Growing a Green Family

Freshen Your Home Without Toxic Chemicals

May 4, 2012

The EPA notes that indoor air pollution levels can be as much as 100 times worse than outdoor air pollution due mainly to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that evaporate from home decorating and cleaning supplies. Air fresheners also count as a cleaning supply item – which is sad really since marketing companies practically beg you to spray them all [...]

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Tips for raising a healthy and green eater from birth

May 3, 2012

This year, I’ve been working on a series about childhood obesity and healthy family food and exercise habits. As I’ve noted previously, when it comes to food habits, it’s extremely hard to change established food habits in your older kids. It’s much more simple to raise kids who eat right from the start. Later we [...]

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Reasons to join your local nature gym

May 3, 2012

According to Medical News Today, it’s estimated that about 80% of folks who purchase a gym membership will ignore said membership. More alarming, U.S. individuals fork over about 12 billion annually for these unused gym memberships. All-in-all it would appear that a gym membership isn’t the best option for getting fit. Gyms also aren’t kind [...]

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Kashi Controversy Nonsense – Um, Natural Doesn’t Mean Organic

May 2, 2012

Have you heard about the Kashi controversy yet? It’s a total nightmare. Grocery store owner John Wood decided to pull various food brands off his store shelves after reading a recent report by The Cornucopia Institute, Cereal Crimes (pdf). Wood also hung up a sign regarding Kashi cereal. The sign states that he removed Kashi cereal [...]

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Bully the movie – pros and cons

April 27, 2012

Last night we (Dave, Cedar and I) saw Bully. In case you haven’t heard of it, here’s a trailer. What we thought: I can’t entirely speak for Dave and Cedar, but overall I’d say this is a movie everyone should see in terms of awareness. Why awareness? Because people in this country seem to think [...]

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More kids stuck indoors than ever before – CLIF Kid’s Backyard Game Contest can help

April 25, 2012

A new Kelton Research survey reveals some utterly depressing (but not terribly surprising) news – kids today are stuck indoors most of the time and often it’s by choice. The new The Clif Kid Outdoor Play Survey highlights how we REALLY need to act now in order to prevent a generation of screen-bound, inactive, unhealthy [...]

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Jane Goodall Discusses Unique Facts About Disneynature’s Chimpanzee

April 24, 2012

This year, on April 20th, Disneynature’s newest movie adventure, Chimpanzee popped into theaters. The film introduces families to little Oscar, a young chimpanzee who is left to fend for himself when his family is attacked until Oscar receives some amazing help from a new buddy. If you’re interested in learning more about this movie head over to [...]

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Special Tegu Discount for Growing a Green Family Readers

April 24, 2012

I just reviewed the brand new Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism (shown below), and if you’re intrigued, or think your kids will be delighted with these hyper cool magnetic blocks, I have a special deal just for Growing a Green Family readers. When I first reviewed Tegu blocks, a number of GAGF readers mentioned that the blocks looked [...]

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Green Toy Review: Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism

April 24, 2012

Review summary: A more affordable, but still fun Tegu magnetic block travel set. Perfect for tinkering on-the-go. Product: Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism from Tegu. We tested the jungle colored set, although we have an inkling that other sets, in different colors may be available soon. Cost: $30.00 Basics: The brand new Pocket Pouch Prism is the perfect little [...]

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100 Homemade Organic Popsicle Recipes

April 23, 2012

Popsicle season is soon to be in full swing, so get ready with 100 amazing popsicle recipes plus tips about how to make the best ice pops ever. Start here —> First learn about the eco-benefits of homemade popsicles. Then read 50 amazing homemade popsicle recipes, not just for the 50 cool recipes but also to see general tips about how [...]