green kids

24 Amazing Eco-friendly Felt Play Food Sets from Etsy

November 10, 2011

If an eco-friendly play kitchen is on your child’s wish list this holiday season, then you’ll need some play food to go with it. Felt play food is inexpensive, safe, soft and comes in an array of fresh colors, making it a great choice. If you want to learn more about eco-friendly felt vs. conventional, [...]

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2011 Green Sprouts Festival is Tomorrow!

September 24, 2011

Somehow, it entirely skipped my mind that Green Sprouts Festival is happening tomorrow. What the… ? In any case, I go every year, and if you’re in PDX, you should attend as well. Green Sprouts celebrates and promotes the nurturing of life through nature, with a heaping dose of green goods and services, plus activities [...]

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Green Product Review: PlanetBox Complete Reusable Lunch Kit

August 17, 2011

Review summary: Bento box or laptop style lunches for waste-free lunches are popular, but used to freak me out a bit, because I worried about spills. However, when Cedar and I got the chance to review PlanetBox last year we found out that overall PlanetBox is a handy and fun way to pack a waste-free [...]

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PDX Fun: The Oregon Berry Festival

July 20, 2011

Celebrate summer in PDX with the The Oregon Berry Festival. July 22nd & 23rd you can head to this fun family event which includes stuff like… Children’s activities Live entertainment How-to pie making demonstration (5pm Friday) A PDX chef berry cook-off Comedy juggler Agribusiness Tour – Kruger’s Farm Market on Sauvie Island Ice Cream Making [...]

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Less expensive and still mostly safe sunscreen choices

June 26, 2011

In the post, less toxic sunscreen can cost more than an eco-friendly car, I said I’d be back with some (hopefully) less expensive sunscreen choices. After looking at our options, what I’ve found is that 95% of the time the less a sunscreen costs, the more icky junk (think chemicals) are in it. This means [...]

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New FDA Sunscreen Rules

June 25, 2011

I’m a little late posting the new rules, but I’ve been spending time with my son (he may be heading off to Minnesota to visit family). Still, in case you missed it, the FDA has released their new sunscreen rules, which of course Environmental Working Group (EWG), and others, are calling too little, too late [...]

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Deciding which sunscreen to buy – is chemical or sun exposure worse?

June 24, 2011

Safe sunscreen can be insanely expensive, which brings up the issue of which is worse, chemical exposure or unprotected sun exposure. So – which is worse? Too much unprotected sun exposure can result in skin cancer – and not just a few cases either. Each year more skin cancers occur than all the other cancers [...]

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PDX Fun – Portland Farmers Market Celebrates 20th Birthday

June 15, 2011

Just a quick FYI to my PDX friends, the Portland Farmers Market will be celebrating it’s 20th birthday with a fun party. There will be festivities, such as crafts and farmer dunking (so I hear) and of course, plenty of fresh birthday treats served up by local chefs. As an added bonus, this year’s reusable [...]

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Eco-friendly summer tips for green families

June 15, 2011

I’m scrapping together a lower-cost sunscreen guide, due to our ongoing conversations here about expensive sunscreen. But, it’s taking a while. Until I get this list together, why not enjoy some past Growing a Green Family posts you may have missed… Make sure your child is getting out into nature. In fact, consider sending your [...]

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How to use sunscreen correctly – common sunscreen questions

June 2, 2011

We’ve been looking at sunscreen safety this week. Well, sunscreen safety and sunscreen cost. I’m hoping to get some sort of affordable sunscreen list up soon, but not before we talk about proper sunscreen use. If you need to catch up take a look at the following posts: Basic information about unprotected sun exposure Less [...]