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12 Reusable Waste-Free Lunch Kit Choices

August 15, 2010

When it comes to packing a waste-free school lunch you’ve got three options. 1. Make your own waste-free lunch kit. 2. Buy a complete waste-free lunch kit. These kits usually cost $40-$70 but tend to be overall easier and a better deal than option two (see below). The downside is usually the storage and water [...]

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Citizenpip Discount for Growing a Green Family Readers

August 12, 2010

As you may remember we’re big fans of Citizenpip Reusable Lunch Kits at my house. If you’re looking for a great reusable, waste-free lunch kit for back to school time, it’s hard to beat the Citizenpip Soup to Nuts Reusable Lunch Kit. Luckily, if you’re aching to try this lunch set out I have a [...]

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Look Out! Reusable Bags Harbor Deadly Illnesses!

July 19, 2010

Every once in a while, (okay often) the American Chemistry Council tries to convince consumers that reusable bags are indeed the devil in disguise. Just to clear things up, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) represents most of the major companies engaged in the business of chemistry, such as the Plastics Division, the Chlorine Chemistry Division, [...]

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Organic Craft Dough Creations

July 18, 2010

The other day I posted what may be the world’s cheapest eco-craft – organic flour dough. I said I’d post some of our creations soon, so to follow through here you go. A couple of these picture will also give you an idea of what happens when you mix in food coloring, although you do [...]

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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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The World’s Cheapest Eco-Craft – Organic Craft Dough

July 14, 2010

Sometimes we get so hung up on new cool stuff we forget the simple things; like dough crafts. Dough crafting is hands down one of the least expensive eco-crafts you can try with the kids, and best of all, you probably have everything you need for this craft in your kitchen right now! MAKE SOME [...]

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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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Unscrambling Organic Eggs: Separating Facts from Fiction

July 9, 2010

Due to the lovely Time Magazine piece that appeared yesterday, I figured we should look at some real facts about organic eggs vs. cage free vs. conventional and so on. Eggs come in an array of colors, although mostly brown and white at typical grocers. Eggs also come in all sorts of packaging and with [...]