Laura Burns is a former biologist who blogs at Pug in the Kitchen. She her her husband, Matt strive to live a low-impact life with their 2 children Liam (2) and Sylvia (4 months). Together they cook from scratch, cloth diaper, homebirth, and hang their laundry in the fresh air.
BY Laura Michelle Burns ON September 2, 2013
After 16 days soggy straight days of rain here in North Central Ohio, the beginning of school caught me by surprise. Our summer passed in the blink of an eye, and now I’m walking my …
TOPICS: Air Pollution, Asthma, Cancer, Ohio
BY Laura Michelle Burns ON July 10, 2013
My preschoolers ask a lot of questions. Parents know that their children’s curiosities come in the form of relentless questions. On a recent trip to Lake Erie to visit the beach I had spent many …
TOPICS: Climate Change, Food, Great Lakes, Ohio
BY Laura Michelle Burns ON June 26, 2013
As a Republican, I am keenly aware of the controversy in Washington between the parties concerning a plan to combat climate change. As I watched President Obama’s speech, I deeply appreciated that our President …
TOPICS: Climate Change, Politics
BY Laura Michelle Burns ON June 6, 2013
When I was a college student, acid rain was a buzzword for pollution that fell from the sky. It was a topic we briefly touched on in Ecology class, accompanied by a warning — if …
TOPICS: Climate Change, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio
BY Laura Michelle Burns ON May 20, 2013
In a survey by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, of 726 Republicans or Republican-leaning Independents, it was found that a slim majority of the participants (52%) believe that climate change is …
TOPICS: Air Pollution, Climate Change, Heat and Extreme Weather, Politics, Renewable Energy
