Happiness, we love new visitors!! Get FREE updates delivered daily to your inbox by subscribing through email or RSS feed.While you are here enter the 9 in 2009 Giveaway! Click here to enter!

My daughter is only 23 months and she loves painting, coloring, getting messy and just arts and crafts in general. She’s [...]

Markers dry out and then what, they end up in our landfills. Children love them and if they are washable and non-toxic, parents and teachers love them. I know how to recycle and reuse crayons but markers? I’ve never known how to recycle them and even when I tweeted about it and did [...]

A dog named Rex, a dad named Derek and a teen (young adults) named Kenzie, what do these three have in common? They all are new contributing writers to the Green and Clean Mom Green Gurus! They will be giving you new points of views, perspectives and opinions on news, products, everything green and in [...]

Editors Note:  This article was written by Jennifer Lance from Eco Child’s Play, where you can get advice for an organic, fun and chemical-free life for your kids. Reviews and suggestions for toys, education, nutritional foods and family activities.
I find two trends in education alarming: the growing number of schools that eliminate recess and physical [...]

I write about “going green”, using non-toxic cleaners, BPA free sippy cups and keeping our children safe and healthy. All parents want to keep their children safe and healthy. Today I drove on icy roads with very little visibility because the snow was falling so quickly. I always worry as I drive on the icy [...]

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 a fabulous job at keeping thing rolling and did you see, Kirstin has been toted as a “mom detective” over at The Soft [...]

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? [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]