Green Spring

Design a quick last-minute eco-friendly and healthier Easter basket

If you’ve been slacking on Easter prep you may be thinking, “Hey, I guess I can just go buy one of those pre-made Easter baskets.” It’s true, you can, but know that those plastic-wrapped, pre-made baskets are usually packed with chemicals, plastic toys, food coloring, child-labor produced chocolates and more icky stuff. Not a very [...]

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Send a real Easter egg full of fortune or love in the mail

Here’s a quick little tutorial for a special Easter egg fortune you can send in the mail or place in your child’s Easter basket. Very sweet and fun right?! This is a nice idea if you have nieces, nephews or other kids you love living far away. If you’re vegan and don’t use real eggs, you [...]

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Crafty Kit for Making Organic Garden Seed Cookies

This adorable retro-minded craft kit allows your child to whip up a tasty (okay, not tasty, but useful) batch of organic garden seed “cookies.” The Garden Cookie craft kit comes with organic soil, organic clay, plant recipe cards, clay, soil, muslin bags, oil cloth, (all Made in USA), cookie cutters and rolling pin (Made in China). [...]

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Organic Beer for an Eco-friendly St. Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day is quickly coming up – March 17th, and if you’re an adult and planning on going out, or having some friends over for a drink then it’s smart to drink green. I’m not a fan of hard alcohol, so I can’t help you there, but I do like green beer. Not green [...]

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Stacking carrot game for Easter fun

So, if you’re looking for an Easter treat for a kiddo this year that’s not a fuzzy bunny or too-sweet candy, consider this super cute Stacking Carrot Game. This game is much like the well-known, Classic Jenga game. I’ve never seen one of these type of games with an Easter slant before, but it’s hyper [...]

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Eco-friendly St. Patrick’s Day Fun for Kids

St. Patrick’s Day is coming up March 17th. Actually, I don’t know too many families who go all out for St. Patrick’s Day. Usually, it’s more of an adult holiday. Still, just in case your eco-family is looking to get their green on this year, below are some fun and eco-friendly ideas. Cute Recycled and Eco-minded St. Patrick’s [...]

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Six Tips for an Eco-friendly & Vegan Easter Celebration

As someone who recently went vegan (well, actually it’s been 7 months now) I’ve been thinking a lot about Easter this year. It’s so egg-centered! Not to mention people plan meals around the cutest critters at Easter time – like pigs and lamb. The above said, I’ve been researching vegan Easter ideas quite a lot, [...]

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Finding Organic Garden Seeds & Organic Garden Seed Terms

If you’re planning for an organic garden this year, obviously you’ll want to snag some organic seeds. If you’re new to gardening, first look over some commonly used seed terms below. Genetically Modified Organism: More common is the abbreviation GMO. This term applies to any animal or plant that has been genetically engineered. Most folks [...]

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Major Earth Day Ice Pop Fail & Adorable Earth Day Treat Success

So, over the years I’ve gotten pretty good at concocting fairly successful ice pop recipes. This week though, we had a major ice pop fail. The plan: Earth Day ice pops! It sounds good in theory right? Cedar, my son and I thought, “Sure, Earth Day ice pops are doable.” We wanted little global pops, which [...]

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Disneynature CHIMPANZEE Arriving for Earth Day 2012

Each year, for the last four years, Disneynature has taken moviegoers deep into the world we occupy with films such as Disneynature Earth, the exciting Disneynature: African Cats and the enchanting Disneynature: Oceans (our favorite so far). This year, on April 20th, just in time for Earth Day, Disneynature newest adventure springs to life, introducing Oscar, [...]