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. .

Mom Detective: How Safe is Rubber Mulch at the Playground?

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON December 15, 2014

I recently took my kids and a few of their friends to a playground in a neighboring town. The playground was pristine and appeared to be relatively new, with shiny equipment and immaculate black rubber flooring. There seems to be a growing trend in using black recycled...

TOPICS: Mom Detective, Toxics

Mom Detective: My Hunt For Safe Pots and Pans

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON December 1, 2014

We live in a culture where fast food has become the norm. You don’t have to look far to find a drive-through on most corners throughout the country. Cooking hacks and simple recipes boasting prep times of under 15 minutes are in demand because we, as a culture,...

TOPICS: Cancer, MCAF News, Mom Detective, Toxics

Mom Detective On The Soccer Field: Is Artificial Turf Toxic?

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON October 28, 2014

It’s another gray, rainy day in New England and in a few short hours I’ll be driving a car filled with energetic young children to one of their four weekly soccer practices. Unless thunder and lightening kick in, their practice will go on, rain or even snow...

TOPICS: Cancer, Mom Detective, Schools, Toxics

The People’s Climate March Is About to Make History

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON September 16, 2014

Why are people coming from far and wide for this historic march? Ronnie Citron-Fink, the Managing Editor for Moms Clean Air Force, shares her perspective on the importance of The People’s Climate March. What is The People’s Climate March? On September 21st, hundreds of thousands...

TOPICS: Activism, Climate Change, New York

Seafood For Thought: Lobsters Feel The Heat Of Climate Change

BY Lori Popkewitz Alper ON September 12, 2014

One of our favorite summer traditions is a day spent on Crescent Beach in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The beach is pristine, rarely crowded and there are never ending rocks for the kids to climb on. This summer we stayed longer than usual. The number of fish and sea creature...

TOPICS: Climate Change, Food, Maine

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