Asthma is a serious illness that makes it difficult to breathe. It can attack anyone at any time (Let’s Talk About…Asthma). If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to experience an asthma attack, take a straw. Close your mouth around it and pinch your nose. Now try taking deep breaths in – and out – through the straw. That may give you a tiny idea of what it’s like.
Some places around the world and here in North America are worse than others for people with asthma. Smog and pollution is a number one enemy to an asthmatic. But where is …read more

It does not mean that when you are in school, there is nothing that you can do to help out stop adding to pollution. After all, it is already the National Pollution Prevention Week. As in our previous post Stopping Pollution Ala US EPA, we have already tackled just what you can do to help stop pollution when you are at home. Now, let us go with what we all could do if we were in school. Read on.

Help start a recycling program.
Perform a waste audit at your school.
Use only recycled paper and other recycled products.
Maintain heaters, air conditioners, refrigerators, …read more