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Nuritious After School Snacks

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Children get home from school and they are hungry. The day was packed full of learning energy zapping activities and they need to refuel. When I got off the bus after school I remember eating chips, cookies, drinking soda and complaining if these items weren’t around. Sorry mom and dad, I just made you look [...]

Green Transportation this School Year

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I used to love riding the school bus. I would get to visit with my friends, make up songs and chat about the day. I never thought about emissions or the pollution from the big yellow bus. I recently read that more children will be walking to school this year because of school districts cutting [...]

Asthma and earth friendly products…a reason to spread the mess

I got an email last week, I think (the days run together sometimes), from the editor over at How to do Things. He was asking if I might be interested in writing for this site and contributing to their upcoming” Guide to Green Living” section. I had never heard of the site (there are only [...]

National Geographic and PBS make going green for kids a little easier!

As an early childhood educator, teaching my own children is at the top of my list. My son loves television and I know what a great debate this is amongst educators, parents and professionals. I take middle of the road approach and like all things, moderation is the key. He’s active, has a great imagination, [...]

A personal story and renewed “green” mission!

The last 24 hours of my life has been an emotional roller coaster, my 15 month old daughter was admitted into the hospital yesterday for difficulty breathing. Her oxygen level was only at 80%, she was struggling to breathe and it was the scariest thing I have ever seen or been through. I was helpless [...]

Be an "EcoMom" Like Me

A very recent article in the New York Times, titled, For ‘EcoMoms,’ Saving Earth Begins at Home , mentions what they call a “subculture” of moms being “green moms” and this blog is listed. What an amazing honor and a surprise. What I do each day is try to be some shade of green. I [...]