The Green Parent

Wal-Mart is about to change the way we go shopping. As the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart has earned quite a reputation for their rock-bottom price tags (and the questionable strategies they use to attain those prices.)  But in the future, those price tags may also be accompanied by another label…a green label that gives consumers [...]

Going green is all the rage these days and there is now an eco-savvy alternative for just about any purchase you need to make. Sure, most green products claim to reduce pollution and waste and conserve resources.   But let’s face it: Most of us can’t afford to buy the organic and recycled-content versions of everything [...]

Samantha Harnack is a wife, green mother of two, professional photographer and environmentalist. She is also a life-long resident of the great state of Illinois.   According to Samantha, she has always been aware of the need to recycle but it wasn’t until her kids came home from pre-kindergarten with badges stating that they were [...]

I can remember it clearly.  It was very early on in my first pregnancy.  I was hardly showing and still felt like a bit of an imposter in the baby store.  Still, I ventured in to try to get a glimpse of this new world I was ventruing in to.  And I was instantly shocked [...]

Teri White-Griffin, is a recovery marketing manager. Brainwashed and beaten by the biggest of big boxes, Teri decided to shift her traumatized talents toward a new green attitude.  As Teri’s inner consumer psyche started to heal she heard old fashion advice from a fun loving character named Sage McGreen. Admit it we all hear snarky voices in [...]

Rhain Tomasetti, mom to a very cool 10 year old son, lives in Center City Philadelphia. She runs Earth Baby & Mommy and is opening an educational play center within her local community center. Rhian works hard to help moms live greener and happier lives.     Forums PA Green Parents Markets The Reading Terminal A [...]

Sage McGreen is the earthy alter ego of Teri White-Griffin, a recovery Marketing Manager. Brainwashed and beaten by the biggest of big boxes, Teri decided to shift her traumatized talents toward a new green attitude. As Teri’s inner consumer psyche started to heal she heard old fashion advice from a fun loving character named Sage McGreen. Admit [...]

Born and raised in Maryland, Teresa Berger is a momapreneur and lead visionary for www.weeBgreen.com, an online boutique specializing in locally and regionally handmade and earth-friendlier products for wee ones and parents. Since becoming a mother, Teresa’s interest in the environment and living an earth-friendlier life has grown. She feels it’s important to instill a [...]

Marissa Evans is a military spouse and a green mom to one very active toddler, Hudson. They live in Northwest Florida along the emerald coast in Navarre. She is a stay at home mom and an independent consultant for Go, Baby, Go! A cloth diapering and baby wearing company. You can find her giving tips [...]

by Heather Collins, Colorado’s Green Parent The Denver-Boulder area of Colorado is diverse and offers a lot of local produce options. It is wonderful to walk through the local farmer’s markets, meeting farmers and supporting their work by buying the produce. There is nothing quite like a fresh Colorado peach. We love living here and [...]

Looking for green parenting info for the Bay State? If you want to be green, where better than the home of the Mayflower, Johnny Appleseed, and “Make Way for Ducklings”! Green Parent Lori Stewart is a Massachusetts native and stay-at-home mother of three young children. As a green mom and former environmental scientist, Lori actively [...]

Tara Burner is an eco-friendly vegan who owns multiple businesses in South Florida. Tara is mom to “Trendy Diva Talk” who’s 13 and to a son, 20. After nearly two decades of entrepreneurship, she enjoys sharing her knowledge in the environment, green living, recycling, veganism, vegetarianism and other important aspects of living a greener lifestyle [...]

Looking for green parenting info in the Palmetto State?  Green Parent Jennifer Smith shares her tips on going green in South Carolina.  Jen is a wife and mom of Sebastian (13), Chloe (6) and Abby (4) living in Hickory Tavern, SC.  She is a stay at home mom and owns an online Virtual Assistant business, [...]

Today’s Giveaway: Universal Family Music’s 6-CD collection of tunes the whole family will love. Enter here. Got a tween who loves to shop?  Is it possible to teach them to do it green?  That’s the question The Green Parent posed to Trendy Diva, a self-professed tween diva and uber-shopper, and her mom, a self-professed greenie [...]

Shel Horowitz, Green Parent, ethical marketing expert and author of the ebook The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How to Live Like Royalty with a Peasant’s Pocketbook, stands up to big corporations everyday, demanding social justice and meaningful environmental change. How does he do this? By attending corporate shareholder meetings? By protesting in the streets? By petitions or [...]