Print and Web
Jennifer is the author of Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy, which was published by HarperCollins in 2016. The book was the winner of the 2017 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, as well as the recipient of a 2016 Nautilus Book Award. She is a former columnist for The Huffington Post, where she wrote the popular long-running Innovation Earth and Eco Etiquette columns for the Green section. She was also the founding editor of environmental political blog The Red, White and Green.
Her work has appeared in numerous publications both in print and online, including The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, American Baby Magazine, Natural Health, MindBodyGreen and the former Wend, among others.
Below, a selection of writings.
The Huffington Post: "Speak Out Against False Formula Advertising: An Open Letter to the FDA"
The Huffington Post: "There Are No Tests: The Stunning Lack of Medical Support for Breastfeeding Women"
Los Angeles Times: "Breast Milk Is Best and Free, So Why Is It a Luxury for American Moms?"
MindBodyGreen: "10 Things I Wish I Had Known About Breastfeeding Before I Became a Mom"
The Huffington Post: "Is It Time to Stop Talking About the Benefits of Breastfeeding?"
The Huffington Post: "'The World's Oldest Profession' May Not Be What You Think"
The Huffington Post: "How I Became an Extended-Breastfeeding, Tandem-Nursing Mother of Two"
The Washington Post: "Flowers May Be Nice for Mom, But They're Terrible for Mother Earth"
USA Today: "Short on Space? Grow Up!"
American Baby Magazine: "Showered With Love"
The Huffington Post: Hollywood Environmentalist Video Sting - Who Needs Solutions When You've Got Distraction?
The Huffington Post Innovation Earth column
Is Zeoform The Plastic Of The Future?
Reinventing The Wheel... Er, Tire
Make ‘Home Ecologics’ the New Home Ec
This Could Be ‘The Future Of Urban Transportation’
This Is Like Biofeedback for Food Wasters
A Stylish Way to Save 21 Billion Pounds of Textile Waste a Year
A Rooftop Farm, Coming Soon to Your Supermarket
House Made of Textiles Will Use the Energy of a Hair Dryer
This Technology Could Make Red Lights Obsolete And Boost MPG By 30 Percent
Ed Begley Jr.’s 10,000-Gallon Solution for Drought
Will Real Meat Become Obsolete?
Bringing NASA Technology Back to Earth
Can the Massachusetts Food Waste Ban End Hunger?
A Very Low-Tech Way to Stop Water Wasters
The Huffington Post Eco Etiquette Column
Environmentalist Etiquette: 4 Tips for How Not to be a Buzzkill at Your Next Cocktail Party
Roommate Recycling Woes; Guests vs. Mosquitoes
The Obsessively Organic Parent, Best Green Cleaners
Do We Have to Serve Meat at Our Wedding?
Is a New Prius Worse for the Environment Than an Old SUV?
Help, My Neighbor Is A Water-Wasting Hoser!
Where Has All The Biodiesel Gone?
How To Ditch Disposable Food Storage
Should I Cancel My Gym Membership?
Help! Compact Fluorescent Lights Are Ugly!
Can You Be An Environmentalist Without Being Vegetarian?
Is Recycling Bad For The Environment?
Stop Wasting Food! How To Plan A Special Diet Dinner Party
How To Stop People From Buying You Useless ‘Green’ Tchotchkes
6 Tips For (More) Eco-Friendly Flying
Help! My Dad Doesn’t Believe In Global Warming
Are Online Wedding Invitations Tacky?
5 Wacky Ways To Go Green In The New Year
How Can I Avoid Genetically Modified Foods?
How To Stop The Green Bickering
How Do I Avoid The Sneakiest Sources Of BPA?
How Do I Avoid The Sneakiest Sources Of BPA? (Part 2)
How Can I Fight Prescription Pill Pollution?
Do You Have Obsessive-Compulsive Sustainability Disorder (OCSD)?
Reusable Toilet Paper - Too Gross For Comfort?
How Bad For The Environment Is Diet Coke?
How Can I Convince My Husband to Use Cloth Diapers?
5 Green Ways To Fight That Cold
Is The Gulf Oil Disaster Obama’s Katrina?
5 Farmed Fish That Get The Green Light
Is My Moisturizer Safe? 5 Petrochemicals to Avoid Now
Should We Stop Having Children?
Will The BP Oil Spill Worsen Global Warming?
Why I’m Giving Up My BlackBerry For Earth Day
How Can I Reduce My Oil Footprint?
Is The Carbon Footprint Passe? 5 Global Warming Offenders to Know Now
16 Great Gifts for the Green Host or Hostess
10 Surprising Tips For A Green Pregnancy
Can You Be A Weekday Vegetarian?
10 Wow-‘Em Green Gifts Under $25
Should I Delete My Facebook Account?
Should I Freak Out About Formaldehyde In Baby Furniture?
Is There A Green Choice For Birth Control?
Can You Eat Organic on Food Stamps?
Organic On Food Stamps To The Test
What’s the Best Eco-Friendly Makeup?
Alexandra Cousteau, Expecting, Shares Tips For Green (Blue)-Minded Moms and Moms-To-Be
Your Eco Etiquette Cheat Sheet
Is Genetically Modified Food Linked To Kids’ Food Allergies?
Used Mattresses - Icky Or Eco?
How To Avoid Dangerous Wildlife Encounters
How Can I Make An Eco-Friendly Earthquake Kit?
Help! I Feel Like Giving Up On Green
My Friend Feeds Her Toddler Junk Food
What’s The Greenest Thanksgiving Turkey?
How To Have A Zero Waste Holiday Season
More Tips For A Zero Waste Holiday Season
5 Eco-Friendly Ways To Lose Weight
Is ‘Made In America’ Better For The Environment?
What’s The Environmental Cost Of Cut Flowers?
How To Be A Gracious Green Guest (And Proselytizer At The Same Time)
Being Black In The Green World
What Would Health Care Repeal Mean For The Environment?
9 Time-Saving Tips For Busy Green Moms
What’s The Latest On Eco-Friendly Air Travel?
Dealing With Not-So-Green Summer House Guests
How Do I Store Produce Without Plastic?
Eco Etiquette: 4 Things I’ve Learned