As adults we understand the effects of our lifestyle. We can see how eating healthy foods makes a difference in the way we feel and function. We know the responsible things to do are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. But, what about our kids? My parents raised me and my seven siblings on a very healthy…
Category Archives: Green Family Friday
Straws – A Plastic Alternative
If you’re looking to eliminate plastics, you need to check out this post from The Nourishing Gourmet. Honestly, I never thought of using anything but plastic straws. I didn’t even know there were alternatives. Thanks to Leah at Abundant Life for pointing out this post. Now I want some pretty glass straws to slurp down…
Green Family Friday – October 16, 2009
We’re a fairly gender-neutral family. If the laundry needs folding, someone folds it; if the lawn needs mowed, someone mows it; if dinner needs to be cooked, someone cooks it; if a fence needs to be repaired or a paddock cleaned, someone just does it — regardless of their genetic make-up. That being said there…
Green Family Friday – October 2, 2009
We may have started the fall conversation almost two weeks ago, but there is something about the first of October that makes the season more official. And that’s even aside from the hard layer of frost I had to scrape from my windshield first thing yesterday morning. As temperatures drop and day light wanes keeping…
First Weekly ‘Green Family Friday’
Big or small, traditional or uniquely unconventional, all human or composed of those that stand on more than 2 legs as much as those that do; families are beautiful things. At 5 Minutes for Going Green, we value families and the things — both big and small — that they do together to be a…
