By Amy on Thursday, April 10, 2008Filed Under: Green Living, Infants and Toddlers
I know I have written about cloth diapers before. I used them and loved them. I am happy to say though that my diaper days are over and I am also very glad to be done with that phase in parenting. However, recently I did come across a wonderful article for anyone who may be […]
By Julie on Tuesday, February 26, 2008Filed Under: Activities, Education, Featured, Green Living
Let’s face it. It’s up to us to educate our children to the importance of taking care of our environment. They are the ones who will be living in it much longer than we will. I read a great article on cnn.com today on getting our children involved.
It’s titled, “10 ways to […]
By Julie on Friday, January 25, 2008Filed Under: Green Living
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) has a national program called “Call 2 Recycle”. This program helps recycle your used portable rechargeable batteries and old cell phones. These batteries are commonly found in cordless power tools, cellular and cordless phones, laptop computers, camcorders, digital cameras and remote control toys. RBRC recycles a […]
By Amy on Thursday, January 24, 2008Filed Under: Green Living
Developed by a father of two who noticed so many cars sitting in the parking lots of soccer fields each week, Dividetheride.com is a green solution to driving. Carpooling has been around forever and we all know it’s a great way to take cars off the road. This service takes it step further […]
By Amy on Monday, January 21, 2008Filed Under: Green Living
Here’s my first post ever to a blog. I wrote a guest post for groovygreen.com about line drying clothes. Now I’m writing for my own blog.
By Amy on Monday, January 14, 2008Filed Under: Green Living
Paper or Plastic? How about Canvas? Switching to canvas shopping bags is a simple thing that can make a big difference. Because of their effects on the environment, plastic shopping bags need to go away. Here’s the scoop on how they’re effecting things.
According to Worldwatch Institute, factories around the world manufactured […]
By Amy on Saturday, January 12, 2008Filed Under: Green Living, Infants and Toddlers
As more and more people are becoming concerned about our environment, lots of us are switching to alternatives to disposable diapers. Here’s my experience with using cloth diapers.
If you like the idea of an eco-friendly diaper, but aren’t up for everything involved with totally switching to cloth, you may want to look into gDiapers.
gDiapers […]
By Amy on Friday, January 4, 2008Filed Under: Featured, Green Living, New Year's Resolutions
There’s a lot talk lately about saving our resources and creating a world that our children will be able to grow old in. All this talk is a good thing because it’s making our society more aware of the way our world is heading, and it’s getting people motivated about making some changes in […]
By Julie on Friday, December 28, 2007Filed Under: Featured, Green Living, Holidays
This year we chose to buy a live Christmas tree that was potted. We live in Arizona and thought it would be fun to have a palm tree for our Christmas tree. This weekend we plan to take it out in the back yard and plant it! Buying a potted tree is […]
By Amy on Monday, December 10, 2007Filed Under: Green Living, Holidays
Americans produce about 1 million extra tons of waste a week between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Gift wrap contributes to a lot of this waste. Here are some creative ways to wrap gifts without filling the garbage can.
Gift Bags: Although gift bags eventually have to be thrown away they can be used over and […]