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Un-Breaking Birth – Showing Up for the Birth Revolution at BirthKeeper Summit 2016
The BirthKeeper movement was created to use the power of individuals and organizations to create a platform in which to ...
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Tuckahoe Elementary School shares its Discovery Garden
Tuckahoe Elementary hosted the February 2016 Arlington Public Schools (APS) School Garden Meetup with a presentation on bringing the outdoors ...
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Placenta Accreta: A Survivor’s Story + Opportunities to Help Other Mothers
April is both Cesarean Awareness Month and Accreta Awareness Month, sponsored by the International Cesarean Awareness Network, or ICAN, and ...
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Tell EPA to address safety requirements for toxic chemical exposure
Parents have an important opportunity to make our voices heard and to protect our communities from chemical disasters. In 2013, 15 people ...
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Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment Seeks Input on Vehicle Idling at Schools
Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment (ACE) is seeking input on vehicle idling in and around Arlington Public Schools' (APS) facilities in an ...
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Students compete and learn at Real Food for Kids Culinary Challenge and Wellness Expo
Students from around Fairfax County rose early on Saturday morning to prepare their culinary masterpieces for judges and for the ...
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4th Annual Grow Your Health Fun for the Whole Family
The fourth annual Grow Your Health Festival of Gardening, Local Food & Wellness was a huge success for the event, ...
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NoVA Outside Promotes Outdoor Learning This Spring
NoVA Outside, an alliance of environmental educators that was founded in 2010, has some exciting events coming up this spring, beginning with a ...
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Real Food for Kids to Host Culinary Challenge and Wellness Expo March 12
The non-profit organization Real Food For Kids is hosting a Culinary Challenge and Wellness Expo on Saturday, March 12 at Robinson ...
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Grow Your Health returns for 4th annual gardening, local food & wellness festival
The fourth annual Grow Your Health Festival of Gardening, Local Food & Wellness will be held on Saturday, March 5, ...
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Health & Wellness Events in Metro DC: Winter & Spring 2016
Sometimes we need to gather all the great health and wellness event information in one place to make sure we ...
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Meet Jesse Straight, owner of Whiffletree Farm and father of five
Jesse Straight of Whiffletree Farm in Warrenton, Virginia is one of several area farmers who drive into DC and its ...
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Getting kids outside in winter
Even if this is a mild winter here in D.C., we're still likely to have days when the school officials ...
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Pollination Station Exhibit at U.S. Botanic Garden is a must-see!
The botanically-created and inspired Season's Greenings train exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden, on display through January 3, has outdone ...
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School Gardens gain momentum in Arlington Public Schools
Since the April 2015 Growing Green Schools event, parents and school staff in Arlington Public Schools have made progress in ...
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Green Holiday Gift Wrap: 6 Easy Ideas
If you're tired of buying new gift wrap each year, only to throw it away or toss it in the ...
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How to Become an EWG Verified Product
The EWG Verified mark from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a new tool for health- and environmentally-conscious companies, both big ...
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Gardening: a year-round affair! Local resources and upcoming events
Here in Metro DC, we have a long growing season. Potatoes can go into the ground in mid-March and can ...
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Gift Guide: Green, Local and Feel-Good Treats for the Whole Family
Purchasing from local small businesses gives you the satisfaction of knowing exactly where your dollars go, and many of the homegrown DC-area ...
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New EWG Verified program helps consumers shop for safe products: Interview with EWG Researcher Nneka Leiba
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), which many readers already rely on for its tremendous Skin Deep Cosmetics Database, is rolling out ...
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A peek into the new Arlington MOM’s Organic Market – photoblog
This morning, the new Arlington location of MOM's Organic Market opened to a great crowd. If you haven't made it ...
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Weston A. Price Foundation’s Sally Fallon Morell on Traditional Eating
Hearing Sally Fallon Morell's talk about traditional diets at the Weston A. Price Foundation's Wise Traditions conference was a turning point ...
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Medela Recycles DC Event
Medela Recycles and Forty Weeks recently invited Mindful Healthy Life to an event at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington DC with local ...
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Celebrate a Happy & Healthy Halloween with Teal Pumpkin and other tips (+ giveaway!)
As parents, we look forward to watching our children choose their Halloween costumes and map out the best neighborhood houses ...
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