At Healthy-kids-go-green.com, we have done a lot of scouring of online environmental resources to compile this important information for concerned parents. Because it is impossible to cover all the essentials on one website, we have compiled our favorite resources for you to visit and find the additional information you may seek.
Healthy Child, Healthy World
is a great environmental resource for your family, school and community! Healthy Child, Healthy World is a non profit organization whose mission is to protect the health and wellbeing of children from harmful exposures by educating parents and engaging communities to make responsible decisions by making healthy, green choices.
Healthy Child, Healthy World offers a very good presentational DVD for $12.00 called "Creating Healthy Environments for Children - Easy Steps for Home, Childcare centers and Schools". This would be an excellent resource for showing to PTA groups and community groups. Click on the above link to find out more.
The Children's Health Environmental Coalition
is a resource for parents which offers information on household products which are hazardous and affect children's health. CHEC offers the HealtheHouse website with information on many common household concerns particularly relating to children's health.
OnEarth Magazine is a new website from The Natural Resources Defense Council. This is an excellent resource for a wide range of topics. It contains blogs, multimedia, and award-winning journalism. The home page is at www.onearth.org.
The magazine is also available in a hard copy.
The
Natural Resources Defense Council
is one of the Nation's most effective environmental action groups. The mission of the NRDC is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants, its animals and the natural system on which life depends.
The NRDC website features excellent articles, multimedia and blogs on all aspects of environmental protection. The NRDC is also a great place to get involved and take action.
Featured on PBS stations across the country -- This is an excellent resource for schools, home and communities alike!
Great ideas on saving energy and money, check out this award-winning film and the organizations helpful website!
is an important information and environmental action group.
The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles.
In 2002, EWG founded the EWG Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization that advocates on Capitol Hill for health-protective and subsidy-shifting policies.
EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep and the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce) to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.
The EWG website is a rich resource and source for active participation.
The Nation's Medical Research Agency
The
National Institutes of Health
(NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
Helping to lead the way toward important medical discoveries that improve people's health and save lives, NIH scientists investigate ways to prevent disease as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases.
Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, the NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world.
For information on our favorite multiuse, economical, environmentally safe cleaner,
Shaklee's Basic H2
, we have provided an informative pdf file for you to read. By the way, its one of Oprah's Favorite Things, too!
If you would like additional information on these eco-friendly, family-safe products, check out
this informative site!
More information and great sites about healthy living and having fun together!
For more fun ideas and helpful environmental resources, take a look at these great links -
www.the-children's-guide.com! The childrenʼs guide is your one-stop, online
resource, where we showcase for you, the parent,
the best products, resources, vacation ideas, parenting tips and more!
Busy Bee Kids Crafts Free instructions to make unique kids crafts for all occasions. All of our crafts for kids are made with inexpensive materials (often free), and are clearly explained with easy to follow directions and pictures. Most importantly they are fun crafts to make!
www.all-natural-living.com
Children are especially susceptible to toxic
substances both because of their small size and
because of their fast rate of growth. You can
easily limit your kids' exposure to toxic
substances by choosing all natural baby bath/body
care, organic baby food, natural bedding and
furniture..
Education Games for Kids!
Education games for kids, is packed full of the
best educational games and toys for kids of all
ages. Check this out for lots of learning fun!
Parenting Our Kids!
Visit this great site for Activities, Resources and Tips
for raising Our Kids.....Homeschool activities and
worksheets, how to keep kids busy, active and learning!
Opportunity Knocks on the Back of a Napkin!
Have you been thinking about a career or life change that would include working toward a better environment, helping others and promoting good health?
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