Author: Lori Popkewitz Alper

Lori Popkewitz Alper is a green living enthusiast and lifestyle writer, consultant, mother, borderline vegan and recovering attorney, who runs the website Groovy Green Livin. Lori is devoted to sharing and gathering information needed for living a green life. Through each and every small, eco-conscious change we make the world will become a healthier, safer place for us all. In her free time Lori can be found practicing yoga, pitching a baseball, running, cycling, skiing, cooking, or reading. .

Safer Choice Label is a Helpful Tool for Finding Safer Products

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON April 8, 2016

Many of us are making a shift toward safer cleaning products, but figuring out which products are truly safer is sometimes a challenge. Store shelves are filled with an overwhelming number of cleaning product options, but unfortunately all products are not created equally. . Our current law, which hasn’t...

TOPICS: EPA, Schools, Toxics

Mom Detective: Using a Humidifier to Combat Indoor Air Pollution

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON February 19, 2016

After a long tug of war between fall and winter, the Northeast winter has finally settled in. It appears as though the cooler air is here to stay for awhile. Along with the cold, dry air comes a laundry list of cold-weather conditions impacting many including chapped lips, stuffy...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Asthma, Children's Health, Indoor Air Pollution, Mom Detective

Is Your Child Breathing Asbestos in School?

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON February 2, 2016

Do you know if your child’s school building has asbestos? When we send our children off to school each morning there’s an underlying assumption that they are headed to a safe and healthy environment for learning. Unfortunately that’s not always the case. Asbestos, an...

TOPICS: Asthma, Mom Detective, Schools, Toxics

Mom Detective: My Hunt for Non-Toxic Flooring

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON December 3, 2015

Choosing non-toxic flooring for your home might sound like a simple task, but unfortunately, many of the flooring options available contain harmful chemicals. Toxic chemicals in flooring can be a significant source of indoor air pollution. Air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health...

TOPICS: Indoor Air Pollution, Mom Detective, Toxics

The Gulf Of Maine Is Warming Too Fast

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON November 10, 2015

The beaches along the Gulf of Maine are a perfect place for a walk on a hot summer day. My children have been known to spend hours with only a bucket and a shovel, digging in the sand and observing the various species of wildlife...

TOPICS: Animals, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire

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