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Markers dry out and then what, they end up in our landfills. Children love them and if they are washable [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]

One of the things that I miss when fall comes and winter is on the horizon, the fresh veggies from the local CSA and farmers market. Last year the local CSA provided a weekly newsletter with recipes and tips, it was so helpful. Through these newsletters I have learned:
Eggplant is a relative to potatoes, [...]

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, [...]

I know that the proper green phase is “reduce, reuse, recycle” and that they are in the order of importance. So the best thing would be to use less plastic grocery bags.  And we do - a lot less.  However, I do not think I will ever get my husband to take a cloth bag [...]

Seventh Generation recently hosted a evening with Dr. Greene (love him) and the Environmental Working Group (love, love, love them) in Boston to talk about chemicals and our children. Talk about an important discussion. I sure wish I could have been there. No worries, I can watch the full WebCast and get the low down [...]

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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 [...]

All week long it has rained. I’ve sat at the window watching the water, that I could be collecting in a rain barrel. Wondering more about the water rights and the Utah law on not being able to collect rain water. Wondering about my own conservation and the difference I can make. If I were [...]