Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home - Couverture rigide

Gavigan, Christopher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0525950478 ISBN 13 : 9780525950479

Editeur : E P Dutton & Co Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Draws on the collaborative efforts of medical experts, scientists, and celebrity activists to counsel parents on how to render a home more environmentally friendly, in a budget-wise guide that explains the link between disease and toxic elements in a home. 40,000 first printing.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Nothing makes you more keenly aware of health risks lurking in the everyday world than becoming a parent. Most know the importance of using cabinet locks and child gates but research is showing many more ways we need to be childproofing our homes. Millions of children in the developed world now face chronic diseases and illnesses including cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, ADD/ADHD and learning and developmental disabilities. The number gets higher each year and an increasing number of parents are asking why? A growing body of research is pointing to the chemicals in many cleaning supplies, home building materials and even toys as contributing to these ailments. With that in mind, the non-profit foundation Health Child Healthy World offers parents a definitive guide to creating a healthy, non-toxic, and environmentally sound home. Filled with easy steps and simple solutions to improve family living without wreaking havoc on schedules or budgets, this book includes inspiring ideas for healthy cleaning methods, buying and storing food, pet and garden care, nursery and home building materials, plus energy savings and family fun. With contributions from environmental science and public-health experts as well as many celebrity supporters, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields and Julia Roberts, HEALTHY CHILD HEALTHY WORLD is an essential guidebook for parents and children's health advocates.

Biographie de l'auteur

For over a decade, Christopher Gavigan has been dedicated to improving the lives of children and families. Gavigan's academic efforts focused on environmental science and geography, and graduate work in both education and child psychology. He has worked as an ecology and sciences professor in the Bay Area and Los Angeles and a child and family holistic interventionist, aswell as founding Pinnacle Expeditions—an outdoor leadership program.

Gavigan currently serves as the Chief Executive Office/Executive Director of Healthy Child Healthy World, the leading nationalnon-profit dedicated to protecting the heath and well-being of children from harmful environmental exposures. Under hisleadership, Gavigan has launched impactful public awareness campaigns reaching millions, has executed a new strategic vision for the organization and has successfully established values-based messaging and collaborative relationships with over 30 social and environmentally driven business partners. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Jessica Capshaw, and their young son.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: E P Dutton & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0525950478
• ISBN 13: 9780525950479
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 321
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible