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Tips Tuesday: How to Create a Green Wedding Registry

July 26, 2011
Wedding are whirlwinds. Even if you're the world's calmest couple, the amount of pre-wedding to-do's can be staggering. So when you do come out on the other side, when the cake has been cut and the dancing shoes have been discarded, it's time to cut back the stress. And you know what's added stress...
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Claire Moshenberg
Health Care

This is how it felt to bring "real life in America" to the White House

July 25, 2011
Have you ever felt frustrated with lawmakers who don’t seem to “get it”? Have you ever felt they don’t understand what it’s like to be an ordinary mom with an ordinary family today? You’re probably right. And we need to tell them! Not long ago, I was lucky enough to be one of three moms selected...
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Gail Schimmelpfennig
Childcare & Early Education

Amidst U.S. Heatwave, a Lesson on Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

July 25, 2011
Our small steps alone will not solve the crisis, but actions suggested here help build compassion, connection, greater understanding of the world's challenges from a young age, and even cultivate creative problem solvers. Collective action builds momentum and benefits the U.S., too.
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Homa Tavangar
Open Flexible Work

Four Steps for Smart Scheduling

July 25, 2011
Last Monday, unions and employers came together to make work-life balance a reality for hourly workers. The common assumption is that workplace flexibility is impractical for hourly workers. Not so: On Monday, models emerged to offer workplace flexibility in three contexts where it might seem...
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Joan C. Williams
Environmental Health

Let's Show Lisa Jackson Some Gratitude!

July 25, 2011
Green jobs, safer chemicals, cleaner air – Lisa Jackson is fighting for them all and more as the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. And it’s no easy job. As a recent article in the New York Times stated: 
 “No other cabinet officer is in as lonely or uncomfortable a position...
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Janelle Sorensen
Environmental Health Health Care

The Looming Toxic Legacy of Strawberries

July 22, 2011
My daughters love strawberries and pretty much anything made with strawberries. I don't know that I've ever met a kid who doesn't. Do your kids? If they do, I urge you to take two minutes today to help stop a looming toxic legacy. As Heather Pilatic, Co-Director of Pesticide Action Network North...
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Janelle Sorensen
Health Care

Families Put Their Foot Down on Short-Sighted Thinking

July 22, 2011
If times are tough and you decide to sell your car to make ends meet, it might make sense if you rarely use the car. But if the car is your only way to get to work and earn a paycheck, you have just set yourself on course for a deep and long-lasting financial spiral. The conversation in Washington...
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Aimee Ossman

Tell Congress to protect children and families in the budget fight

July 22, 2011
It seems every few days someone in Washington has a new plan, commission or deal to cut trillions from the federal budget. But these discussions are always about the dollar amounts cut, not the families cut off from services as a result. As policymakers ponder vast changes in how the government...
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Roberta Heine
Environmental Health

Putting Food Solutions on the Table for Latino Kids

July 22, 2011
One day in late March, I visited a southwestern Idaho farmworker housing complex with April Flores Mason. April is a Nutrition Services Specialist for a Migrant and Seasonal Head Start program run by Community Council of Idaho , a nonprofit organization that provides services to farmworker families...
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Kara Ryan

Palliative Care Information Act at the Bedside: Achieving Truly Informed Consent

July 21, 2011
New York has a new law, called the Palliative Care information Act (PCIA) . It’s simple, and short, and outlines a specific standard for doctors who care for patients at the end of life. The PCIA says when a disease has advanced to the terminal phase and a patient is unlikely to survive 6 months,...
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Barbara Coombs Lee

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