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Karen Logan was my first green teacher.  I found her book, Clean House, Clean Planet, lying around my parents’ house, one of the many we were given because they mention our soap.  I’d like to say I read them all with profound contemplation, evaluating...

Handwashing does not often make the news.  I’m still waiting for, “Crunchy Green Mom Caught Washing her Hands!”  But a couple years ago, handwashing was front page.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled against 19 super common antibacterial agents, including the ubiquitous Triclosan, that were in nearly every “antibacterial,” “antimicrobial,” or “antiseptic” hand wash.  With these ingredients banned, entire...

Full disclosure: I’m revisiting a topic I covered seven years ago, back when we filmed with our phones, no microphone, in one continuous take.  Even with its terrible sound quality, that video has been viewed more than 190,000 times.  I thought it was...

Unfinished.
That’s a newborn.  I am no medical professional, but I am a mom.  I’ve had my own unfinished – though “full term” – bundles handed to me in the hospital bed, and I’ve desperately wanted to shout, “Put it back!  This one’s not done yet!”
Yes, I know. They don’t fit....