Last week I started off your holiday green gift guide with ideas for the kiddos. This week I wanted to focus on parents. Honestly, if you are at all into sustainable practices, gifts should be items that are reusable, made by and from sustainable materials/practices and be made as locally as possible. These three together […]
Author: Elise Jones
Green Parenting: 2012 Green Gift Guide for Children
It’s that time of year again when parents and grandparents go into full on shopping frenzy to find all of the perfect gifts for family and friends on their lists. The hype starts in November and reaches a fever pitch right about now. With Hanukkah starting this weekend and Christmas two weeks away, I thought […]
The Best Charities This Holiday Season
As the holidays quickly approach, many of us (and our children) are creating holiday wish lists. I am sure many of you take time out of your busy schedules to factor in a charitable act or gift during the holidays. Perhaps you select a family in need for whom to buy presents or maybe you […]
The Climate Reality and Extreme Weather
Undoubtedly, you have been affected by the recent severe weather whether you live in the Northeast or in the Midwest or across the world. Hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, heat waves and more are regularly occurring events whose impact is reaching far beyond what we’ve imagined. And why is that? Well, more and more research as well […]
America Recycles Day – Get Involved!
For the past 15 years, U.S. communities have joined together to celebrate America Recycles Day on November 15th. Thousands of events are planned nationwide with the goal of educating, motivating and getting our communities excited about making recycling an everyday part of our lives. As a rule of thumb it is much better to reduce and […]
Breast Cancer Awareness: Power in Prevention
It’s October and by now most of you know what it means to “think pink.” That’s right, every October the breast cancer non-profits come out in full force to support breast cancer treatments, awareness, cures and prevention. But what of the four are the most important to you: treatments, cures, awareness or prevention? I’m going […]
Rice Products Confirmed to Have Arsenic
So first it was juice and now it’s rice. Arsenic has been found in very high levels in all types of organic and non-organic rice products that we eat and feed our children every day and it’s a very troubling finding. As a follow up to its juice research, Consumer Reports has found that arsenic […]
Biodiversity: What it is and Why it Matters!
Biodiversity is the variety of life: all the plants, animals and organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part. A big definition, but it’s a big concept that is quite important to everyone that lives on the planet Earth. We all want our children to grow up and see all creatures great and […]