Goal For The Green

GoalForTheGreen has received another award, this time from FocusOrganic.  Special thanks goes to Stefanie!

Here’s how the award works.

• Lucky winners can add the graphic to their blog to announce the award.
• Link back to the person who gave you the award.
• Pass it on to 7 other bloggers who you follow or love to read.
• Once you have completed that list, head over to their blogs and post a comment telling them that they have received the award.

So, here’s my seven! A lot are duplicates from the last award given, but I can’t help it, I love them, and they are among my personal favorites!

1. Forced Green– Linda provides some of the best current  green information available !

2.Solar Energy-Green Lifestyle For You – The Solar Girl always has excellent green content !

3. Planet Thoughts – David has great insight on green issues !

4. Kat’s Healthy Living – The layout there is very inviting, with wonderful health and beauty tips !

5. My Autism Insights – Andrea always has wonderful information on Autism !

6. Live Life Veg – Jess, has great tips, recipes and insight on the vegetarian lifestyle !

7. My Tangible Wealth – Maureen helps you enjoy a traveling lifestyle, and how you can turn it into a home based business !

When it comes to saving money and the environment, I jump at the chance to champion a cause I believe in. The thing I like about this program, is you are saving storage space and cutting down on clutter around the house. You are saving time by not having to recycle, and most importantly you are saving trees and helping the environment. I think this is a win-win answer for anyone’s reading pleasure. Read the rest of this entry »

With the odds of autism being 1:150 here in the US, it cannot compare to the now epidemic proportions of the disorder currently found in the UK.  The rate of autism in the UK is now 1:88 or I in every 54 boys. The belief that autism is solely genetic is unverifiable.  Environmental factors must be considered because, after all, there is no such thing as a genetic epidemic.

Recently,I did an update on autism in the news. The topic of vaccinating as a cause was explored. To anyone who has a child with autism, you may never fully convince them that childhood vaccines had nothing to do with their child’s autism. On the contrary,

Autism fears lead some parents to not immunize children

The CDC (Center For Disease Control and Prevention) stands by their claim that scientist say there is substantial evidence that there is no link. Yet, around the country, there is debate over what role, if any, vaccinations play in autism, and many parents are deciding against immunizations. Most feel that they would rather risk their child getting measles, chicken pox or the flu, than autism.

David Kirby writes in The Huffington Post regarding a new study about “mitochondrial autism” that it is real, and that vaccine triggers cannot be ruled out. This article is a must read for the latest information on this pivotal topic.

Another must read to bring you up to date on this issue is Ginger Taylor’s “Adventures in Autism”. While at Ginger’s blog you may also want to consider reading about how the FDA hid the names of contaminated infant formula products from the public, in the most recent case of melamine contamination.

Special thanks to Google news for these excellent sources of current information on Autism in the news.