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.
- It's Your Oregon: Ursula K. Le Guin
- In "Coast Range Highway, November" Author Ursula K Le Guin shares with readers a lyric glimpse of the Oregon we work to safeguard.
- BPA and fertility
- The chemical BPA found in some plastics and epoxy linings of canned food is linked to infertility in men, women--a woman’s ability to become pregnant later in life.
- 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.
- About Us
- Living Green
- We love celebrating Earth Day, but we also try to do our part for the planet every day with simple tips like these...
- Eco-Healthy Child Care
- In 2010, Eco-healthy child care became a national program led by the Children's Environmental Health Network. OEC continues to serve as an advisor. www.ecohealthychildcare.org
- Eco-Healthy Home Challenge
- The way you maintain your home can make a big difference to your family’s health. Get our room-by-room checklist to give your home an eco-healthy checkup, and use our guide to learn about changes you can make to improve your home environment.
- Healthy families, healthy homes
- A few simple changes in your housekeeping could make a big difference to your family's health. Check out these easy and practical steps to reduce the chemicals in your household, and make your home environment a healthier one.
