Sprawl and Your Public Health AND Containing E-waste

Dr. Richard Jackson, professor and chair of environmental health sciences at UCLA, coming from his recent venture, a CD series on Designing Healthy Communities, makes direct connections between our sprawled developmental patterns and our poor public health and our diminished sense of well being. He examines how various redevelopment and other municipal projects have remedied the dysfunctional suburban sprawl. More information and resources are available at: http://designinghealthycommunities.org/pbs or http://blog.rwjf.org/publichealth/ Celebrating Earth Day on all the days of the year, Odadele Ogunseitan (Professor of Public Health and Founding Chair of the Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention at the University of California, Irvine) and Katherine Ransom, (marketing and communications director at Goodwill Industries) talk about the pile of e-waste that every household accumulates. Senator Barbara Boxer, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works or other Senators can be urged to act on "The Responsible Electronic Recycling Act" of 2011 202-224-8832. Information for e-waste colletion events and other programs is available at: ocgoodwill.org