Your Human Ecosystem, the Earth’s Ecosystem: Stress, Decay, and the Ecology of Eco-Dis-integration – Earth's ecosystem and that of humans are connected. Their functions, when unbalanced, can cause stress and decay of the individual ecosystems. Identify how in this activity.

What Do You Do, When Everyday Chemicals Hit Home – Every single day people are affected by using chemicals at home and at school. Fill-in-the-blank stories about real-life chemical poisonings are featured in this activity for your education.

Do You Have Environmental Illness? – In the world of epidemiology, environmental illness is regarded as any disease condition that is directly related to a person's exposure to lead paint, asbestos, mold, or tainted municipal water supplies. Discover how this illness is exacerbated by your body's inability to deal with these toxins.

What is Environmental Medicine? (Do You Need to See a Doctor Who Practices It?) – Environmental medicine is concerned with the interaction between mankind and the environment involving adverse reactions. Learn what makes you susceptible to excitants that threaten your health. Additionally, learn about organizations and doctors that support environmental medicine in this activity.

Do You Have the Symptoms of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome? – Mast cell activation is triggered by environmental toxins. Mast cells are part of the human immune system, and their function serves to respond to foreign substances in order to activate wound healing and tissue repair. When these cells don’t respond properly, the condition can be miserable for the victims. This activity teaches which organs and systems in the body are impacted by mast cell activation and the symptoms they produce.



Do You Have a Methylation Issue that Interferes with Detoxification in Your Body? – Engage with material that focuses on the regulation functions of methylation. This activity also offers information on how to support the processes that methylation through good nutrition.

Does Your Face Reveal a Toxic Body Burden? – Discover the different parts of your face that reveal the health of your internal organs. Is your nose swollen? Are your cheeks puffy? Are your lips swollen? Each of these tells shows a body part that is functioning in a less than optimal way. How do you unburden your internal organs?

Don’t Pollute Your Body: Pamper it the Eco-Friendly Way! – If you use face cleanser, shampoo, hair conditioner, deodorant, antiperspirant, perfumes, toothpaste, mouthwash, shaving gel, or body lotion, you may be exposing yourself to as many as 160 chemical ingredients. A number of these ingredients have not had their health evaluated by the FDA. Learn how to ensure your beauty routines are safe in this activity.



Clean Beauty vs. Toxic Beauty: Which Do You Choose? – Learn about how your skin absorbs what you feed it, just as your digestive system absorbs what you eat. Gain an understanding in this activity about how, when you apply toxic makeup products, you are creating chemical stockpiles in your organs, tissues, and bloodstream. The bioaccumulation of these chemicals can lead to serious health concerns. Research how to source clean products by learning the difference between toxic and clean products.

Becoming the Darling of Eco-Friendly Beauty – Six of the most common toxic ingredients found in over 600 personal care products are introduced in this activity. Explore natural alternatives to search for in your personal care items. Consider the limitations of extreme makeovers in terms of their ability to support your internal health. Redefine beauty in eco-friendly ways.

Make-It-Yourself Skin Care and Health Care Products – Explore several natural, non-toxic ingredients that you can use to enhance your skin care, such as aloe, shea butter, coconut oil, yogurt, ghee, clay, lemon juice, sugar, honey, and even urine.

Do the Ingredients in Your Pit Stick or Pit Spray Stink? – Most in store deodorants are a combination of antiperspirant agents to keep you from sweating, and a deodorizer to cover up any smell. While this might sound like an effective idea, it is not a healthy one. Identify the six most toxic ingredients in your underarm products and explore ways you can de-stink your body inside and out.



Is Your Laundry Soap Sickening You and the Planet? – Most detergents used for laundry are made up of toxic compounds like quaternary ammonium salts, aka “quats,” which are known to threaten the health of the environment. In this activity, learn about clean soap alternatives.

Do It Yourself Potpourris for Eco-Friendly Cleaning – You will be provided with a handful of simple, effective recipes for cleaning your home without toxic chemicals in this activity.

Oh Baby! – Research natural, organic products on the market that may be useful to care for the health of young babies, toddlers, and children. Offering mothers information on finding better baby foods, diapers, ointments, and toys, this activity teaches on protecting the baby’s developing immune system, eyes, skin, and breathing passages. Additionally, you are encouraged to write a thank you to eco-aware companies.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Investigating the Dark Side of Waste Disposal – Get in touch with what is out of sight and out of mind in terms of consumer waste and garbage. Answer a series of questions in this activity about your knowledge on the big waste polluters in your state and merge this awareness with personal reflection on curtailing your own wasteful habits.

Climbing Out from Under Your Junk Mail Pile! – Assess the junk mail in your possession and stop its unnecessary proliferation by contacting those companies that generate it with guidance from this activity.

Imagining a Way to Redesign the Systems That Produce Our Food, Health, and Lifestyle Products – Consider the kinds of alternative systems you would design if you were a commercial producer of food, health, or lifestyle products. Reflect on the difference between businesses that function on principles of integrity and businesses that function on principles of soulless profitability. How would you best meet your needs and wants through also considering the protection of health for all living things?

Creating an Activist’s Strategy for Living Green That is Fun and Sexy – How might you educate others about the value and necessity of eco-aware living using a fun and sexy approach? Define your answer in this activity.

Is Green Business Using Mother Earth as a Branding Opportunity? – Use a critical eye to research a business that claims to be green. Examine the company’s claims and see if they match its actions. Analyze whether the company of your choosing is truly going green or not.



Creating a Sustainable Economy That Goes Hand-in-Hand with a Sustainable World – Sustainability is valuable and necessary in business today. Share your insights about the kinds of sustainable businesses you admire the most and search more companies in the United States leading the way in adopting eco-friendly policies and procedures.



Eco-Business Innovation: The Cure for Fatalistic Thinking – Consider the power of eco-innovation in the business world to overcome the apathy and fatalistic thinking that is often accompanied with dark transitional periods in history.