Here at the WHLA, we base our worldview on health. A healthy mind and body is a good start, but there is so much more to our health than just ourselves. Healthy relationships are absolutely essential, and without a healthy environment to live in, can anyone truly prosper and thrive? When you start thinking about it, what doesn't effect your health?
Take stress as an example. It is frequently underestimated as a fundamental aspect of our health. Stress has the power to be either highly motivating or severely debilitating and a fitting illustration of this point is economic stress. When providing for your needs and the needs of your family, the experience can either be rewarding or distressing, depending on your situation. So the value of a good job in a robust economy cannot be overlooked as a key part of our personal health.
When it comes down to it, our health is a product of every aspect of our lives and here at the WHLA, we are committed to making Whatcom County the healthiest place that it can be.
Industrially contaminated soils have severe impact on the Earth’s ecosystems, which in turn adversely affects human health. Decontaminating such soil is a long, complex, and expensive process. A European project, known as LIFE I+DARTS, aims to address this problem by developing a protocol to enable the recovery of soils contaminated…
“Fed Up” is an effective new documentary from director Stephanie Soechtig and executive producer Katie Couric that is long overdue. With a clear purpose to do for the health crisis what “An Inconvenient Truth” did for global warming, this film offers a critical look at our nation’s eating habits, but believes…