Green Parenting

September 16, 2008

September 15, 2008

  • Urban Gardening: Green Without The Green

    Got a green thumb but don't have the green space?  You don't have to live on a farm or have acres of yard in order to add some green to your scene.  Here's how to go green without the green:
    Contain Yourself: Bring the garden to you with indoor plants and window boxes that surround you in green without taking up any outdoor real estate.  Container gardens can be used to grow your favorite plants and trees…and even a whole garden of vegetables.  Check out Garden Guides for tips on growing veggies indoors. (…)

September 13, 2008

  • Around The Greenosphere: Weekly Link Roundup

    So much interesting content to choose from today, especially in this week of emotional days and angry weather.  Here are some posts that caught our eye:
    The Simply Green channel at Sparkplugging is talking about the possibility of doing laundry without water.  Be still my heart…
    Green Mom Finds told us about a green socializing site where we can all go find people as crazy as we are. (…)

September 12, 2008

  • Breastfeeding Blues

    I am counting down the days of pleasure and intimacy I’ve enjoyed and shared with my baby while breastfeeding him. My baby is two months shy of turning two. (…)

September 8, 2008

  • Starting at Square One

    One of the biggest goals for me in my journey toward going green is eliminating paper products, especially tissues and paper towels. (…)

  • Be Healthy: Get Active with Your Kids

    Previously, I wrote about my weight loss journey and overall, journey to be healthy. My children are an extension of me and therefore my journey is their journey. (…)

September 6, 2008

  • Around The Greenosphere: Weekly Link Roundup

    We love finding fabulous links from around the web for you each week, and this week they are all from the personal blogs of our awesome Green Team here at 5M4GG.  Enjoy! (…)

September 5, 2008

  • Eat Your Greens!

    My mother always told me to eat my greens. That advice is as true today as it was when I was young. (…)

September 3, 2008

September 2, 2008

  • How Much is Too Much Green For Green?

    A few weeks ago, late at night, I received an email from a public relations exec about an all-natural children's hair care product. Called oopsy daisy! (…)

August 29, 2008

August 28, 2008

  • Do You Need a Hazardous Chemical Warning Label?

    Most of us think that toxic chemical exposures can't be very good for us.  Yet, it seems that we go about our busy days blissfully unaware of the alphabet soup of toxic chemicals to which we expose ourselves each day.  If you think about it, you start to wonder whether you should have a hazardous chemical warning label inked on your chest. (…)

August 27, 2008

  • Greensleeves: How To Green Your Wardrobe

    Did you know that 1/4 of all of the pesticides used throughout the entire world are used in the production of cotton?  Not soybeans.  Not rice.  Not any of the major food crops.  Cotton.  We can't eat it and we can't feed hungry people with it, yet we're dousing our planet in chemicals to feed our bottomless addiction to clothing.  Add to that the fact that most conventionally produced clothing is made using dyes and finishes that are loaded with chemicals. (…)

  • Great Green Toys

    One of the best things about the movement toward natural and green living is the abundance of wonderful natural/green toys available nowadays. (…)

August 25, 2008

  • 5 Minute Green Miracles

    Making miracles happen may seem a bit daunting for a Tuesday morning, but with 5 minutes to spare, you can take it upon yourself to make something wonderful happen for our earth. (…)

August 22, 2008

  • Shoes Off!

    "Shoes off please." I am searching for a polite way to say this. It's not that I am one of those obsessive people who insists on clean floors (okay, well maybe . . . (…)

August 21, 2008

  • Light Green Thumbs

    One of the nicest things about the wide green Earth we live on is the plant life that kindly mops up carbon dioxide while it creates energy. (…)

August 20, 2008

  • No Idling!

    I can vividly recall riding the school bus when I was a kid.  I remember the ride as being very long, very boring, and very stinky.  And while I was probably exaggerating the long and boring parts (my ride lasted about 15 minutes) I now know that I wasn't imagining the stink…
    A recent Yale University study found that children who ride a school bus are exposed to up to 15 times more particulate pollution than average. (…)

  • Connecting Green Families

    When we had a difficult time finding an eco friendly kids summer program this year, we were amazed. There are your standard programs: arts, sports, dance, music and even How to be a Pirate or How to be a Princess camp. (…)

August 18, 2008

  • Gardening Cures Depression

    In the spring the boys and I started organic gardening at Lincoln Park Farm in the Zoo's The Edible Garden.  Since then we have spent every Wednesday morning with our friends at the organic garden learning, farming, eating and weeding. (…)