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Sustainability
Deep Downshifting – living a life of no regrets
A presentation with Kali Wendorf Editor / publisher, Kindred magazine In this age of climate change, compromised democracy and environmental…
Mothering, Mindfulness and a Baby’s Bottom – An Introduction to…
Half of the World's Children Never Wear Diapers
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Is it really possible to raise a baby without nappies? Can our babies actually…
What’s Eating Them?
How food additives and chemicals affect children’s moods and behaviour
Children have changed over the last thirty years.…
The Power of Community
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate crisis — feeding…
Tempting Shopping
Many column centimetres have been written about the highly irritating practice of supermarkets flogging tempting goodies at children’s…
A Cuppa Health
Drink up! A cup of tea is the savvy mum’s answer to chilling out your nerves while buffing up your health. Studies showing tea’s health…
Kids and Chemicals Don’t Mix
It is no surprise to learn that children are most at risk from exposures to toxic chemicals, but what is a surprise is that one of the most toxic environments…
Chemicals, Kids and Cancer: Why kids are particularly vulnerable to toxic…
There is little doubt that our kids have a greater susceptibility to toxic chemicals. Everyday we expose our children to hundreds of…
Bird Flu – Little to Fear
A virus is not a living organism, but its ability to make copies of itself that can be spread to other hosts is what gives the impression…
Sticks
I believe that women have the fate of the Earth in the palm of their hands. Some 53 per cent of us are women and we really are pretty wimpish. We…