Category Archives: Science

“No challenge — no challenge — poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change. 2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does — 14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen … Continue reading

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On December 14, 2014 we lost a champion, a warrior and a leader. Theo Colborn “connected the dots.” She dedicated the last 30 years of her life to “compiling and disseminating the scientific evidence on the health and environmental problems … Continue reading

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At the request of Dr. Holdren, Director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, we are sharing his letter to us with all our Climate Mamas and Papas. He wants to hear from us all and will … Continue reading

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Just in time for the first ever TEXAS ban on fracking comes this fun and informative video by one of our favorite Climate Mamas Joylette Portlock. Joylette and Communitopia help us see and understand that methane, aka “natural gas” is … Continue reading

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Update 7/16: The Greenpeace YouTube video “Lego is not Awesome” is back..! Woohoo..See below Also, Greenpeace has an awesome new toolkit of activities so that families can be part of a global wave of protest calling on LEGO to cut … Continue reading

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As summer begins to unfold for us and farmers market’s fare becomes both more accessible and bountiful, many of us Climate Mamas and Papas begin to reconsider and reexamine family menus and how to use more “fresh from the farm” … Continue reading

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Two reports with stark and clear parallels for women and children around the world were released on May 6th, 2014; the US National Climate Assessment, and the Save the Children, State of the Worlds Mothers. Both reports which show a … Continue reading

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You tell two friends, and I’ll tell two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on…” Some of you may remember this tag line from an old TV commercial, some maybe not, but I think you can get … Continue reading

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One of our favorite Climate Mamas, Anna Fahey, mom extraordinare and Senior Communications Strategist at SigthlineDaily, recently wrote an elegant and uncomplicated post that helps detangle and unwind the September 2013 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Using … Continue reading

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Tweet Share Seeing the “forest through the trees” isn’t often as easy as it looks. And getting to the facts on climate change, it’s causes, current and future scenarios are too often obscured and hidden, particularly in the USA, through … Continue reading

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