Growing a Green Family

Encourage Fun and Activity with the CLIF Kid Annual Backyard Game of the Year Contest

We’re big fans of CLIF Kids here at Growing a Green Family. Not only does this company promote healthy snacking and organic food, but each year they encourage outdoor play and activity with many outdoor initiatives, including their amazing Backyard Games Contest. Backyard Games is entering its 3rd year and there’s some new cool stuff to [...]

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Organic chocolate chip cookie dough ice pops

Note from Jennifer: Today is national Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day. So, Cedar is home with me, working on his writing. Earlier he posted about soda and below he’s posting an organic ice pop recipe he made today. ********************************************************************************************************************* You should make these awesome cookie dough pops because they taste like awesomeness. Get: 1 and 1/2 cups [...]

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The case against soda

Note from Jennifer: Today is national Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day. Thus, Cedar is home with me, writing and doing some social media. When I asked what he wanted to write about, he said soda. The post below is all Cedar, including the soda shopping choices. Stay tuned, because he’ll also be posting a new [...]

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Win a week at a PDX eco-minded summer camp

It’s my opinion that kids should be engaged in fun outdoor, active, eco-minded activities all summer long. Summer camp is a great way to make sure this happens. Luckily, if you live in PDX, I just found out that you can enter to win a week’s worth of camp for your favorite kiddo. All you [...]

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Organic Blueberry Oatmeal Ice Pops

With summer on the way, I’ve been working on fine-tuning some oatmeal ice pops that your kids can eat for breakfast when it’s too hot to eat warm breakfast foods, like oatmeal. I figured I’d come up with oatmeal alternative that’s not only icy, but easy on busy mornings when you’re trying to get everyone off [...]

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50 reusable goods that easily replace disposable goods

You have hundreds of choices when it comes to reusable products vs. disposable products. Even if you just choose just five or ten of these choices, and use them year-round, it’ll cut down on your disposable footprint, save you money and make a big difference for the planet. *NOTE: All estimates below are based on [...]

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Easy eco-action: refillable soap dispensers

Refillable reusable soap dispenser are a super easy eco-step that every family can take. It may seem like a small step, but if you think about, this practice can really help reduce a ton of plastic waste. Consider all the soap containers you have laying around the house: The typical family has two bathrooms, each with a [...]

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How a zombie apocalypse can make you more eco-savvy

At my house we’re kind of into zombies. Zombieland is a house favorite and we also like zombie books and The Walking Dead. Zombies aren’t great if you have a houseful of young kids but they are spooky fun for older kids and adults. What’s weird is that the more zombie stuff I watch, the [...]

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Design Your Own Kamibashi String Doll Contest

If you love Kamibashi’s Fair Trade String Doll Gang then now is your chance to design your own. Kamibashi is holding their annual “Create Your Own String Doll Contest” this month, which gives you a chance to dream up your own String Doll and have it created to become part of the String Doll family. [...]

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The Best BPA-free Popsicle Molds for Homemade Ice Pops

Updated summer 2013 edition! Each summer I release a BPA-free popsicle mold guide for green families. Why? Because homemade ice pops rock. They save resources, save you money and are fun besides. If you’re new to homemade ice pops start with the following posts, then check out the popsicle molds below. Benefits of homemade popsicles How [...]