By Stewart Healthy Times reporters | There’s a lot of bad news about plastics. Kids.nationalgeographic.com says that “around the world, 4 million tons of trash is thrown away every day….

By William Cramp Fit Flyer reporters | Reporters discovered firsthand why it’s important to protect the environment during a reporting trip to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum….

By William Rowen Healthy Roar staff | PAR-Recycle Works has two missions: The organization recycles electronic waste, and it also employs people who have spent time in prison. Maurice Jones,…

By Wissahickon Charter School Fernhill Healthy Fox reporters | School librarian Ms. Kourtney Gavin said she walks every day to help keep her body active. It gives her an opportunity…

Editor’s note: Did you know that school-age kids should sleep between 9 and 12 hours a night, according to kidshealth.org? Wissahickon Charter School Fernhill Healthy Fox Cub Reporters interviewed Nurse…

By Danetta, Jason, and AMY Northwest Healthy Bulldog staff | When you need to go somewhere nearby, choosing to walk or bike instead of riding in a car helps keep the air…

By Bela, Aaron, and Jericho, AMY Northwest Healthy Bulldog | When you enter the playground from the parking lot at AMY Northwest, you are met with benches and tables. Students…

By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal (8A) staff | Resilience is the ability to bounce back from a challenge, according to Ms. Dickson, DePaul school counselor. When people face problems and…

By DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal (8B) staff | DePaul Assistant Principal Ms. Welsh said she felt the school could use a place where children could work through their emotions away from the…

When Joe Caesar was growing up, his mother led cleanup projects in their North Philadelphia neighbor- hood in Philadelphia. She often brought Joe along. He’d pick up trash and plant trees and…

By Eleanor Emlen Healthy Roar Cub Reporters | Yoga is a way to relax your body by breathing and stretching your muscles, according to kidshealth.org, a website with trustworthy medical…

By Eleanor Emlen Healthy Roar reporters | Trees are important for our health and environment. Healthy Roar reporters viewed the TED-Ed video, What happens if you cut down all of a city’s trees?,…