Need a head start on holiday shopping? Or maybe you're ready to make a few green changes around your own home but not sure where to get started. Well, you're in luck. Because today's giveaway is a Taste of Green, Green Gift Bag...the green gift that keeps on giving. It's the perfect gift for a that eco-clueless friend, or your child's teacher, or even for yourself. Here's what's … [Read more...]
TGP Salutes America's Veterans
November 10, 2008 By 18 Comments
Veteran's Day, the day America honors the men and woman who serve in the military, is tomorrow. This holiday is not about your position on war or peace or military spending. It's about the women and men who voluntarily serve our country to make it a better place. So The Green Parent is proud to salute all of America's veterans. And I'd like to take a minute to get to know one of them a … [Read more...]
The Green Parent Weekly Roundup
September 14, 2008 By 22 Comments
This week’s roundup of green parenting stories from around the greenosphere: CalFinder asked, Is the Energy Star Falling?...and found some disturbing answers. Beth from Coming up for Air wrote an important guest post on 5 Minutes For Going Green about High Fructose Corn Syrup: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. And Cruncy Domestic Goddess announced her latest green challenge to help green parents … [Read more...]
The Green Parent Interviews: Melissa Goldberg
September 12, 2008 By 7 Comments
ATTENTION: Today's the last day to enter to win 5 years of junk mail reduction.! A green parent of two young boys, Melissa Goldberg is a committed environmentalist who has decided to change her life and her community by changing the way her family lives. Melissa's biggest passions are family, food and fitness. She has been thinking about, talking about, and acting on environmental and food issues … [Read more...]
See You In Chicago!
May 15, 2008 By 10 Comments
If you are anywhere in or around the Chicago area this weekend, you have just got to make your way over to the Green Festival at Navy Pier. Co sponsored by Global Exchange and Co-Op America, this year's festival is sure to be an eco-geek's dream come true with more than 350 local and national green businesses showing off their wares as well as over 150 inspirational speakers presenting topics on … [Read more...]
Need Another Reason To Go Organic?
March 25, 2008 By 5 Comments
If you're still not convinced that organic foods are the best choice for your family and the environment, consider this...a study released this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, concludes that pesticides are present in the urine and saliva of children who eat conventionally grown produce. And not just any pesticides. The researchers tested for malathion and … [Read more...]
Election Day…Get Out and Vote Green!
November 6, 2007 By 7 Comments
O.K. Green Parents...It's election day, and although it's not the BIG one, it's still a good time to stretch out your green finger and put your ballot where your mouth is. The choice you make in today's local and state elections could bring improvements in your town's recycling initiatives, support for the environment at your local schools, access to green parenting resources, and more support for … [Read more...]
Step It Up…Did You Miss It? You Can Still Be A Part Of History…
November 5, 2007 By 1 Comment
This past Saturday marked another historic Step It Up 2007 event with hundreds of demonstrations going on across the country to raise awareness about climate change and the steps needed to reverse it. Across the nation, tens of thousands of Green Parents and Eco Kids of all ages gathered to learn more about climate change, how we can halt it, and what we can and should expect our elected officials … [Read more...]
The Great Diaper Debate
September 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
New parents are inundated with new decisions, often on topics that have never before crossed their minds; bottle or breast? paci or thumb? co-sleep or crib? Of these decisions, none is more vexing than diapers. It would seem from the great diaper debate that there is simply no eco-friendly way to diaper a child. Sure, cloth diapers are reusable and therefore lighten the landfill load. However, … [Read more...]
