Ali Geering-Kline, Author at Center for Environmental Health

Oakland’s first Veg Week, a celebration of meatless eating

Apr 18, 2012Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, Tips

By Megan Molteni, crossposted from Oakland North Colleen Patrick-Goudreau grew up in a world of mixed messages about animals. Dogs and cats were for loving; pigs and cows were for eating. This disparity, which she calls a “schizophrenic” attitude toward animals, began...

Oakland Veg Week: Recipes So Good, You Won’t Even Miss the Meat!

Apr 17, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

Going vegetarian for a week? It’s really not as hard as it may sound. This year, a whole slew of Oaklanders are taking the dive and going vegetarian for Oakland Veg Week—a city wide, week-long celebration that challenges Oaklanders to pledge to be vegetarian for one...

Stand Up to Support the Safe Chemicals Act!

Apr 12, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

The mounting evidence can’t be denied: toxic chemicals we’re exposed to everyday can significantly increase the risk of developing a myriad of health problems including infertility, learning and developmental disabilities, and even cancer. Congress has an...

CEH on Sea Change Radio: The Fight for GMO Transparency

Apr 10, 2012Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Have you ever tasted a strawberry whose DNA was altered to include fish genes? In the United States, genetically modified foods are not generally labeled as such. Last week, CEH’s own Communications and Food Program Director Charles Margulis was a guest on Sea...

Eco-Tips for National Public Health Week: CEH’s Greatest Hits

Apr 6, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Tips

It’s National Public Health Week, an occasion that brings many CEH issues to the forefront of national attention. Safer products, food, air and water mean better national public health. You’ve seen public health issues in the news recently—from the ‘pinkslime’ in...

Stand Up to Monsanto this Wednesday—March 28th is National GMO Call-In Day

Mar 27, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

This Wednesday we’re calling on Walmart to reject selling Monsanto’s GE sweet corn before farmers start planting it this summer. Walmart cares most about their bottom-line and public image. That’s why we’re collaborating with our allies at Food & Water Watch to...

What Are Cleaning Product Manufacturers Trying to Hide?

Mar 19, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Children's Health, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Spring is upon us, and with it spring cleaning. As people across the country begin to break out their mops and buckets, they shouldn’t have to worry about what’s in their cleaning products. Today, New Yorkers—including CEH’s own Eastern States Director Ansje...

Greenwash of the Month: Walmart Fails to Deliver on Sustainability

Mar 19, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice

The other day, we wrote about how Walmart is Behind the Curve on GMOs. According to a recent report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) shows that safer food is not the only sustainability issue the company is behind on. Remember that whole ‘green’ stint...

Join Us: This Saturday is GE-Free Action Day at Walmart!

Mar 15, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

Walmart is behind the curve on GMOs. While Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods have responded to CEH’s surveys asking for their policy on Monsanto risky new, pesticide-laden corn, Walmart has ignored our direct questions about the Monsanto corn (check out the details in...

Tell Walmart: Just Say No to GMO Corn!

Mar 12, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

Monsanto’s new experimental GMO corn contains a toxic pesticide in every bite, intended for the frozen and/or canned corn market. This experimental corn will not be labeled, so consumers cannot know when they may be eating a GMO food. As the nation’s largest...