Anita from Mom’s Rising, Margie from Safer Chemicals and Robyn from AllergyKids Foundation have come together to create this video, asking you to become educated, think and then do something about the toxic chemical concoctions that are allowed to be bottled into pretty packing and put onto our shelves. The truth is we have over [...]
Eco Jump Rope from Eden Home
April 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Toys. Toys. Toys. If your children are like my children, they want, want, want. Television, seeing what their friends have certainly makes them desire items they’ll play with for all of five minutes. I’m not perfect, we do not have everything wooden, natural, organic and “green” in our home when it comes to toys but [...]
What do Bill Nye and I have in Common?
February 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
Ions. Technology. Cleaning. Bill Nye. What do these four words all have in common with me? Activeion. I failed (not really) chemistry but I’ve aced cleaning (not really) and I’m here to tell you that when you combine technology, science and cleaning you literally can have a chemical free cleaning option for your family and [...]
Amazon Kindle Preference or Green Choice? A Review and More.
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve always loved reading and perhaps this comes from having a mother and grandmother that continually read novels, took me to books store, libraries and made reading time a normal part of my life. Last May, I treated myself for Mother’s Day to an Amazon Kindle as a way to cut down on the piled [...]
Fight the Flu with the Magic Germ Machine from simplehuman®
November 2, 2009 By 3 Comments
Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. My kids hear me saying this over and over. With the H1N1 scare every mom wants to keep their family safe and healthy and washing your hands with safe soaps (I’m not antibacterial fan) is a great way for families fight the illness. With children every [...]
Chemical Free My Butt! The Wonder Ball and Phthalates – An updated review
September 11, 2009 By 14 Comments
Update: After tweeting this and having my @thesmartmama, Jennifer Taggart on my team and investigating the product it has come to my attention that this product is made of PVC and contains harmful toxic phthalates that are released while we are washing our clothing. The manufacture confirmed to Jennifer that DINP (a phthalate) is released. [...]
Picking our Battles: This Green Mom’s Advice
September 10, 2009 By 9 Comments
My son started Kindergarten yesterday and yes I cried. Except this post isn’t about my motherhood emotions (I have them) but rather how those of you that are concerned about toxins, healthy schools and protecting your children within moderation without going nutso or being too overprotected can handle this school year. It seems overwhelming and [...]
