Green Product Review

Green Company Review: Artterro

October 9, 2010

An excellent family-friendly, green-friendly company with almost zero cons. Coming up I’ll be posting specific reviews of a few Artterro art kits. Before I do that though, let’s take a look at the company basics. BASICS: Artterro was founded by Forrest & Jen who note that after searching high and low for “Eco-friendly, open-ended art [...]

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Green Company Review: PeopleTowels

September 20, 2010

PeopleTowels offers a new clean hands concept for busy eco-friendly people on-the-go. BASICS: PeopleTowles offers an intriguing, but a little out there product – reusable hand towels you can carry with you when you’re out and about. Soon I’ll be reviewing a couple of their towels, along with a carrying case, so I figured we’d [...]

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Green Product Review: Three Sisters All-Natural Cereal

September 13, 2010

Review Summary: Not being made with organic ingredients is a huge bummer. That said, this cereal not only was a huge hit taste-wise, but the company has other green perks as well. Product: Three Sisters Cereal. We reviewed three of these cereals, including Sweet Wheat, Marshmallow Oaties and Cinnamon Sweets. Three Sisters sells various types [...]

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Green Book Review: Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family

September 10, 2010

Review Summary: Great eco-friendly family book packed with ideas for creative and fun green holiday celebrations. Forward note: My disclaimer on this review is that I one, have reviewed this before, but not here at Growing a Green Family, as I’ve been meaning to. Also, the first time I reviewed this was literally years ago. [...]

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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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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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Green Toy Review: The Shuttle Imagination Cardboard Rocket by KidsCraft

June 6, 2010

Review summary: This fun cardboard playhouse is semi-easy to build, even without instructions, is bigger than you’d expect and appears to be well made and long lasting for a cardboard toy. Also, we’re near the end of our KidsCraft Playhouse giveaway here at Growing a Green Family so enter today. Product: The Shuttle Imagination made [...]

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Green Toy Review: Tegu Magnetic Wooden Blocks

May 28, 2010

Review summary: When Tegu blocks first hit the toy market (back in 2009) the small company received a warm welcome from parents looking for eco-friendly toys (good) but couldn’t keep up with demand (not so good). They closed up shop to regroup and the wait list for their blocks grew to 2000+. Now Tegu is [...]

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Green Product Review: uscanteen Stainless Steel Canteen & Como Carrier

May 23, 2010

Review summary: Total water bottle bling made for folks who want to be eco-savvy and stylish. Last year I got a uscanteen to try out and it offered style for sure (but a price tag to match), good usability and a few cons. Read on to see what I thought. Product: Each uscanteen is comprised [...]