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Stick it to fake organic products!

August 12, 2010

When I was 13 or so I read a book about women’s rights. In said book there was an order form for some awesome, “This offends women” stickers. You could use these stickers in stores, on products, a person – to label lame anti-female stuff. I loved my stickers. I know, I got started young [...]

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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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How to make eco-friendly and smart shopping choices

June 30, 2010

Lately, here at Growing a Green Family, we’ve been talking about how to live green on a limited income. In the last post we looked at how to save money simply by living greener in the first place. Beyond just living green you should have some basic eco-friendly shopping criteria in place. Having good shopping [...]

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Real facts about toxic chemicals and your family’s health

June 25, 2010

One of my writing clients, Inhabitots has an excellent exclusive video interview posted. In said video Inhabitat and Inhabitots founder Jill Fehrenbacher talks to Dr. Alan Greene and gets the real facts about toxic chemicals and your family’s health. It’s a must see (check out the video below) or head over to the post to [...]

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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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My son: the tree hugging anti-hippie

June 24, 2010

Cedar’s saying o’ the day, “Mom, do you have to be a hippie if you’re eco-friendly?” My response, “Um, no.” Cedar: “WHEW! I really like being eco-friendly but I sure don’t want to be a hippie!” Lord. Where on earth do these misconceptions come from? Is there even such a thing as a hippie anymore? [...]

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False: It’s impossible to afford green living

June 23, 2010

I’ve recently been talking about the costs of eco-friendly living here at Growing a Green Family. Now, after I posted Is Green Living Worth the Cost? some of you may be saying, “Green living is worth it me but it’s still too expensive!” I’ve been thinking about it and after years of reading and writing [...]

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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 [...]