Welcome guest poster, Joanna Kwan. While there is not a vast selection of green strollers on the market nowadays, a few companies have caught on the demand for Eco friendly strollers. Some international companies like Stokke and Maclaren have really stepped up and incorporated their entire producing methods to be efficient in energy as well as […]
How to Be a Superhero for Planet Earth!
Welcome Guest Poster, Alexandra Gnoske, Author of Loui Saves the Earth, Around 70 years ago we experienced some major changes in the United States. “Better living through chemistry,” “Agribusiness,” and “Consumerism” caused a major shift in our culture that created some of today’s major environmental issues. These changes brought plastic, pesticides, and large amounts of […]
Green News for 09.12.2010. Desk on Demand, College Eco Contest, BPA in Sealants
Photo by Fernando de Sousa. This week we have green news sure to get up going this week. Grab a cup of Joe and start reading. From the demand desk aimed at making telecommuting the norm to BPA in your child’s sealants. Goodbye office, hello ‘desk on demand’ I have been preaching this to any […]
Countless Children Die Daily From Lack of Clean Drinking Water
I received the following email from the co-founder of Blog Catalog, a social media website alerting me to the fact that countless children do not have clean drinking water. Please read his email and watch the above video. “Over 4,000 children die each day due to illness from lack of clean drinking water. Our goal at BlogCatalog […]
The Practically Green Solution Quiz. Can You Afford Not to Take it?
Welcome guest poster, Susan, of Practically Green. I absolutely adore her and her new quiz on her site. Read on. Almost four years ago, I tossed my first bottle of conventional baby lotion and banned plastic from our microwave. My toddler son had just been diagnosed with a whole range of food and environmental allergies. […]
The Coalition for Chemical Safety, Front for Status Quo Toxic Chemicals
So, would you invite toxic chemicals to the dinner table? Absolutely not, Anna. You must be thinking, do I take you to be a fool? Come on. All those character are normal every day products. Right? Wrong. All those cute creatures pictured in the above photo are wolves in sheep clothing. Harmful, harmful chemicals. Would […]
KIDS MAKE IT BETTER: When Life Gives You Oil Spills…
Welcome guest poster, Suzy Becker, author of Kids Make it Better, It’s a weird synchronicity. The week my book KIDS MAKE IT BETTER: A WRITE-IN, DRAW-IN JOURNAL made its way into stores, disturbing photos of oil-doused ducks started cropping up all over the place. A nearly identical photograph had been the genesis of the book. […]
Could Chemicals or Food Cause Son’s ADD?
A couple of months ago, we took Third Son to a holistic medical doctor to help us with cleaning up his body. He had been diagnosed with ADD via the Tova Test and other indications when he was young. His grades have been mediocre at best. Forget telling him more than one thing at time. He would never […]
