In 2024, you relied on Moms for practical, everyday guidance on how the plastics industry is misleading us with false narratives, damaging our climate with its reliance on fossil fuels, and harming our health with massive amounts of pollution. Learn more from our top resources of the year.
Horizons – Air quality
Mental Health and Climate Change: Moving From the Burden of Eco-Guilt to the Relief of Collective Action
Complicated emotions can accompany our plastic-laden, consumption-focused, Global North lifestyles: plastic guilt, green guilt, eco-shame. And gift-giving holidays only amplify these feelings. What can we do about it?
Moms Clean Air Force: Our December Nonprofit of the Month {2024}
2024: A Stunning Year of Moms’ Work Fueled by Love
The Moms team has made some amazing accomplishments over the last 12 months. Reviewing this particular year has been both emotional and beautiful.
‘I have to live in a cocoon’: locals in Pennsylvania feel ‘sacrificed’ for Shell plastics plant
Ask Mom Detective: How Can We Avoid Plastic and Chemical-Laden Gifts During the Holidays?
While it seems like the most obvious thing in the world that your loved ones wouldn’t want to gift you and your kids toxic chemicals for the holidays, somehow it isn’t. Mom Detective shares tips for talking to friends and family about gift giving.
Life Under Threat: Burning Plastics in Maryland
Families in the Cedar Creek and River Hill neighborhoods of Columbia, Maryland, are fighting a chemical company’s plans to build an “advanced recycling” plastics burning facility adjacent to their homes.
Proposed W.R. Grace plastics recycling facility in Columbia prompts months-long fight from community members
Letter to the 5th Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) About the Global Plastics Treaty
Date: November 29, 2024 To: Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) to Advance a Plastics Treaty Re: Courage Not Compromise: Reaction to the Initial Days of the Plastics Treaty Negotiations There are only 36 hours left of scheduled negotiations to secure a global …
W.R. Grace’s greenwashing campaign will cost our children their health
Ask Mom Detective: How Did Our Ancestors Minimize Waste and Live Sustainably?
Our grandparents and great-grandparents once lived without single-use plastics and survived well and healthy. Mom Detective shares tips and tricks gleaned from our ancestors’ naturally sustainable practices.