I just found this great website with a database of important information on all kinds of shampoos, soaps, lotions etc. A lot of them are so shockingly full of toxic chemicals its worth typing in your favorite products and making sure they are safe! Apparently, quite a few of mine aren't. While it is inevitable to avoid all of the many unhealthy toxins in everything from your new sofa to your water bottle, I think worth decreasing exposure when possible.
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1 another good website, more about company records than health.
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/rs/ I finally finished a paper about out local drainage basin and water treatment plant that I was not proud of. My bike was stolen. My bud vases emerged from the sagger firing all rosy and grey speckled. I went into town and bought rhubarb at the farmers market for Emma's birthday pie. I went on a field trip to Vermont to start an experimental crop of oyster mushrooms for a stunningly beautiful and breathtakingly awesome sustainable farm and forest center. (
http://www.merckforest.org/). Today it is still rainy and cold. I have a phone interview and a kiln to fire. I have to start studying for my American foreign policy course, and finish an article for journalism. And then I am done, and can celebrate for a week until I come home!