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There has been a lot of talk lately about using naturally based personal-care products in order to steer clear of certain ingredients common in mass-produced ones. Everyone seems to be aware that some of these chemicals can be harmful if ingested or absorbed through the skin. However, most of us aren't really sure which substances these are and exactly why they may be hazardous. Here's a quick review of two ubiquitous ingredients that you'd be well advised to avoid. Read on…

With Mother's Day approaching, EcoHearth asked passersby: "How Is the Earth Like a Good Mother?" To see the video containing a representative sample of the responses, click here.

As we get ready to honor the planet, EcoHearth asked passersby: "Why is it important that we celebrate Earth Day—and how do you plan to do it this year?" To see the video containing a representative sample of the responses, click here.

You’ll forgive, I hope, my recurring theme of aging. Since passing my 50th birthday, I am now considered old, like my mother, who is indeed getting on. I am not as aged as her and never will be—until I am. However, I have been around long enough to remember events that date me and make me “old."

I don’t feel I’m really a Baby Boomer, although I have lived in the shadow of that generation all my life and am classified as one. Therefore I’m considered old and a has-been. Bye-bye. All this is to say that I remember the first Earth Day held in the United States. Read on…

On Earth Day this year, amidst all of the celebrating, we will add more than 230,000 people to the planet's population—as we do every day. By the time Earth Day 2013 rolls around, we’ll have tossed at least another 85 million humans into the mix. But I’m not supposed to talk about that, because reproduction is a private affair Read on…