green parenting tips
How "Green" Are Your School Lunches?
And just like that, summer is over and the routine of school has begun once again. New backpacks and homework packets and of course, daily lunch packing. But how "green" are the lunches you are sending to school? Curious about how to send school lunches that are good for your ...read more
Rinse, Recycle, Reimagine Bathroom Recycling
Join the movement and recycle items in your bathroom. Did you know that the average American bathroom has 8 products in plastic bottles at any given time, yet less than half of Americans report regularly bringing them to the recycling bin? I don’t know about you, but from my ...read more
Nova Scotia Organics Review & a Giveaway
Have you ever heard the phrase "Pay Now or Pay Later" when talking about your health? It is a little motto I play over and over again whenever I think about the cost of my organic lifestyle vs a more conventional one. By choosing an organic diet, I avoid harmful chemicals, GMO's, ...read more
Earth Day: How to Green up Your Style
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, but as savvy moms, we are looking to lighten our footprint every day. Little changes can make a big difference as Max Lucado says,“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something”, we agree. As a special nod to Mother Earth, here are ...read more
Earth Day: Simple Eco Changes For the Family
With this coming Tuesday being Earth Day, we wanted to share some simple steps that my family is taking to consume less, waste less, and take better care of the earth. Love to hear what tips and tricks you in the Momtrends community have too! Leave them in the comments below so ...read more
Launch of Green Mom Guide
The Green Life Guides, launched www.GreenMomGuide.com to help families connect with the resources they need to raise their children safely. Green Mom launched after much success of the GreenBrideGuide, a leading source for green weddings and planning. The site gives parents the ...read more
Make Small Changes in Your Everyday Tasks This Earth Day
Kate Harrison, CEO of the Green Life Guides and GreenBrideGuide.com Offers Tips for kick-starting a green lifestyle this Earth Day2013 You can easily conserve resources in your everyday life just by making a few small changes in and around your home. Here are some other ways to ...read more
Earth Day Items for Baby
With Earth Day just a few weeks away (it is on April 22), we are excited to salute brands that live consciously all the time every day. Starting with essentials from the beginning for our babies, here are some essentials to get them started right from day one. Seventh ...read more
Adorable Baby Items from Fashion Loves People
We recently discovered the ultimate online store with the designs from Fashion Loves Peoplewho recently won the AltSummit and ONE network contest for her fashionable scarves (check out our post here). As a blog about ethical fashion, the site also curates eco-friendly, fair ...read more
Great Books to Read with Your Kids to Celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day (April 22) is the perfect time to talk to your kids about conservation and what everyone can do to help take good care of our beloved planet. Luckily, there are many wonderful books to help your kids grow up to be a friend of trees. Here are a few of my favorites to ...read more
PlanetBox! Lunch Transportation for the Green Generation
One of the least green parts of our day used to be my kids lunches. Between the packaging and the bags, I was not surprised to learn that the average kid creates ninety pounds of garbageevery year just from the waste from lunch. Now, I pack lunch for my kids in a PlanetBox, an ...read more
Sustainable Dining Tables
We're kicking off "Go Green" month with something a bit unusual for a Friday post. We regularly feature food and recipes, but today it's all about the table. Deciding how your serve your meals can have almost as big of an impact, as what you serve. At casa de Momtrends, we ...read more
Sustainable Seafood Shopping Guide
Protecting our ocean fish is important to me as a chef and a mom. I try to make smart decisions about my seafood purchases. I'm sharing theMonterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Pocket Guide. Pick a region and then download the shopping guide to pack in your grocery sacks. For NY ...read more
Paper Recycling: The Momtrends Field Trip
Oh how I love a good field trip. Today was priceless. I packed up one of the kids and headed to NJ to tour the Marcal paper plant. Each day 600 tons of paper roll through the facility, get recycled and come out the other end as paper towels, tp and napkins. Pretty cool stuff.It ...read more
Green Parenting Tip: Curbing the Plastic Habit
How long do you think you could go without using a plastic shopping bag? A week? A month? A lifetime? Time for statistics. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. An estimated 12 million barrels of oil is required ...read more
How Green Are You? Quiz
Want a fun way to teach kids about being green? Check out this quiz from Scholsatic and the authors of the book The Down to Earth Guide to Global Warming. In addition to the quiz, Scholastic has added pages of information. There are facts: One tree can absorb the amount of CO2 ...read more
Green Parenting Tip: Lead Testing
What are the best paint options for a nursery? A few weeks ago we talked about avoiding VOCs in design. And we learned that the best best is a Zero VOC formula. While on the topic of green paint, I want to also talk about lead testing. Lead paint is still a serious threat to ...read more
Green Parenting Ideas: Reducing Toxins in the Nursery
Limiting the amount of toxins your new baby breathes in should be a major focus when you outfit the nursery. A few months ago I went to an event at the Green Depot in New York City. The mom behind this store, Sarah Beatty, talked to me about outfitting a green nursery and told me ...read more