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OEC Community: It's Your Oregon: Beth Herzog
Beth brought a wealth of experience to OEC. She has been an environmental educator and served as a legislative intern in Washington state. Asked what motivates her to pursue environmental work, Beth says she knows how important it is to motivate people to act on their values, especially when it comes to getting involved in the legislative process.; More…

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Healthy Families

Practical steps to improve your family's health and protect the environment.

School Lunches Made Safe & Healthy

The Eco-Healthy Lunch Box Kit is designed to help kids eat healthy local and organic foods while reducing their exposure to toxins from products we all use every day. The kit includes practical tools for a youngster's healthy lunch as well as educational materials, recipes and guidelines for the grown-ups.

Keeping an Eco-Healthy Home

A few simple changes in your housekeeping could make a big difference to your family's health!

See our list of ways

to reduce the chemicals in your household that can trigger asthma and chronic disease.

Take Our Family pledge

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The OEC Family Pledge is a simple and effective tool to help your family identify first steps in going eco-healthy. Send a photo of your eco-healthy kids and we'll post them on the website.

Healthy Toys Database

Parents worried about toy safety can search a list of more than 2,800 items tested for lead and other harmful chemicals at HealthyToys.org. This site will empower you to choose the safest and healthiest toys for your loved ones.

Help us help you!

If you find resources on our site that are especially useful to you, or if there are things missing that you'd like to find here, please let us know! Your feedback is essential to help us reach our goal of reducing children's exposure to harmful substances.