Articles tagged “Green Family”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Certified Green: Top 10 Loony Travel Destinations By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 9 2011 Greenloons is a new site with a purpose: Travel that's sustainable, helps local economies, and is just plain beautiful. + READ MORE

Yikes! Does Sponge Bob Really Cause Learning Problems in Kids? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 18 2011 Sponge Bob gets a bad rap. + READ MORE

6 Ways to Raise a Veggie Lovin' Kid By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 16 2011 In this case, what they don’t know is so good for them. + READ MORE

Is Your Over Booked Child Putting You in the Poor House? By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Aug 21 2011 Over planned and out of cash. + READ MORE

Sad But True: The Longer the Commute, the Shorter the Marriage By Sara Novak IN Food & Health May 29 2011 Longer commutes = Shorter Marriages by a margin of 40 percent. + READ MORE

In Defense of The Family Dinner By Care2.com IN Food & Health Nov 17 2010 Laurie David hit the nail on the head. “There is one thing I did right as a parent: cultivating the ritual of our family dinner since the children where young,” she said recently. Her new book, The Family Dinner, talks all about the importance of cooking and eating at home and bringing the family dinner back to the table. + READ MORE

New Study Says the Excessively Rich Aren't Any Happier. So Who Is? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 30 2010 According to the Washington Post, people have a threshold of financial security and material well-being and once they've reached it, there are diminishing returns on salaries exceeding that amount. Financial security is certainly an aspect of happiness. + READ MORE

How to Avoid BPA Exposure from Cash Register Receipts By NaturallySavvy.com IN Food & Health Oct 23 2010 Bisphenol-A is seemingly everywhere, including in cash register receipts, but there are simple ways to minimize exposure and reduce potential risks associated with the endocrine-disrupting chemical. + READ MORE

11-Year Old Organic Food Activist Explains What's Wrong With Our Nation's Food System By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 9 2010 Eleven-year old Birke Baehr has a lot to say about our nation defunct food system and it's perking the ears of parents and kids alike. He talks on the specifics of genetically modified foods and how they have been proven to cause cancer in lab animals. + READ MORE

Are Processed Foods Killing Our Taste Buds? By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Sep 13 2010 The high sodium, sugar, and fat content in processed food can desensitize your taste buds. + READ MORE

7 Strategies for Teaching Your Kids What Real Food Is By Blythe Copeland IN Food & Health Aug 24 2010 No matter how young your children are, you can put them on the right track to a lifetime of healthy food choices with these seven strategies that help them learn what real food is, where it comes from, and how it can taste better than anything from a box with a cartoon character on it. + READ MORE

7 Strategies for Packing a Healthy, Green School Lunch By Blythe Copeland IN Food & Health Aug 16 2010 Packing a brown-bag lunch for your kids helps them stay full, focused, and productive throughout the day -- without the chemicals and preservatives and who-knows-what-else that goes into cafeteria food -- but it can also mean a lot of waste. + READ MORE

Glamping Makes Many Happy Campers By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 1 2010 For those who want to sleep under the stars with just a bit less roughing it and a tad more comfort, Glamping may just be what brings those campers back into the wilderness. + READ MORE

For Kids, Play Is Life (with video) By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jun 30 2010 "Let's make the world play more!" That's the slogan of the IKEA Playreport. This global research project addresses children, family and play. It conducted over 11,000 interviews in 25 countries, and the Playreport found that 9 out of 10 kids would rather play with their parents and friends than watch TV or use the Internet. + READ MORE

Mother/Daughter Team Bike Across the Nation For Land Conservation By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 27 2010 Every day, over 5,000 acres of land are developed in the U.S. That’s the equivalent of losing New York’s Central Park, Chicago’s Lincoln Park, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, Houston’s Memorial Park, Tampa’s Al Lopez Park, and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. + READ MORE

Reading With Kids Makes Them Smarter (But What About Just Having Books in the House?) By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jun 17 2010 Books are like passports that open up new worlds for children. There is little debating the fact that, children who are read to at home have a higher success rate at school. + READ MORE

Revising Our Schools: Reform Or Revolution? By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Work & Connect Jun 16 2010 In the fascinating and funny TED Talk, "Bring On The Learning Revolution", Sir Ted Robinson believes that we have two crisis's – the climate crisis and a crisis on human resources. He believes we make poor use of our kid's talents. + READ MORE

Stay Sane for the Full Nine Months: Prenatal Yoga for a Naturally Healthy Mommy By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jun 6 2010 Pregnancy stories vary dramatically from person to person. Some people tell tales are glowing cheeks and healthy weight gain and others reel about the horrors of colossal moods swings and endless cravings. But the common thread that seems to weave together a happy pregnancy is yoga. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Pets By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 1 2010 Your pets are practically like family, right? So why settle for anything less than top-shelf green treatment when it comes to their health and well-being? In our How to Go Green: Pets guide, you'll find a bevy of tips to help you reduce your pets' carbon paw prints without making your wallet roll over and play dead. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Pets By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 1 2010 Ah, the pitter patter of four-legged feet as your green pets whip through your living room at overclocked speeds or uproot your prize gladiolas with manic fervor. But Snookiepuss and Mrs. Fluffypants are practically family, right? So why should they settle for anything less than top drawer when their health and wellbeing are at stake? Throw the planet a bone while you?re at it; we?ve got the goods on how to reduce your pets? carbon paw prints?without making your wallet roll over and play dead. + READ MORE