a view of trees and the other a view of a brick wall, the group that was exposed to the trees will need fewer painkillers, develop fewer complications and will
check themselves out of hospital more quickly than the group with the urban view. Isn't it time to accept that some of the distress we currently feel is tied to the world beyond the consulting room, to this planet of ours that's
become so stripped and bare?
… low. One US study found depression rates for children to be hovering between seven and 14 … health. His work - with autistic children, the elderly, and patients suffering … especially concerned about the huge number of children being raised without rich contact …
The huge popularity of antibacterial household cleaners is encouraging superbugs,
allergies, immune-system failure and dangerous environmental pollution. It’s time to
stop cleaning ourselves to death.
… on parents’ fears about the health of their children. Yet by using antibacterial products … healthy homes, we may be condemning our children to a future of chronic ill health. … out of scientists’ inability to explain why children in developed countries were …
According to a Mori poll in March 2004, the fairtrade mark is now recognised by 39 per cent of the British public, up from 11 per cent five years ago. But what difference does fairtrade actually make to the lives of the producers? John Atkin looks at the Nicaraguan community of La Pita who sell half of their coffee on the fairtrade market
… waste. Over a thousand people, many of them children, live and work here, fighting with … the 1980s. The UCA also helps find grants for children from La Pita and the 21 other co-ops …
Overrun with shower gels that claim to firm and tone, cream baths that turn back the clock and body scrubs that detox and purify, the shelves of the average supermarket and pharmacy could be mistaken for those of a specialist spa or beauty parlour. Modern marketing contrives to make us believe that taking a bath or shower is an ‘experience’ rather than a personal hygiene fundamental, and that bath-time products are indulgent treats with emotional benefits. More often than not we believe it.
… tract. This allows bacteria to take hold. Children are particularly vulnerable, and … of urogenital infections in babies. In the US children’s bubble baths are now obliged to …
If you go down to Barnes today you're in for a big surprise. The sterile concrete of a former reservoir has been turned into a world renowned haven for birds and wildlife. Bridget Nicholls wises a happy fifth birthday to the London Wetland Centre
… von Goethe who said, ‘There are two things children should get from their parents – roots … parents an opportunity to give their city children those vital ‘roots and wings’. It is …
Do you want the best for your baby, but don’t want to harm the environment? Then use reusable nappies. Contrary to popular belief, modern reusables are cheaper and more hygienic than disposables, and you won't have to spend hours cleaning them.
… Schemes Reusables Reusable Nappies Plastics Children Landfills Recycling Consumerism Green … out by doctors and parents as a cure-all for children, think again... NEWS FSA ‘ignoring’ …
We interrupt our regular programming for a moral advisory…
‘Endangerment of life is ignored when it is real, but sold in bulk when it’s a good enough apocalypse for a movie’
… a RUBBER GODZILLA IN A FISHTANK CIRCA 1955. Children, ultimately the death of the Earth is … prurient interest but only at a distance. But children – APOCALYPSES ARE US. Earth is what …
Our lives are now so dependent on oil that it is impossible to conceive of a world without it. Before long, however, we will have no choice. The sooner we start planning for that reality, and changing the way we live, the better our chance of survival.
… one place, working in another, driving their children to school in another and shopping in … living, working, shopping and schooling the children in the same place. Eventually they … was nearly universal, especially among young children. The Cuban GDP fell by 85 per cent …
Imagine a garden pond filled with white and pink
water lilies and purple irises and humming with a chorus of frogs and birds. Now imagine swimming in it. Alice Klein and Hannah Hislop take a dip in the world of natural swimming pools
… main swimming section via a stream in which children can play. During high summer, more … early childhood. The samples showed that the children who swam most frequently had protein …
Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history. The most recent evidence, linking it to leukaemia and lymphoma, has added substantial fuel to the ongoing protests of doctors, scientists and consumer groups who allege that this artificial sweetener should never have been released onto the market and that allowing it to remain in the food chain is killing us by degrees.
… of the adult population and 40 per cent of children who regularly ingest this artificial …
Receiving the Global Environment Citizen Award in December, US television journalist Bill Moyers warned of the threat posed to the planet by America’s religious right. This is an abridged version of his speech
… health and to the health and lives of their children. Now I am not so sure. It’s not that … have been linked to neurological damage in children, but instead of ordering an end to … $970 each, as well as a camcorder and children’s clothing, to serve as guinea pigs …
Lek lives in Thialand. She saves Thai elephants. Now, thanks to a clumsy campaign launched by animal rights activists in American all her work is at risk
… and giving inoculations and wormings to children. And saving elephants. And raising …
After more than 20 years work, Mike Hands, a British tropical ecologist has come up with a groundbreaking way to stop vast areas of rainforest destroyed
… time. But at 39, with a wife and four young children to support, he wasn't sure he was up …
Half way between Cusco and the lost city of Machu Picchu lies the ancient artery of Inca trade and production - the salt terraces. For over 1,000 years little has changed for the salt farmers of Maras. Now, thanks to a clumsy, unnecessary and potentially dangerous attempt at mass medication, this traditional livelihood is at risk. By James Frankham.
… cretinism and neurological disorders in children and myxedema in adults. As a result …
Do you like to freshen up your house with a good squirt of air freshener or get your elbow behind some spray polish? Beware, that waft of scent can mask a multitude of harmful ingredients.
… single product, the specific vulnerability of children and pregnant women or the persistent …
Are SUVs a crime against civilisation, or paragons of efficiency? Are they ugly, arrogant and antisocial, or bright, beautiful and mobile? And do the polar passions they arouse pit the politics of envy against the Americanisation of British culture? Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Harvey discuss
… Accidents advises parents not to drive their children to school in SUVs. Doesn’t sound …
Starved of funding by the US embargo and the Soviet Union's collapse, Cuba has a health service to put its rich northern enemy to shame. Much of the responsibility for this medical miracle is due to the island's transformation into a model of environmental
good practice
… successful vaccination of 1.5 million Haitian children against measles, the production of …