by Janelle Weiner –USA– One of my favorite mothering “manuals” is a book called “So That’s What They’re For: Breastfeeding Basics.” I was raised in a culture that prefers to see a baby with a bottle over a baby at…
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So That’s What They’re For: Breastfeeding, The Baby Friendly Way
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Save the Cities: Sustainable Travel Goes Urban
by Janelle Weiner – USA – In the Galapagos germs hitchhike with eager travelers, threatening the survival of native species. Camera flashes, voices, and human touch have cracked ancient Egyptian pyramid walls. The very breath of people viewing the Lascaux…
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Online Giving Replaces Bakesales: ‘Citizen Philanthropists’ Contribute to U.S. Classrooms
by Janelle Weiner – USA – As school districts across the United States brace for midyear budget cuts, nervous teachers are whispering about the layoffs that could follow. In this bleak economic climate, where one state’s proposal calls for eliminating…
Home Birth, Safe Birth
by Janelle Weiner – USA – Women in the US make a lot of choices before their babies are born, from which foods to eat, to which birth preparation class to take, to how to decorate the nursery. For most,…
High Stakes Testing
by Janelle Weiner –USA– Johnny realized late in his high school career he needed to make a change or face the fate of not graduating with his class. After cutting school regularly his first two years, he decided he didn’t…
