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When You Can’t Always Go Organic: Get the 2013 Guide to the “Cleanest” and...
Summertime in the U.S. is nearing and people are ready to crowd the farmers markets, lusting over the delicious produce the warmer weather brings. One of the concerns a growing number of citizens are...
View ArticleSolutionary Spotlight: Ron Finley Says “Plant Some S&*t”
Ron Finley lives and plants food in south-central Los Angeles. He calls himself an artist, and soil is his canvas. He cares about his neighbors, who have significantly higher incidences of...
View ArticleEat Drink Politics
Eat Drink Politics is a blog run by public health lawyer Michele Simon, JD, MPH, which focuses on “countering industry harm to improve public health.” Michele writes about everything food-related, from...
View ArticlePlastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too
Self-taught plastic-free expert Beth Terry first decided to do something about all the plastic in her life when she saw images of baby Laysan albatross bodies on Midway Island, full of bits of plastic...
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For Your Must-Read List: Plastic Free by Beth Terry
There’s no question that plastic is convenient. But as we learn more about the impact of plastic and plastic waste on people, animals, and the planet, it’s clear that it’s important to find...
View ArticleNuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
There have been horror stories in the past of the U.S. conducting experiments on unwilling (and/or unaware) human participants, but one that stands out is Project 4.1, in part because the ripples are...
View ArticleAn Ocean of Plastic
Using the five gyres of plastic pollution as a springboard, this activity encourages participants to explore the issues surrounding trash in our oceans and to develop solutions. Recommended for grades...
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New Humane Education Activity: An Ocean of Plastic
Image courtesy kquedquest/Flickr. Plastic has become ubiquitous not only in our lives, but in our oceans. Elementary school teacher (and IHE online course alum and current IHE M.Ed. student) Betsy...
View ArticleIn Your Face: Reclaiming Billboards
Billboards are omnipresent in most communities and on many roadways. These in-our-face ads can have a powerful influence on us. Students explore issues surrounding billboards and the values billboard...
View ArticleEthical Consumerism
Based in the UK, this website (which also produces a magazine) offers ratings on products, as well as news, campaigns and information about doing more good and less harm for people, animals & the...
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6 Resources for Healthier, Safer Personal Care Products
Personal care products aren’t just for women anymore. As a recent story noted, men are spending increasing amounts on grooming products. Whatever our gender, we’re slathering stuff on our faces and...
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ViewChange.org
ViewChange.org “brings together powerful, evidence-based videos that demonstrate progress in global development.” Videos featured include “documentaries, news reports, and viewer-generated films of...
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Dream of a Nation: Inspiring Ideas for a Better America
“Dream of a Nation” is a book and project to increase awareness and inspire action around a variety of social, environmental, and democratic issues. The book is divided into 12 sections, each exploring...
View ArticlePopulation and Overpopulation Global Issues Guide
Find suggested books, websites, articles, videos, lesson plans, activities and other resources on population and overpopulation issues to help you learn and/or teach about this topic. More
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Ethical Consumerism Global Issues Guide
When we buy things, how can we do so in ways that do the most good and least harm? Use resources and articles/essays like these to help you think about what you buy and to find products and companies...
View ArticlePlastics, Plastic Waste and Plastic Pollution Global Issues Guide
Find books, articles, websites, films, lesson plans and other resources about issues related to plastic, plastic waste and plastic pollution to help you teach and/or learn more about this topic. More
View ArticleAnimal Testing, Experimentation and Dissection Global Issues Guide
Find books, articles, videos, lesson plans and other resources related to animal experimentation, vivisection, testing and dissection issues to help you teach and/or learn more about these topics. More
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The Big Fix
On April 20, 2010 deep in the Gulf of Mexico one of the biggest oil disasters of our time occurred. The Deepwater Horizon rig, leased by BP, exploded and dumped countless gallons of oil into the ocean,...
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How Well Does Your Country Contribute to the Common Good?
Screenshot via Good Country Index. Here at IHE we often talk about the importance of embracing our personal responsibility to do the most good and least harm for all. Now a new Index strives to measure...
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Entre Bastidores
Los participantes conseguirán explorar la vida oculta de los objetos que utilizan diariamente. Para lograrlo, van a investigar sobre cómo esos productos se crean. Sobre quién o qué ha sido necesario o...
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