Eight years ago, in pursuit of both a simpler lifestyle and simpler pleasures, my family moved ninety minutes north of Manhattan’s theater district to a landscape punctuated by barns, horses, woodlands, and ponds. I love my region’s beauty and the many little, but significant graces of smallish town living: old-fashioned neighborliness, the relative innocence …

Laila Ali is well known for being the daughter of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. She is also known for being a champion boxer herself. So, she is no stranger to working hard, fighting for what she wants, and protecting herself. Well when she became a mother, the scope of her concerns changed. And she added …

Ooooo Noooo!!! She’s sitting in the grass! Mommy, she’s sitting on the grass! She’s gonna get a bug on her! She’s gonna get in trouble!” My youngest daughter was tattling on her older sister. Could it be that merely sitting on the grass is a punishable offense in my home? Well, my kids don’t exactly …

  Be careful what you say about coal. Maria Gunnoe found this out recently when she testified in front of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Gunnoe is a life-long resident of West Virginia, where she fights against environmentally devastating mountaintop removal mining. Her work brings attention to the …

There is a funny old Victorian etiquette rule that admonishes: “Do not always commence a conversation with an allusion to the weather.” I imagine that back then this could have become a bothersome (tiresome) habit. In the buttoned up Victorian era, the weather was likely discussed in depth because it was nearly the only safe …

This post was written by Stephanie Longmire, Moms Clean Air Force intern in Southeast Michigan: As a child I spent a lot of time in Delray, a neighborhood in Southwest Detroit that used to be an epicenter of factory work and industrialization back in the early 1900’s. Delray used to flourish, replete with beautiful homes, blooming businesses …

Habitat for Humanity is well known for how successfully they use volunteers to build homes for families in need. All you have to say is “Habitat” and most people can conger up an image of diverse groups working together with lumber, insulation and bricks and mortar. Habitat is busily building all over the world, because …

Last year, Lamar and I had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Speech Thomas (founder and lead vocalist of the two-time Grammy Award winning group, Arrested Development) and his lovely wife, Yolanda. Arrested Development is best known for bringing balance to hip-hop. In a time, when Gangsta rap was all the rage, Arrested …

This post originally appeared on Green For All's Cost of Delay: Poison from coal-fired power plants is killing our kids. We’re suffering from preventable heart disease and asthma attacks. And we’re spending billions of dollars on hospital visits and missed days at work and school. Polluters are trying to delay new clean air rules that …

This article was written by Arian T. Moore for EnlivenMagazine: I never knew how serious asthma was until recently. Growing up, one of my best friends had asthma. I had no idea what it was. I only knew that she had to use some kind of pump and that her mom, who was an avid …