I am a big fan of Annie Leonard's work and her original video The Story of Stuff... which she followed up with an awesome book. This is her latest video called The Story of Cosmetics, and it comes at a VERY important time, when we could impact groundbreaking safe cosmetics legislation – the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010. What do you need to do? Ask Congress to get behind the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010! And in the meantime check out some of my safer products posts: The Toxic Bubble Bath … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Why I Love Ohio
One of the best things about my state is that it is so diverse and beautiful. You can wake up to city life, walk outside and see something like this: Then you may decide that you need some country air today or perhaps a nice cool swim in one of the many natural streams, waterfalls, rivers, or lakes here. You NEED some nature. Well, within minutes you can be swimming under a gorgeous waterfall. Or maybe you just want to explore the woods and wade in the crick (how we say creek in Ohio). That … [Read more...]
Keeping Your Hospital Birth Safe, Healthy and Yes – Even Natural
Birth today in the U.S. is often treated as a risky, over-medically-managed event. In reality, birth is neither a disease nor an injury. For the majority of women, birth is a safe, healthy and very normal bodily process. If you’re seeking a more natural, low intervention birth, but aren’t quite comfortable with home birth or don’t have access to a birthing center, there are effective ways to keep birth in a hospital natural, safe and healthy. It will take some effort, planning and perseverance … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Channel Your Inner Farm Girl When You Live in the City
Not all of us can live in the country raising chickens and growing all of our own food. Some of us more natural mamas choose to live in the city, either because we have to or we just want to. But that does not mean we don't also value the same things and want the same things for our lives and family, it just means we have to approach these things differently. If we don't have land of our own to plant rows of corn... we can look for a community garden where we can or perhaps we patronize the … [Read more...]
The Downside of Local Organic Corn?
Or is it really a downside? The kids sure loved finding these guys and finding new homes for them in our yard. It certainly is a huge plus to be able to go to the local farmer's market and buy 2 dozen ears of non GMO, organic corn for dinner and chit chat with the farmer that grew it. Bugs or not. ;) … [Read more...]
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