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Children need healthy sleep for enough hours for them to incorporate all they learned during the day into their long-term memory. According to the Sleep Foundation, one-year-olds need 11 to 14 hours of sleep, school-age children between 9 and 11, and teens between 8 and 10 hours. In addition to memory retention, children need enough sleep for optimal development and alertness. Researchers believe that too little sleep affects growth and weakens the immune system.

For a limited time, we are offering a special $20 off a yearly business listing at Happyhippie.com as part of our relaunch celebration. Happyhippie.com has been an online eco-friendly business directory since 1999, promoting green business to like-minded people.

Bitcoin has had a crazy ride over the past few years and is currently experiencing some stability which of course draws more interest as an investment possibility. If you're the type that's open to risk and attracted to the allure of anonymous currency, then perhaps Bitcoin, or offshoots of it, are for you.

The legislation prohibits the distribution of sunscreens containing chemicals that scientists have found contributes to coral bleaching when washed off in the ocean.

While many product lines usually fit into one category or the other, ATZEN® is unique in combining Pharmaceutical Grade, Green, and Cosmeceutical ingredients. The ingredients are developed by leading laboratories in the USA, Europe, and Asia. Pharmaceutical Grade ingredients are the highest quality of ingredients (higher quality than cosmetic grade). Green ingredients and manufacturing methods respect the environment and protect your health. Cosmeceuticals have medicinal or healing elements.

Here's a few EASY things you can do to help our planet this month, and every day of the year!

Today's households are much safer and more hygienic than the homes our ancestors kept in previous centuries. Thanks to stricter laws, technological advancements, and greater awareness of certain health and safety risks, our household products are now required to pass certain tests and include certain labels in order to be sold in the United States. But if you think that means every ingredient is safe, think again!

It's festival season! Need some comfy cool bohemian clothing? Here are some fresh seasonal picks for 2018.

Approximately 400,000 deaths are associated every year to lead contami

The idea of Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sitting in a room and not escalating an already tense relationship does not seem possible.  For there to be some hope of peace between the US and North Korea we need to put some adults in the room.   Currently, the Trump white house has no North Korean experts for advice.    As Trump has not listened to his experts on other issues, the undertaking of peace talks and outcome is a huge gamble.  This is an emergency that affects all our lives, and we can’t wait for the answers. We need...

A new study finds that wind power and solar photovoltaics could by themselves meet 80 percent of all U.S. electricity demand. This chart from Reuters last week shows that power from wind and solar are already the cheapest sources of power.

Eco-bricks just may be the solution to all that plastic trash that litters the world. In many third world countries, where there are official dump or containment sites, plastic waste simply piles up in villages and clogs the lakes and seas. Now thanks to a simple, yet ingenious idea, plastic is being easily recycled by villagers around the world and turned into eco-bricks. These bricks are then used as insulation in buildings, or layered between wire mesh as 'wall material'.

Warning, Warning, these tofu recipes actually taste great.

For those who are new to Happyhippie.com, welcome! Here are some super simple, painless tips to make your environment healthier. Heck, you may even save a little cash.