Archive for the ‘Green Parenting’ Category

Recycled Ideas at the Green and Clean Mom Community

Hey, it looks like you are new here! I like new visitors. Hopefully you like it here and subscribe RSS feed Thanks for visiting!Have you visited the Green and Clean Mom Community? It’s full of amazing community members, regular posts with amazing content and some lively discussions. Kirsten of Trying to be Greener has done [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - November 21st, 2008 - Comments: none
Filed Under: Green Giveaways, Green Parenting, Green Solutions and Tips

Creative Play with Natural Pod

Plastic toys cover my house and the commercialism and junk that sometimes invade the basement, living room and children’s room…it’s too much. It’s taking away from my children just using their creativity and imagination. Whatever happened to just playing with stick, leaves and rocks and having a few toys that would keep a child busy? [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - November 21st, 2008 - Comments: none
Filed Under: Green Parenting, Green Shopping, Green Sprouts

Why Should the Obama Girls Attend Public School?

Editors Note:  This post comes from Jennifer Lance of Eco Child’s Play. I highly recommend stopping by Eco Child’s Play for some fun, organic advice on living a chemical-free life with your kids. They offer reviews, suggestions for toys, education and nutritional food and family activities.

Sasha and Malia Obama have to be the cutest kids [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - November 19th, 2008 - Comments: 1
Filed Under: Green News, Green Parenting, Guest Posts

Green Reading Gift Ideas from EcoBrain.com

This holiday season consider giving the gift of a book, but rather than a traditional book that is made from trees and uses fuel to deliver, consider an EcoBrain eBook - the green reading choice. eBooks are instantly downloadable and readable on your desktop. No special equipment is needed for EcoBrain’s eBooks! [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - November 18th, 2008 - Comments: none
Filed Under: Green Parenting, Green Shopping, Green Solutions and Tips

Social Media and Marketing Lesson for the makers of Motrin: Don’t Mess with Moms!

Attention:  Giveaway at the bottom of this post!
Companies, P.R. Firms, Marketing Gurus hear this loudly “Social Media and Marketing…it can bite you in the butt if you aren’t careful.” Take a lesson from Motrin, owned by McNeil Consumer Healthcare and a brand of Ibuprofen that is learning the hard way and will need plenty of [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - November 16th, 2008 - Comments: 82
Filed Under: Green Giveaways, Green News, Green Parenting

Virtual Jobs for Green People

Guest Post by Lori Stewart - http://greengigs.blogspot.com/
I am a SAHM, former science teacher, current freelancer, and work-in-progress green being.  One day last summer, as I was filling my none-to-eco-friendly minivan with $4.34 per gallon gas, while thinking about the load of laundry I had to get off the clothesline before it rained, and listening to [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - November 14th, 2008 - Comments: 2
Filed Under: Green Parenting, Green Solutions and Tips, Guest Posts

Commercialism, Children and Toys

I opened up my sons backpack this morning to a book he made about emotions. He’s four and this is a common theme to be taught and as a past preschool teacher, a necessary one.  I was anxious to read his book and thought he tell me it made him happy to be with mom [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - November 7th, 2008 - Comments: 11
Filed Under: Best of G&CM, Green Parenting, Green Sprouts

Juicy Savings

R.W. Knudsen is a juicy family and they’re giving a mom like me a sensible juice option for my children. An option that is USDA certified organic, with no added sugar (or anything else for that matter) and they are 50% juice and 50% water meaning less sugar and calories. Offered in child-friendly, unbreakable 4.23 [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - November 6th, 2008 - Comments: none
Filed Under: Green Food Choices, Green Health, Green Parenting, Green Sprouts

What does organic, romantic and bathtime have in common?

Bathing my children, it’s a nightly routine. It’s calming for the children and for me, I like to have the children smelling clean. Sorry, I just do. I always took a bath nightly and so do my children. They bath together and we don’t use very much water, so were conserving. Using a non-toxic, [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - October 30th, 2008 - Comments: 3
Filed Under: Green Beauty, Green Goods and Reviews, Green Parenting, Green Shopping, Green Solutions and Tips

BPA FREE Giveaway from The Soft Landing

Giveaway has ended! Congrats to comment number 42!
The BPA and plastic issue…it’s too much. The information is right in front of our faces and we still have a ruling from the FDA backing it, despite the flawed reports. The Smart Mama just wrote a post all about the FDA and whether science and the facts [...]

By Green & Clean Mom - October 25th, 2008 - Comments: 162
Filed Under: Green Giveaways, Green Health, Green Parenting, Green Shopping, Green Solutions and Tips, Green Sprouts