Informative websites to visit, books to read, and videos to watch and share.
Websites
Beyond Pesticides is an incredible organization that can help your municipality with free training and an action plan to convert to organic practices. They have many documents and other resources to help you with your advocacy.
Osborne Organics is the website of Chip Osborne, board member of Beyond Pesticides and national organic turf expert. Find information about consultation, training, and the systems approach to natural turf management.
Grassroots Environmental Education - The mission of Grassroots Environmental Education is to inform the public about the health risks of common environmental exposures and to empower individuals to act as catalysts for change in their own communities. Find numerous resources to assist you on their website.
Environment & Human Health, Inc. EHHI is a ten-member, science-based organization composed of physicians, public health professionals and policy experts dedicated to protecting human health from environmental harms through research, education and the promotion of sound public policy.
The Endocrine Disruption Exchange - TEDX is a science based, nonprofit research institute. Their mission is to reduce the production and use of chemicals that interfere with healthy hormone function. They are an excellent, credible source for scientific information.
Environmental Health News - is an independent, reader- and foundation-funded organization that reports, publishes and curates journalism on environmental topics. EHN is another excellent source for information and news on pesticides.
Pesticide Action Network North America - PAN works with those on the front lines to tackle the pesticide problem — and reclaim the future of food and farming. Use their pesticide database to search chemical names and more.
Books
The Myths of Safe Pesticides - André Leu challenges conventional farming methods by refuting the myths that surround the use and understanding of pesticides. He exposes the dangers of these chemicals and advocates organic practices as the most viable for farming in the 21st Century.
Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know® by Philip J. Landrigan and Mary M. Landrigan. An essential reference for parents, parents-to-be, community advocates, and anyone else committed to healthier children and a healthier environment.
Our Stolen Future - Our Stolen Future tells the story of how endocrine disruption was discovered, how it works what it means, and how families can protect themselves and their communities, all in clear, simple language intended for a general audience.
Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World - Describing complicated medical and scientific topics in simple, every day language, this book teaches you how to reduce your chemical and radiation exposure by recognizing the potential threats in your environment and paying attention to what you eat breathe and put on your skin.
Sicker Fatter Poorer - Lurking in our homes, hiding in our offices, and polluting the air we breathe is something sinister. Something we’ve turned a blind eye to for far too long. Dr. Leonardo Trasande, a pediatrician, professor, and world-renowned researcher, tells the story of how our everyday surroundings are making us sicker, fatter, and poorer.
How to Sell a Poison - The story of an infamous poison that left toxic bodies and decimated wildlife in its wake is also a cautionary tale about how corporations stoke the flames of science denialism for profit.
How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century - by Hahrie Han, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. "This book begins with a simple question: why are some civic associations better than others at “getting”—and keeping—people involved in activism?"
Bringing Nature Home How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, Updated and Expanded - As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. But there is an important and simple step toward reversing this alarming trend: Everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity.
When Weeds Talk - This is the 2nd edition of the book formerly titled Weeds and Why They Grow. Every weed grows in a somewhat narrow window of allowable soil conditions. For the first time, hundreds of weeds of commercial importance are detailed along with the chemical analysis of accompanying soils. Balance the soil, lose the weed.
NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care, 6th Edition - The Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Standards are the foundation of the NOFA Accreditation course in Organic Land Care. The standards are the result of years of work by landscape professionals, scientists and citizen activist who donated their time to produce the most complete reference for what qualifies as organic land management. The standards go far beyond how to grow an organic lawn. They present a philosophy of ecological stewardship in designing in maintaining landscapes. A CT NOFA committee reviews and update the standards approximately every three years. The standards are available free to view and print online.
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