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5 Actions You Can Take This Week
Advocacy November 4, 2018Ready to do some good for yourself and our planet? Our friends at mindbodygreen.com shared 11 tips to remove toxins from your life, written by William Cole, Functional Medicine Practitioner. Here are their top 5 actions you can take this week: Eat organic - one easy way to minimize toxins is to eat food that hasn't been sprayed with pesticides and herbicides. If you can't get an organic option, make sure to thoroughly wash your conventional produce. Clean green - conventional dish soaps, laundry detergents, fabric softeners and household cleaners contain harmful chemicals for your health. Look for products labeled…
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Top 10 Reasons to Support Locally Owned Businesses
October 20, 2018With the holidays right around the corner, our friends at Local First Arizona and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance give us 10 great reasons to…
Learn MoreShowing Your Local Community the LOVE
October 19, 2018Getting the Word Out Kimber Lanning, Founder and Director, is flying all over the country to speak to other Local First organizations. Why?…
Learn More5 Actions You Can Take This Week: Change the World
October 19, 2018Hurricane Maria isn’t the first storm to devastate our communities, and unfortunately it won’t be the last. Hurricane Michael is the latest reminder, more…
Learn MoreVOTE Earth: Introducing our Favorite Candidate
October 10, 2018Not sure who to vote for this November 6th election day? We have a candidate for you: Earth the penguin. Learn more about Earth’s platform…
Learn More5 Actions You Can Take This Week
October 10, 2018Here we are in the month of October. Many places in the world are feeling the cool winds and enjoying the vibrant colors of…
Learn MoreDo You Hum Sum?
September 23, 2018Would you have loved to participate in the Global Climate Action Summit? You still can! The community platform for the Summit is called The Hum Sum…
Learn More5 Actions You Can Take This Week
September 20, 2018Our Mrs. Green, Gina Murphy-Darling, participated in the Global Climate Action Summit earlier this month. You can learn more about the key summit challenges and how…
Learn MoreThe Wars Against Wolves & Immigrants: Frightening Similarities
August 29, 2018Once Upon a Time For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with wolves. I can’t pinpoint when my fascination started…
Learn MoreKeep Wolves Protected
August 27, 2018Our friends at the Defenders of Wildlife share on their website, “On February 7, 2014, an independent scientific peer review panel told the…
Learn MoreImmigration and the Environment
August 27, 2018We are starting to see a rise in the number of environmental groups taking on the issue of immigration. With 82 percent of the…
Learn More5 Actions You Can Take This Week
July 16, 2018Ready to do some good for yourself and our planet? Here are 5 actions you can take this week: Give yourself a little independence…
Learn MoreSpotlight on Habitat for Humanity Tucson
May 31, 2018Creating a more compassionate and just world, Habitat for Humanity Tucson brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. They seek to create…
Learn MoreLibby Roderick: singer/songwriter, poet, activist, teacher
May 23, 2018The songs played on Mrs. Green's World Podcasts have been licensed from the talented Libby Roderick. Below is more information on these beautiful songs, as…
Learn MoreWhy Become a Member of Mrs. Green’s World
May 7, 2018Do you ever think to yourself “Why aren’t people upset about the state of our environment?” Or how about “Why don’t people care what’s…
Learn MoreHelping sexual assault victims take the first step toward healing
April 11, 2018Mrs. Green’s World is a platform that not only educates people about the health of the planet but about their own health as well.…
Learn MoreA FUN SHARE FROM MRS. G!
February 13, 2018Sometimes I just want to share some really fun, cool experiences in Mrs. Green’s World – just because… On the Scene – Because we…
Learn MoreBlitz Building for Sustainable Shelter
September 23, 2016J.J. Swinney, Director of Construction, Habitat for Humanity Habitat Tucson remains on the forefront of the fight against substandard housing in Southern Arizona and…
Learn MoreGreen Lightning Bolt
September 14, 2016(or Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Food Babe?) Although the article that inspired me to write about Vani Hari is from several months ago,…
Learn MoreThe Big Green Apple Experience
April 21, 2016I will try to capture and convey the magic - and do it justice - from my recent visit to The Big Green Apple. Here are…
Learn MoreBridges or Walls for a Sustainable Planet?
March 11, 2016(A Case for Bridges) As I contemplate writing I admit to a whirling dervish mind. I want to pack in all of my experiences at a…
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