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Nominate Your Favorite Green Business for a 2010 Green America People’s Choice Award

August 10, 2010

Green America has opened up nominations for this year’s People’s Choice Award. If you know of a great green company this is the perfect time to nominate them to win this killer award. When we honor companies that work to help – not hurt – people, communities and the planet, we open the door a [...]

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Green Book Review: Organically Raised

August 7, 2010

Review summary: A delight for the taste buds and a feast for the eyes, Organically Raised has many perks and just a few cons. Book: Organically Raised: Conscious Cooking for Babies and Toddlers by Anni Daulter, with Shante Lanay and photography by Gina Sabatella; published by Rodale (2010). The forward, worth noting, is by Dr. [...]

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Help Your Child Explore His World

July 16, 2010

I very rarely buy books that aren’t specifically eco-friendly. But a few months ago I became a wee bit mesmerized with a book I saw at Powell’s and bought it – How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum by Keri Smith. Since this is not a green book in particular, I’m [...]

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Parents need to avoid commercialism along with kids

July 13, 2010

It’s true that we live in a super hyper commercial culture. It’s also true (IMO) that commercialism makes it more difficult to raise green kids. BUT not impossible. As I noted previously, many health and child-advocacy organizations feel that we should avoid commercialism at all costs. Turn the TV off, skip junk food, never buy [...]

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Commercialism Makes Growing Green Kids Harder

July 12, 2010

One of the hardest things about raising green kids is that we live in an increasingly commercial culture. Some problems related to eco-friendly living and our current culture include: Excess stuff is not eco-friendly but excess stuff is pushed in our culture. It’s very hard to impress eco-friendly living skills upon kids when all they [...]

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Green Product Review: CLIF CRUNCH

July 11, 2010

Review Summary: I don’t know that I’ve ever actually used the term, “Melts in your mouth” to describe food, unless literally talking about an MnM, but the other day I had no other choice. I used the term to describe the new CLIF CRUNCH bars from CLIF Bar & Company. Beware that while this new [...]

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Ten ways to go green in 30 seconds or less

July 4, 2010

Think you don’t have the time to get green? You do! Here are 10 easy eco-friendly steps you can try that won’t take more than 30 seconds. Recycle your old phone book: According to Waste-Free Mail There are enough phone books created each year to measure 106,700 miles when lined up end to end; enough [...]

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A word about stuff and how darn hypocritical I may seem

June 25, 2010

I’m always saying, “BUY LESS STUFF!” Why am I always saying this? Because I’m a huge Buy Nothing Day advocate; and it would look pretty lame for me to be like, “Hey, the rest of the year buy away!“ Because having a lot of stuff is not eco-friendly. Because too much stuff is not very [...]

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How to afford green living – start by living green

June 25, 2010

Lately I’ve been talking about living green on a budget. If you need to catch up read the following first then head back here for more tips. Is Green Living Worth the Cost? Why green living is worth the cost False: It’s impossible to afford green living I’ve mentioned that even on a limited budget [...]

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Why green living is worth it

June 22, 2010

In the last post we looked at the costs of green living compared to the worth of green living – two very different issues that people tend to muddle up. Below is why green living matters to me… 1. Green living and eco-friendly products are better for my son’s health and beyond that healthier for [...]