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View it in your browser April 13, 2014 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING Shoppers Choose Local Forget the aisles stocked with organics. If local foods are not available, 30% of consumers will purchase groceries elsewhere, reports a new study released this month by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. According to the study, named "Buying into the Local… Continue Reading » Soil to Blame for Spike in Kids' Lead Levels Lead-contaminated dust is behind a seasonal fluctuation in blood-lead levels observed in children living in urban communities. A nine-year study recently published in Environmental Science & Technology tracked more than 367,000 children in Detroit along with atmospheric… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS Bullitt Center Turns One Has the World's Greenest Commercial Building Lived Up to the Hype? As we reported in the January-February 2013 issue of E/The Environmental Magazine ("Building a Better Building"), Seattle's six-story, $30 million Bullitt Center was designed and constructed to be the greenest commercial office building on the planet. Now, after a year of… Continue Reading » Clueless about Food and Agriculture? Why Everyone has a Stake in the Farm Bill Fight Outside of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign to urge kids to exercise more and eat better, this administration remains largely indifferent to the disaster that is the country's outdated food and agriculture policy. U.S. Department of Agriculture… Continue Reading » Boot Camp for Farmers Programs Cropping Up for Those Hoping to Farm A back-to-the-land movement has seized Generation Y, as young Americans ditch cubicles for the earthier vocation of growing food. Not only did a recent documentary, "The Greenhorns,"(profile young poople who have taken farming as their occupation, it also counted them:… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE Fighting for Air How Climate Change Is Leading to More Ozone, More Pollen and More Asthma Problems Jalyssa Moore was three years old when she had her first asthma attack. "When she woke up that morning, she was breathing really heavy," says her mom, Kesher Moore, who lives with her two daughters in Bridgeport, Connecticut. "She was complaining she couldn't… Continue Reading » Of the Trees, For the Trees, By the Trees A review of American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation by Eric Rutkow American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation (Scribner) is the story of Americans and their trees. Though ubiquitous and largely ignored, trees shaped American history in profound ways. They provided fuel for homes and industry, building material and… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A Public Transportation on the Upswing Dear EarthTalk: What's behind the rise in public transit in the U.S. in the last few years, and how does our transit use compare with that of other developed countries? – Angie Whitby, New Bern, NC Transit ridership is indeed at its highest level in the U.S. in 57… Continue Reading » WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT This content is brought to you free by E-The Environmental Magazine, which is published by Earth Action Network, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Our address is 28 Knight Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. We ask that you:   Make a tax deductible donation Forward email This email was sent to aquarianm@gmail.com by karen@emagazine.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. E - The Environmental Magazine | 28 Knight Street | Norwalk | CT | 06851