September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month this matters because this year alone as many as 22,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. That’s a lot of women, maybe even some women you know and love. Sadly, many women don’t know all the risk factors, support options, or issues surrounding ovarian cancer.
In order to educate women about this important topic, Seventh Generation has teamed up with the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) and has dedicated September 1st, 2009 as “Let’s Talk… Period” Day. The goal is to educate women about ovarian cancer and to raise funds that will support this …read more

When it comes to bedding, clothing, covered furniture, toys, curtains, and more, you have a choice – sustainable fabric vs. non-sustainable fabrics. There are tons of nice sustainable fabrics out there, but today let’s start to look at organic cotton vs. conventional cotton.

Negatives of conventional cotton:

May be (probably is) grown with pesticides (cotton accounts for anywhere from 15-25% of all pesticide use) AND keep in mind that farmers aren’t required to report this use, so numbers could be higher. In fact, according to the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), ” The California EPA reported that only15 chemicals …read more