Articles tagged “Kids”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Go Green With Your Sunscreen By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 6 2008 It's time to replenish sunscreen supplies for those upcoming beach junkets, mountain hikes, and lazy days by the pool.With more than 1 million cases of skin cancer being diagnosed in the U.S. each year, it is important to wear sunscreen even on cloudy days and while indoors since UVA rays can penetrate glass. + READ MORE

Cut Back on Gas Without Parting With Your SUV By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 5 2008 Stephanie Miller admitted on Supper Club with Tom Bergeron that though she knows keeping her SUV is putting a strain on the environment and her wallet, she doesn't have a choice because she refuses to part with her beloved oversized pooches. This is not an uncommon story for so many drivers that have children as well. + READ MORE

About Bill Nye By Team Planet Green IN Stuff Happens Jun 2 2008 Bill Nye, host of Stuff Happens and scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, is a man with a mission, whose goal on Stuff Happens to help foster a scientifically literate society that is aware of the effect their stuff has... + READ MORE

Greensburg Families By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg Jun 2 2008 THE BROWNS Marilyn and Robin Brown and their daughter, Kodi Lynn, live in a FEMA trailer and are in the process of rebuilding their home green. Marilyn works in the county appraiser's office. The family is having financial issues with... + READ MORE

Today on TreeHugger By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden Jun 2 2008 Find a cool use for your outdated aviator sunglasses. Buy an organic cotton infant or toddler tee from Cultivate Kids. Make sure trace toxins aren't in your "green" cleaning products. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Encourage Your Kids To Cook By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jun 2 2008 We've talked a lot about teaching your kids to cook here on Planet Green. I think it is an extremely important life skill, especially for those who are concerned about the environment. They will make healthy eating choices instead of grabbing a fast food burger. + READ MORE

Sip on a Superfood: The Acai Berry By Lynda Fassa IN Food & Health May 30 2008 I love it when something new comes along and it hits the market in a bunch of try-able products that might improve my life, my kids' lives, or make the planet healthier. The acai is a berry that comes only from a particular tree, the Acai Palm, in the Brazillian Rainforest, and it is delicious. + READ MORE

Find Locally Grown Fare At Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo By Lynda Fassa IN Travel & Outdoors May 29 2008 The famous Victorian gem on Chicago's stretching field of green, the Lincoln Park Zoo has decided to go green. It's among the first concession stands to go all organic. The obligatory steamed dog with relish has been replaced with "all organic and locally-grown foods. + READ MORE

Calculate How Much Tuna You Can Safely Eat By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health May 29 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states that we can safely eat about 12 ounces of fish per week, to help us fill up on the dietary benefits fish can offer, but that measurement isn't universally applicable to all fish. Use this calculator to determine how much tuna you can safely eat. + READ MORE

Root For Your Team While Going Green! By Team Planet Green IN Indy Racing League May 23 2008 By Mickey Z. The Indianapolis 500 is going green this year, and there's no reason its spectators can't lead by example. If you're planning to attend the Indy 500 or are going to any live event this year, why not... + READ MORE

Ways You Can Recycle Tires By Team Planet Green IN Indy Racing League May 23 2008 Instead of just burning rubber this year, the Indy 500 is putting their torn up tires to good use and instigating their greenest-ever recycling program. We figured we'd get in the spirit and help put you on the fast track... + READ MORE

Meet Nicola Giuggioli Of Eco, The Ethical Design Store In London By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect May 21 2008 Welcome to Planet Green's series about Change Makers.Explaining to people that this is not a cyclical phenomenon, we are really destroying the place we live in. It is not a problem for people that will come in 500 years; this is our problem and the effects are going to be on our children's shoulders, so lets take action + READ MORE

Solve The Diaper Dilemma: Get Organic Training Pants By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 19 2008 If you were a die-hard organic cloth diapering mama (or dada) and searched around enough to get organic undies for your cuties stretching legs and growing 'control' you probably still had to grin and bear it when it came to training pants. + READ MORE

Blow 'Em Away with Wind Turbines By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 13 2008 Ever considered a residential wind turbine? Depending on the size of your system, your turbines can pay for themselves through utility bill savings in as little as six years. + READ MORE

Choose Safer Baby Furniture By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden May 8 2008 It's rough out there for a parent: It seems like everyone and everything is out to kill your baby, or at least turn your precious bundle of joy into the drooling, monosyllabic Fratelli brother from "The Goonies." + READ MORE

Flip for These Asparagus Pancakes By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 7 2008 This recipe is so quick and simple, you could come home from work and have dinner on the table within half an hour. It's also a pretty-tasty way to get your kids to eat asparagus, or in fact, any other vegetable. + READ MORE

Get to Know Your Recyclable Plastics by Number By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 6 2008 We've all seen the little numbers living inside the telltale recycling arrows, and most of us know that they refer to the composition of the containers, which also determines whether or not they can be recycled. Do you know which is which? + READ MORE

Spa-Spoil Your Mama and Mama Earth By Lynda Fassa IN Fashion & Beauty May 6 2008 As every mom of young kids knows, the meaning of "spa" is way less likely to be defined as a trip to bliss and more like a 15-minute bath without 10,000 knocks on the bathroom door. Here's how to help Mom out this Mother's Day. + READ MORE

Feed Your Kids Safer Seafood By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health May 5 2008 As the spokesperson for Oceana's Campaign to Stop Seafood Contamination, model Amber Valletta says she knows a thing or two about mercury in fish. Here are some of her tips for making seafood a healthy part of your kids' diets. + READ MORE

Give Mom Organic Flowers By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 5 2008 Mother's Day is upon us, folks! But besides my kids' wonderful homemade cards, or, if they forgot, made-up-on-the-spot poems, I love (and expect--hint hint) fresh flowers. Here's how you can get the greenest greens. + READ MORE