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Kilowatt Ours

Have you seen the film "Kilowatt Ours" on Public Television recently? It is an excellent film with some wonderful information about saving energy, saving money and what's new on the energy front. Check out their website, too at www.kilowattours.org!

I See Me! creates beautiful personalized books for your special kids!

Green Holiday Tips for your sustainable Celebrations!

Green Holiday Tips to help you plan a low impact celebration!

Green Holidays for Family Fun and Savings!

This is the year for Green Holidays! See our ideas for unique family gifts!

You Can Make a Difference With Holiday Cards from UNICEF!

New White House Chief of Staff Supports the Pickens Plan for Clean Energy!

Yesterday, November 06, 2008, 1:06:09 PM | Rich

Big news on the Pickens Plan front! Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) has just been announced as the new White House chief of staff when President-elect Barack Obama is inauguarted next January 20.

Rep. Emanuel is a BIG supporter of moving to natural gas generally and the Pickens Plan in particular. He introduced Boone at a town hall event in Chicago in October. In an interview posted on the Pickens Plan website on Sept. 30, 2008, Rep. Emanuel said,

I agree with the Pickens Plan to fuel more cars with natural gas. To reduce our oil consumption, we need to give American drivers a choice of how they fuel their cars; natural gas vehicles can help provide that choice. And I believe that an energy policy aimed at curbing our addition to oil will allow us to create new jobs, curb global warming, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

This is the man who will have enormous influence not just over the White House staff, but over the direction that many of the Cabinet Departments take as well.

You can read the entire interview with Congressman Emanuel by visiting the PicketsPlan website.

Is Your Child’s School a Healthy Place to Learn?

Your child’s school - How safe is the environment ?

Go Green with Recycling Tips!

Go green with these important recycling tips.

Environmentally Safe Gardening Solutions

Environmentally safe gardening solutions for a beautiful yard and garden!

Environmental Resources Online for Parents

Parents can find additional environmental resources online!

Trash Talk!

Let's talk trash! And recycling and garbage and....

A Healthy Clean at Home

Do you think your home is a safe place for your kids?

Please don't disrupt my endocrines!

This article from the Enviroblog lays out the problems with plastics and chemicals which may be hormone disruptors causing health risks - particularly serious for young people!

By Lisa Frack October 21, 2008

Unless you've been living under a rock these past few years, or purposefully avoiding the newspaper, you've likely heard the term 'endocrine disruptor.' And it has a serious ring to it, doesn't it? Like when you hear the phrase you get an immediate sense that endocrines should definitely not be disrupted, and a sinking feel that maybe yours aren't safe. And you'd be right on both counts.

What's an endocrine, anyway? First off, it's the endocrine system, not just one lone endocrine (as I once thought). And this is one important system. Why? It produces and manages hormones, that's why. It accomplishes this through a complex system of glands and receptors throughout the body (familiar sounding glands like pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, ovaries, and testicles). Hormones (such as insulin, estrogen, and testosterone) are produced in these glands, travel through the bloodstream, and bind with matching receptors. These hormones control a bunch of important functions in the body, like growth, reproduction, blood pressure, and food utilization, to name but a few.

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National Geographic Store on Healthy-kids-go-green.com

We are always looking for great resources for our readers and we love this one! The National Geographic store and website are very fun and have lots of great ideas for exploration and going green. Check it out!

Join the Healthy-Kids Go-Green Club!

Healthy-Kids Can Join With Others and Go Green for Fun and Friendship!

Go Green Websites for Kids!

Go green websites for kids who want to have fun while helping the earth!

Products derived from natural, nontoxic ingredients -- once seen as fringe -- are now mainstream.

The Los Angeles Times front page article on green products becoming mainstream is a well written exploration of shifting attitudes. This article features the Shaklee Corporation as a leader in the green products industry. Very interesting!

The Award-Winning Shaklee Corporation is Opening in China!

The Shaklee Corporation - the MLM leader in nutritional research and development and a recognized worldwide environmental leader - is set to open business in China! You can be part of this monumental opportunity! Read on!

Plastics in the News

Plastics and the environmental risks are front page news!

Music and Families Go Together!

Music available for singing, reading, playing at the click of a finger!