My 5: Nancy Chuda, Co-Founder, Healthy Child Healthy World
March 31, 2009 by Julia Wasson
Filed under Blog, Front Page, My 5
Blue Planet Green Living asked Nancy Chuda, Co-Founder of Healthy Child Healthy World, “What are the five most important things we can do to save the planet?”
NANCY CHUDA:
Less consumption. Learn to recycle, reduce, and reuse the things that we have in our homes. Reduce greenhouse gases by selecting energy-efficient appliances and devices and technology.
Healthy Child Healthy World — A Story of Heartbreak and Hope
March 31, 2009 by Julia Wasson
Filed under Activists, Blog, California, Cancer, Environment, Front Page, Health, Kids, Pesticides, Research, Slideshow, VHS
“When a parent loses a child, there really are no words. There are no words to describe this grief, and there are no words to mend the broken heart that remains forever after. But my husband and I chose to try to make a difference,” said Nancy Chuda, referring to the death of their only child, Colette. “We said, let us take the remains of what would have been her life and, in her memory, establish something that would give benefit to countless millions. It fueled our passion. It was our pain that carried us through — from pain to passion — in building the network.”
I spoke with Nancy Chuda about Healthy Child Healthy World, the organization she and her husband, Jim, founded nearly twenty years ago in honor and memory of their daughter. This is her story.
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