I'm continuing my search this week for plastic-free alternatives for all of the things my family needs, and seeking out the advice of experts who can help me along the way. Today, I'd like to share this guest post from Tracy Lydiatt (aka The Green Families Guru and author of Your Green Family Blueprint) on how to kick plastic to the curb. Thanks for the tips Tracy! Strategies to Shift Away … [Read more...]
Gradually Going Green: Recycling
August 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Remember yesterday's post about Green Parent Kristy Glass, the NYC mom of two who is "gradually going green? Here, in her own words, is Kristy's approach to recycling... I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. I remember when the town I lived in instituted Recycling. My parents begrudgingly bought the required green bin that we were to place our recyclables in and dragged it to the curb and back … [Read more...]
How One Mom Is Gradually Gowing Green
August 12, 2008 By 12 Comments
Meet Kristy Glass. She's a busy mom living in New York City who was so inspired by the movement behind Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth (even though she has admittedly never seen the film!) that she decided to start "gradually going green." I think her approach is similar to that of most of us who are trying to go green while raising a family...just do a little bit at a time each day. So I … [Read more...]
