Your life
At the Oregon Environmental Council we engage Oregonians by developing and implementing projects that help them act on their environmental values in their basic roles as parents, homeowners, consumers, drivers, and citizens.
By helping individual Oregonians - as well as businesses, farmers, and other organizations - we believe we can help Oregon thrive economically while contributing to environmental improvement.
Check out the resources below for how you can make some easy choices every day to live a little greener, and healthier too.
- Let's Take Action on BPA
- OEC is working to close loopholes in our product safety system. But right now, we need your help to let your state representatives know that passing these laws should be a priority.
- The eco-healthy lunchbox kit
- The Eco-Healthy Lunch Box Kit helps you reduce your family’s exposure to toxins, reduce your family’s impact on the environment and increase the amount of healthy, local, and tasty foods your kids eat.
- What You Can Do To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
- All of us can take actions in our own lives that will help slow global warming.
- Living Green
- Simplified lifestyle choices that make a difference.
- Eco-Healthy Child Care
- Helping create environments for kids that are safe and eco-healthy.
- Safer Plastics and Greener Cleaning
- Check out the Oregon Environmental Council's guides on choosing safer plastics, including BPA-free baby bottles, and recipes for green cleaning products.
- Tiny Footprints, a Resource for Parents!
- Whether you're expecting or celebrating the early years, this website provides information on green products and services, fun activities you can do with your child, and more ways to raise your children in a way that is good for your family's health and the environment.
