Health

The Earth's Health is Your Health

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Sraddha Helfrich; Joel Helfrich
University of Minnesota Medical Student; The Twin Cities Green Guide
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Tips From John Robbins

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•           Surround yourself with people who see and affirm your worthiness as often as possible

•           Look for opportunities to enrich the lives of others; ask a friend if there is a way to be a better friend to them; tell others what you appreciate about them

Community Building as Healing

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By John Robbins
www.healthyat100.org

Resources

Healthy at 100, healthyat100.org

 

Healthy At 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World’s Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples, John Robbins, Random House. 2006.

 

Love and Survival: the Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy. Dean Ornish, MD, Ebury Press,1998.

 

A Cry Unheard: New Insights Into the Consequences of Loneliness, James J. Lynch, PhD, Bancroft Press. 2000.

Capturing Cardio Power

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Compiled by
Do It Green! Minnesota

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To view how the technology works go to: inhabitat.com/2007/03/08/human-powered-gyms-in-hong-kong/

Tips to Reduce Particle Exposure

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Check the Air Quality Index and sign up to receive free e-mail notices when air advisories or alerts are called by the MPCA.

Air Pollution and Our Health

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By Mark Sulzbach
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

When most people think of unhealthy air, they think of a stifling, summer day, plagued by high ozone levels and a thick layer of smog over the Twin Cities. However, Minnesota’s worst recorded air alert occurred during the winter of 2005, and ozone was not the culprit. Instead, a stagnant air mass trapped fine-particle pollution near the ground.

 

Resources

EPA’s National Air Quality view
airnow.gov

MPCA Air Quality Alerts
pca.state.mn.us/air/aqi-subscribe.html

Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
651-201-5000
health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/air

American Lung Association of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
651-227-8014
alamn.org/mn/index.asp

Commingling the Environment & Health Care

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By Linda Lindquist
RN, BSN

Healthcare workers are a hidden, next generation treasure of environmentalists. This group includes, but is not limited to, doctors, such as those specializing in infectious disease, nurses of all disciplines in heath care, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, dietitians, pharmacists, and emergency rescue response workers.

 

Resources

Environmental Health News
environmentalhealthnews.org

Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
h2E.org

Health Care without Harm
hcwh.org

Environmental Health and Nursing Practice, Barbara Sattler & Jane Lipscomb, Springer Publishing, 2003.

Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood, Sandra Steingraber, Perseus Publishing, 2001.

Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN, 651-201-5000 or 888-345-0823 o health.state.mn.us

Minnesota Technical Assistance Program's Healthcare Environmental Awareness and Resource Reduction Team (HEARRT)
University of Minnesota
612-624-1300
mntap.umn.edu/health/hearrt.htm

Has Our Environment Become Toxic?

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By Sara Grochowski
Do It Green! Minnesota

What ever happened to stepping outside for a “breath of fresh air?” It is often said that the air inside a home could be more toxic than outside. However, it seems our environment is becoming contaminated, and scientists continually are finding links to the impact on human health. Air quality is not the only concern; the water we drink, food we eat, grass or gardens we cultivate, even the furniture on which we rest can affect our health.

Green Up Youth Sports

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Ryan North
Twin Cities Green Home Store and parent

Ten Things You can do to Green Up Your Youth Sports Experience

The Necessity of Nature in Children’s Development

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Jen Zotalis

Resources

Children and Nature Network: Building a Movement to Reconnect Children and Nature: www.cnaturenet.org

Natural Learning Initiative www.naturalearning.org

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources—State Parks
www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks

National Park Service— Minnesota National Parks
www.nps.gov/state/mn/

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005.

The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places, Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen A. Trimble, Beacon Press, Concord Library, 1995.

 

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