Guest post by Lisa Cain, co-founder SnackSnoop, a website devoted to healthy snacking. Feeding children snacks on a daily basis is a really big challenge. Since they are home from school, they seem to always be in the kitchen asking you for something to eat. They can really drive you nuts. So what is a busy parent to do? First, you want to feed them something healthy. Secondly, you want to feed them something that they like. Finally it can't be too expensive. Healthy snacks, especially … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
Nowali Moccasins – Cool Shoes Alert!
As parents we may have been taught that hard sole shoes offer the best support for growing feet but research has actually shown that this may not be true. A child’s foot is soft and pliable and pressure from the wrong shoe may actually impede proper foot development. Many pediatricians, including the renowned Dr. Sears, are now recommending that children under two not wear shoes at all. Going barefoot helps their feet to grow naturally and helps them to gain musculature and strength. Soft sole … [Read more...]
Market Baskets for Easier Green Shopping
I have fallen in love with a new reusable bag. This one is more like a bag/basket hybrid and ever since I got one last month I have been using it non-stop. They are polyester bags (wish they were canvas), on an aluminum frame. Mine has an attached cover that zips around it to enclose the basket. It is super light too. Here are some of the things I have already used it for: Shopping the produce isles at the supermarket Shopping at farmer's markets Using it to hold books at the … [Read more...]
The "Go Trash Free" Challenge!
Guest post by by Lia Mack, www.TheGreenMamas.com We all have a very hard time throwing away anything, since it's final destination is a landfill, inevitably polluting our water, air, and land. We breath the air. We drink the water. We grow food in the land. Why on Earth would we want to pollute it?!??! So I've been doing something about it on a personal level - at least I have been moving in that direction for some time now. I'm trying to be trash free. Yep, that's right! Totally and utterly … [Read more...]
Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream
This weekend I had a chance to read The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome - Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream by John F. Wasik. It was a timely read as it has much to so with the current economic situation and what got us here but it is short on political blame and deals more with the attitudes and ideals that have permeated within the American mindset and how that has caused a lot of trouble for us. It talks quite a bit in the early chapters about the housing bubble and it was incredibly … [Read more...]
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