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Food

Can Eating Less Meat Cool the Climate?
Newsela
Carbon Footprint Factsheet
University of Michigan
Climate change: Do I need to stop eating meat?
BBC
Fact check: How bad is eating meat for the climate?
DW Global Media
The food we eat and its impact on climate change
CBS
Got Beef? Here’s What Your Hamburger Is Doing To The Climate
Forbes
How alternative meats could help save the planet
CNN
The Meat Industry – Environmental Issues & Solutions
Clean Water Action
Opinion: Don't know how to save the planet? This is what you can do
Newsela

The Beginner's Guide to Foraging
Backpacker
BEST PRACTICES for Foraging and Harvesting Indigenous and Wild Plants
USDA
Foraging 101: What To Eat (and Avoid)
Cleveland Clinic
Foraging for Beginners
PBS
Foraging for Wild Food: 6 Sustainable Techniques
Sierra
Here’s What You’ll Need to Start Foraging Mushrooms
New York Times
How to Start Foraging, According to TikTokers
Time
How-to: Urban and Suburban Foraging
Edible Boston
How urban foraging became the new way to explore a city
National Geographic
Wild edible foraging
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

Chemicals from food packaging leach into food — affecting people’s health
NPR
Environmental impacts of plastic packaging of food products
University of Michigan
Evaluating Food Packaging Waste in Schools: A Systematic Literature Review
National Library of Medicine
Food packaging is full of toxic chemicals – here's how it could affect your health
Guardian
Hazardous chemicals in food packaging can also be found in people
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Our Planet is Choking on Plastic
UN
Our Food: Packaging & Public Health
NIH
Packaging is the source of 40% of the planet’s plastic waste
Our World in Data
Plastic
Brainpop
Plastic food packaging was second most common beach trash in 2018
Newsela
Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and recycling fall short, says OECD
OECD
Scientists Just Discovered How Many Chemicals In Food Packaging Can Leach Into Humans
Women's Health
Statistics on plastic pollution
Monterey Bay Aquarium
What’s better for the environment: recycling or reusing?
Newsela

Complete guide to hydroponics
Gardnersworld.com
Hydroponics
National Agricultural Library
Hydroponics
Oklahoma State University
Hydroponics
KidsGardening.org
Hydroponics at Home
University of New Hampshire
Hydroponics: A Better Way to Grow Food
National Parks Service
Hydroponic Systems
University of Massachusetts
How to Start a Hydroponic Garden!
Almanac.com
How to Start a Hydroponic Garden for an Unlimited Supply of Produce Year-Round
Martha Stewart
Small-scale hydroponics
University of Minnesota

Black Earth Composting
Black Earth Composting
Composting at Home
US EPA
Composting Information
City of Framingham
Food and Climate Change
United Nations
Food Loss and Waste
USDA
Food waste is contributing to climate change. What’s being done about it?
PBS News
Here's why food waste is a major climate change issue
CBC
How bad is food waste in the US? New study reveals problem and what you can do.
USA Today
Lettuce Not Waste: New EPA Research Highlights Food Waste Contributions to Climate Change
US EPA
The other greenhouse gas
Reuters
Recycling & Composting for Kids, Teachers & Schools
Mass.gov

A beginner’s guide to sustainable farming
UN
Farming for a Sustainable Future
The Nature Conservancy
Sustainable Agriculture
WWF
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
UC Davis
What Is Sustainable Agriculture?
Union of Concerned Scientists
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
What is Sustainable Ag?
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Sustainable Agriculture
USDA
Sustainable Agriculture in Ohio
The Nature Conservancy

Human Health

Deadly Diseases: Epidemics throughout history
CNN
Epidemic
United Nations
Epidemics
Science Museum UK
Epidemic/Pandemic
Department of Homeland Security
Fighting Epidemics
UNICEF
Major Epidemics of the Modern Era
Council on Foreign Relations
Outbreaks
World Health Organization
Outbreaks
Center for Disease Control
Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World Digital Exhibit
National Museum of Natural History
Preparing and preventing epidemics and pandemics
World Health Organization

Climate Change Indicators: Weather and Climate
EPA
Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms
NPR
Climate Crisis: Extreme Weather
WHO
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
NASA
Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists
BBC
Extreme weather
World Meteorological Organization
Extreme Weather
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Extreme Weather
USDA
Extreme Weather
National Wildlife Federation
How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods
BBC
Health Impacts of Extreme Weather
NIH
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
Carbon Brief

About Heat and Your Health
CDC
Climate Change Indicators: Heat-Related Deaths
EPA
Climate Change Indicators: Heat Waves
CDC
Extreme Heat
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Extreme Heat and Poor Air Quality
Mass.gov
Extreme Heat Safety Tips
Mass.gov
Heat and health
World Health Organization
Heat & Health Tracker
CDC
Heat waves and how they impact children
UNICEF
Hot Weather and Your Health
NYC Health
Temperature-related Death and Illness
NIH

Extreme Heat Can Impact Our Health in Many Ways
American Public Health Association

Air Pollution
Brainpop
Air Pollution and Your Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Science
Ambient (outdoor) air pollution
World Health Organization
Drinking Water
EPA
Drinking Water Facts and Stats
CDC
Facts and stats on air pollution
Clean Air Fund
Health Impact of Air Pollution
American Lung Association
Household air pollution
World Health Organization
In Massachusetts, an Artist Explores an Old Dye Factory’s Toxic Influence
Atlas Obscura
Mercury emissions down but mercury in Massachusetts fish remains high
GBH
Mercury in the Sudbury River (Massachusetts, U.S.A.): pollution history and a synthesis of recent research
Canadian Science Publishing
Polluted Massachusetts river designated a Superfund site. Here’s what that means.
Boston.com
Pollution
World Bank
Research on Health Effects from Air Pollution
EPA
Safe Water and Your Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Services
Video: How the water you flush becomes the water you drink
PBS
Water Polution
Brainpop
Water Quality
Wild & Scenic River Stewardship Council

Climate Change: Global Sea Level
NOAA
Climate Change Indicators: Sea Level
NOAA
Climate Change: Mountain glaciers
NOAA
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why
CNN
Is sea level rising?
NOAA
Sea Level
NASA
Sea Level Rise
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Sea Level Rise - Map Viewer
NOAA
Understanding Sea Level
NASA
Why are glaciers and sea ice melting?
WWF

Built Environment, Urban Systems, and Cities
The Fifth National Climate Assessment
Climate and resilience in cities
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Environment, Climate Change and Health
World Health Organization
Environmental & Health Data Portal
NYC.gov
Environmental Impact of Cities
UN
Environmental Justice Populations in Massachusetts
Mass.gov
Healthy urban environments
World Health Organization
How is your city affecting your health?
Government of Canada
MA DPH Environmental Justice Tool
Mass Department of Public Health
Urban health
World Health Organization
Urbanization Puts Public Health at Growing Risk
Voices of America English News