Jan Withers began speaking at drunk-driving victim impact panels following her daughter’s death as a result of a drunk-driving accident in 1992. Over time, Withers’ involvement with the cause only deepened. Her platform was simple: drunk-driving deaths do not need to be a part of life — they are 100% preventable. Withers is now the […]

Dieting as we know it does not work. In fact, 97% of people who diet do not end up losing weight and keeping it off, according to Dr. Pam Popper, founder and Executive Director of The Wellness Forum. Dr. Popper, who published the diet-altering guide Food Over Medicine earlier in 2013, lays it out simply: Calorie counting and portion control […]

After gaining valuable experience dealing with sustainability issues from his long run as a corporate counselor, Rich Fischer joined Clover Technologies, an organization that provides remanufactured products to companies that sell them under their own brand names. Clover offers a sustainable solution in the products themselves — they collect, clean, replace parts, refill and reseal ink […]

It was a decade ago that Laura Klein, co-founder/Editor-in-Chief of Organic Authority and owner of EcoSalon, was in culinary school looking at the comparison between organic and conventional food. She posed a simple question: “Why is organic food superior in flavor and quality?” Her paradigm shift started right then. Today, Klein investigates America’s burgeoning food crisis […]