Abigail Mnookin
CommentatorAbigail Mnookin is a former biology teacher interested in issues of equality and the environment. She is currently organizing parents around climate justice with 350Vermont, and lives in Brattleboro with her wife and their two daughters.
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This has been a boom year for apples in Vermont. Following on the heels of a light crop last year, apples have been abundant in orchards, on family farms,鈥�
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Apart from a bout with Giardia almost twenty years ago, a woman I know had been active and healthy until 2008, when she experienced severe diarrhea and鈥�
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Last month, Pope Francis released an encyclical on climate change, describing it as the moral issue of our time and calling for immediate, global action.鈥�
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My family and I recently gave away household items corresponding to the day of the month. One item on the first of the month, two items on the second,鈥�
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Vaccines may have been added to the list of topics to avoid at dinner parties, but now is when we really need to discuss it with our friends and families鈥�
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Before my daughter鈥檚 first birthday, she climbed to the top of the stairs without my knowing it. One minute, we were downstairs together; next, I heard鈥� -
Last month, my two-year-old daughter broke her elbow. She was still strapped into her bike seat when my leg got caught on the dismount, and she came鈥�
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Last week, I was one of more than 2,000 Vermonters who traveled to New York for the People鈥檚 Climate March. Spearheaded by Bill McKibben鈥檚 350-dot-org and鈥� -
Recently, I hiked up to 4200 feet to work as part of the fill-in crew for Greenleaf Hut in New Hampshire鈥檚 White Mountains.This beloved annual tradition鈥�
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Last month, my two-year-old daughter and I stood in a circle of young children admiring a wild turkey pelt. Later, we wandered along the West River,鈥�
