Is your child at risk for climate crisis health problems? According to Frederica Perera, environmental health sciences professor at Columbia University and author of Children’s Health and the Peril of Climate Change, almost every child across the globe is already at risk from climate change-related threats like extreme heat, poor air quality, pollution, and disease-carrying mosquitoes and ticks.
Why is Rights of Nature Law Necessary?
Why is Rights of Nature Law Necessary? Because it is critically important to speak for and protect all of Nature if we want life on Earth–including ours–to continue.
Trees: Our Planet’s Lifeline
It seems the treehuggers had it right. There is a lot to love about trees. Allow me to elaborate. Trees offer multiple benefits. Here are a few:
Store CO2 in Your Garden!
Can you store CO2 in your garden? Yes! Carbon gardening, a natural climate solution, is the latest trend in gardening. We can manage our properties to store CO2 by changing the way we garden.
Air Pollution: How Dangerous is it?
Air pollution—how dangerous is it? You may be surprised to learn Pennsylvania led the country for the highest number of premature deaths per capita caused by air pollution in 2020.
It’s important to take air pollution seriously, because it is harmful to your health.
How Important is Your Native Plant Garden?
How Important is Your Native Plant Garden? Very! Your native plants could mean the difference between life or death to birds, pollinators, and other insects—not to mention everything else further up the food chain.