Articles tagged “Kids”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Green Is as Green Does: Can a Large Family Be Eco-Friendly? By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Aug 24 2009 Think a large family can't be eco-friendly? Look at all these ways a big family can go green. + READ MORE

Early Potty Training: Going Part-Time Diaper Free? By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Aug 21 2009 Potty whispering can help folks aim for a diaper free baby. But it can also help if you want to go part-time diaper free. + READ MORE

Eco-Friendly Apprenticeships for the Homeschooler By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Aug 20 2009 Homeschooling a high school student is daunting for most people.By taking care of the fish and other residents of the aquarium (including an ill tempered snapping turtle named Snapple who marked her hand forevermore) she learned to have an appreciation for the life, and understanding of eco-systems, and a knowledge of... + READ MORE

5 Eco-Activities to Keep the Kids Occupied as the Summer Winds Down By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Travel & Outdoors Aug 19 2009 The kids are growing restless; you're ready for a break from crafts, the park, board games and toys. And if someone whines "I'm booored..." just one more time, you may very well have a nervous breakdown. Thankfully, the first day of school is in sight. Still ... there's a lot of time between now and the start of school. What's an eco-mama to do? + READ MORE

How I Fed a Family of 12 on 20 Bucks a Week or Less By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Aug 18 2009 When you are a large, one income family you get used to doing things that are a bit extreme in the name of saving money. In fact, having more than the standard issue of children gives you the reputation of being a bit eccentric anyway, so the addition of something as on the edge as dumpster diving is generally just seen as one more act of random weirdness. + READ MORE

Thinking Green in the Classroom with Discovery Education By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Work & Connect Aug 13 2009 Learn about a new site launched by Discovery Education and Waste Management to help teachers educate their students about the environment. + READ MORE

How Green is Your Playground? By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Work & Connect Aug 13 2009 Child's play should always be safe and carefree. Here's how to make sure your neighborhood playground is as green as it can be. + READ MORE

How to Pack a Zero Waste Lunch By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 12 2009 As we head into back to school season consider taking the planet and your wallet into account by packing your own lunch. Brownbag it without using a brownbag and read these ways to bag a zero waste lunch. + READ MORE

How to Reduce Your Kid's Water Footprint at School? By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Aug 12 2009 Teach your kids early on about their personal water footprint and all the tricks to controlling it.That means 25 batteries you didn't have to buy and deal with at the end of their life.The mercury in old batteries could eventually leak out and poison the water supply, according to Earthsavers. + READ MORE

Go Green and Fight Child Obesity with a Walking School Bus By Laurel House IN Home & Garden Aug 12 2009 More than consuming mass amounts of sugar and fat-filled foods, studies show that children are less active in general with far fewer children walking and biking to school-- activities that are both green and weight regulating. A walking school bus saves energy, gas and makes kids more active. + READ MORE

Yak Paks: Upcycled Billboard Backpacks By Marye Audet IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 6 2009 Even though we homeschool, backpacks are a grim necessity at our house. Marc (50) carries one to contain his reading materials, medications, and other things he needs when he is away from home. Let's face it, a back pack is much more manly than a purse. Matthew (17) is enrolled in the local community college studying audio engineering, and just so I don't have to go down the whole list, I'll just say that everyone has a reason of some sort why they need a backpack. + READ MORE

How to Reduce Your Kid's Carbon Footprint at School By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Aug 3 2009 Perhaps the single biggest contributor to your kid's carbon footprint is the trip to and from school. Nobody seems to walk to school any more; old smoking yellow cheesewagons pick the kids up, or mom or dad drive the kids. It is, as always, a design problem; our neighbourhoods used to be designed so that people could easily walk around them on grids of streets. But suburban, cul-de-sac designs connected by arterial speedways makes walking to school arduous and often dangerous. + READ MORE

Go (Almost) Paperless in Your Home School: The High School Years By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Jul 31 2009 A large percentage of home schoolers give up as their children enter the high school years. It's too bad really, because it's during these years that I've had the most impact on my children, at least since they were toddlers. Awash in term papers, geometric theorems, and the opposite sex, many high school kids drift away from the things that seemed very important to them only a year or two prior; like the environment and their parents' values. For these reasons we chose to see it through. + READ MORE

Go (Almost) Paperless in Your Home School: The Elementary School Years By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Jul 29 2009 Don't just go paperless in the workplace! If you happen to home school you have the unique opportunity to be as environmentally friendly as you like. While other parents are being required to buy their child's weight in notebooks and supplies you can create a virtually paperless home school environment, depending on the age of your chil + READ MORE

DIY Recycled Banner for the Kids or Your Next Party By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Jul 29 2009 Maybe it's just me, but it seems those hanging banners—you know the ones with the inverted triangles strung from post to post or around a room (also seen at used car dealerships)—are trendy once again for kids' playrooms and parties. Sure you can buy a designer garland, but why not make your own by upcycling magazines, paper bags and other paper products? + READ MORE

Sites We Love: Vegan Lunch Box for Creative, Delicious Vegan Meals By Blythe Copeland IN Food & Health Jul 13 2009 Bringing your lunch is such a no-brainer when you're in elementary school: get mom to pack a PB&J, an apple, and a granola bar for snack time and you're set. But if remembering your lunch when mom's not there to pack it proves impossible—as does resisting the call of all the neighborhood take-out joints near your work—give Vegan Lunch Box a permanent home on your favorites bar. + READ MORE

Meet Jodi Valenta of KidsDiscoverNature.com By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Jul 9 2009 Consider her a super-sustainable mom if you will, Jodi Valenta is one green gal on a mission. A mission to make the great outdoors accessible and appealing to parents and caregivers in hopes that they'll get their kids off of the couch and into the backyard! + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Nature Deficit Disorder By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jul 7 2009 "Pediatricians nowadays see fewer kids with broken bones from climbing trees and more children with longer-lasting repetitive-stress injuries, which are related to playing video games and typing at keyboards," writes Sally Deneen + READ MORE

Want to Avoid Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Cancer? Go Vegetarian By Brian Merchant IN Food & Health Jul 2 2009 The American Dietetic Association just released an updated position paper on the merits of becoming a vegetarian. And its nearly all good news. + READ MORE

Turn an Altoids Tin into Some Pocket-Sized, Travel Fun By Jessica Root IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 1 2009 Here?s another one to add to the long list of Altoid Tin reuse ideas. It?s a DIY Portable Travel Game set. Super cute and super fun for camping trips, sleep away camp or simply those times when sugared-up little Susie and Tom get antsy and anxious (read: hyper) during long eco-travel trips. + READ MORE