The Green Parent

by Lisa Fahay   Lisa Fahay is a working mom with two kids and a Jack Russell Terrier. About a year ago, she and her husband founded the home energy efficiency company Both Lisa and Peter have been passionate about the environment for most of their lives.  In fact, through a recent Facebook connection, an [...]

by, Lisa Cain, PhD, co-founder of Babyfood101.com Having a new baby can really test the Greenest of parents.  Lack of sleep, combined with lack of time leads many parents to buying packaged baby food.  Jars of baby food can certainly make life easier, and are a great solution for time-stressed parents.  But, they aren’t green. [...]

  the mechanic download dvdrip For the past 7 years, I have been reading and writing – living and breathing – everything I could about green parenting.  And I’ve loved every minute of it.  Going green is more than just a slogan for me.  It’s the way I do things.  It’s the way I wash [...]

This is a guest post from Frequent Television Contributor Terra Wellington who is the author of The Mom’s Guide to Growing Your Family Green: Saving the Earth Begins at Home.   One of summertime’s greatest challenges is to get your child interested in something that doesn’t have a screen. Recently, a new study by Iowa [...]

Does your backyard need a rain garden?  These lovely little features are a great way to utlize the runoff from your roof and reduce the amount fo water entering sotrm drains.  Big or small, rain gardens also help to reduce water pollution by trapping sediments and excess nutrients before they hit waterways.   So what’s [...]

  Well, my bee swarm has moved on, hopefully to greener and safer pastures.  And I’m so thankful to all of the bee experts who shared their time and their thoughts with me to help me learn more about bees and the pressures they face in our modern world. As a farewell to the bees, [...]

So, I was sitting outside with my family yesterday when my husband and I suddenly heard a very loud buzzing sound.  We looked up and saw a swarm of bees.  I don’t mean one or two bees…I mean a real bona fide swarm of bees.  I didn’t stick around to count them one by one, [...]

Kimberly Stapleton is the mom of two fabulous daughters, Fiona (4) and Matilda (8 months).  After learning early on in my second pregnancy that her daughter would have special needs due to a brain anomaly, she decided that she would need to rearrange her life and priorities a but.  After seven years of working as [...]

The girl scouts are handing out more than cookies this year, at least in northern California. Thanks to a new program called Cool the Community, more than 1,300 girl scouts in over 100 Bay Area troops will be handing out cookies as well as energy-saving coupons and eco-tips and pledges.   The program is a joint [...]

   Honor your Mother and Mother Earth with these great waste-free gifts.   Gift Cards : Give mom the gift of giving with a GlobalGiving Gift Card that she can use to support a project of her choosing (such as providing baby supplies to new moms in the Bronx; supporting the use of solar energy in Kenya; [...]

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A  few simple tips that will benefit your health, the earth and your wallet   As parents, we are always concerned about the health of our kids, but oftentimes it is difficult to determine the safety of everyday products found at home. To help ensure that you are creating a healthy home environment for your [...]

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