Learn how climate change impacts the ecosystems of our oceans and can have disastrous effects on shellfish.
Articles by Abbie Walston
Money Can’t Guarantee Environmental Health
Learn about soil testing in Greenwich, Connecticut that has unearthed a considerable environmental problem that threatens children’s health and safety.
Our Children Deserve the Truth: Keep Climate Science in Textbooks
Hear from a science educator, and mother, on why it’s important to keep climate science in textbooks.
Pregnant? Every Breath You Take Counts!
Read about pollutants and pregnancy as one of our members researches the changes in respiration she experiences during her second pregnancy.
Becoming A Mom Changes Everything
Read about one MCAF mother’s wish for clean air, water, soil and sustainability for Mother’s Day as she ponders her children’s environmental future.
Climate Science Belongs In The Classroom
Hear from an educator who believes that climate change education is a necessary and vital part of a child’s science education.
My Other Kids Deserve Clean Air Too!
Read about one MCAF mom who teaches environmental science and encourages her students to be environmentally active.
Infertility And Air Pollution
Learn how air pollution may increase both men and women’s infertility as well as affecting unborn children and babies.
Safe Seafood for Better Health (with recipes)
Learn about Seafood Watch, the importance of seafood in your family diet and ways to make sure your seafood is safe – recipe included!
All I Want For Christmas Is Clean Air
Read a letter to Santa from a mom who wants clean air for Christmas to reduce asthma, mercury poisoning and allergies.
Traditional Family Values Are For Me!
One mom, a Republican environmentalist, describes her traditional family values that include hard work, and respecting each other and the environment.
Thank You, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
Read a letter from a CT congresswoman , expressing her concern over pollution, Republican attacks on the EPA and her commitment to voting for clean air.