Climate Pulse

Photo credit: on_ovington + Baby formula could contain unsettling amounts of aluminum&emdashmore than 40 times the amount found in breast milk, according to one recent study. + Another scary side-effect of tainted baby formula: Breasts in female infants. + 85 percent of so-called... [continue]

All Images: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have released a follow up document to their 2005 publication, Setting Up and Running a School Garden. The newer manual is a School Garden Teaching Toolkit, comprising a bunch of... [continue]

vineetsuthan posted a photo: This is my shot of my son taken early jan 2010. Nothing much can be said about this photo. Converted to black and white. How i processed this shot can be seen in my blog: www.vineetsuthan.com/2010/08/the-umberalla-manmy-son/ [continue]

A few weeks ago Daniel Vivarellisent us a link to Global Buckets. and gushed about having come across "two young lads (brothers I believe) who have taken it upon themselves to cook up solutions for solving world hunger. WORLD FREAKIN' HUNGER ... I mean, no small challenge right? And they're onto an... [continue]

A few weeks ago Daniel Vivarelli sent us a link to Global Buckets. and gushed about having come across "two young lads (brothers I believe) who have taken it upon themselves to cook up solutions for solving world hunger. WORLD FREAKIN' HUNGER ... I mean, no small challenge right? And they're onto an... [continue]

Images from RHS Forget about playing Mozart when the baby is in the womb--start a school garden instead! A new report from the Royal Horticultural Society has found that when children work in school gardens they develop increased life skills, greater literacy and numeracy and are more responsive... [continue]

+ Turn an empty breakfast-cereal box into a series of ramps for dropping and rolling marbles. All you need is some shears and tape! + A wicker basket gathering dust can be repurposed into a pretty bird feeder for hanging on a tree in your backyard. + Capture Mother Nature's beauty through the... [continue]

Logo: Bike For All Photo: Sgillies on Flickr Almost a year ago we asked the question, When Should Tykes Be On Bikes?. Now in the UK the question is being asked, When Should Kids be Allowed to Ride to School -- Alone? For one London couple, Oliver and Gillian Schönrock, they decided it was OK for... [continue]

Lady Wulfrun posted a photo: The operative inside this life-size Dalek was busy keeping both kids and adults amused in Dudley Street, Wolverhampton on an absolutely raving hot Saturday 26th June 2010. It must have been like an oven inside of the Dalek. [continue]

Inhabitots recently interviewed Dr. Alan Greene, a renowned pediatrician and father of four who has authored several books about raising green families. (Would you expect less with a name like that?) Here, Dr. Greene answers questions about topics that weigh most heavily on parents' ...Read the full... [continue]