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Coal-power Air Pollution: You Can Help

Air pollution where I live is bad to the point that I often have difficulty speaking during...

Save Green: Is It a Habit?

Today is day #21 of my new Save Green Habit: run the stairs every day. For me, is...

Save Green: New Habits

Since I wrote the post last week on tracking New Year’s goals, I have been thinking about...

Best of Green Giving Guides 2009

Gift giving on your mind? I have read a lot of great green gift giving advice...

Blog to Inspire: Live and learn…and then some

Blog to Inspire: Live and learn…and then some

This following post was an entry in our Blog to Inspire contest. The opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and not necessarily those of Eco Baby Steps or Parenting By Nature.

Blog to Inspire entrant A Natural Mama is Jenni Bush, a homeschooling mother of 7—6 girls and 1 boy.

Live and learn right? Like that commercial a few years ago for disposable diapers, a mama must live …

February 1, 2010 | No comment | Read More »

Save Green: Save Money (and work out) through Babywearing

Save Green: Save Money (and work out) through Babywearing

The Babywearing Work Out

Did you set a resolution to work out more this year? If so, congratulations! That is the top New Year’s resolution on 43 Things this year and seems to top most lists most years.

If you have a baby or toddler, how will you fit in time to work out? The answer is usually that having a baby or toddler IS the work out.

So, here is my …

January 13, 2010 | 3 comments | Read More »

BPA Free Feeding

BPA Free Feeding

There are many Plastic and BPA-free feeding options for babies and children on the market today. This froggy dish set would be a hit with any toddler just learning to feed themselves.

March 10, 2009 | No comment | Read More »

Adventures in Babywearing by Domestic Dork

Adventures in Babywearing by Domestic Dork

Blog to Inspire finalist Domestic Dork is Holly Noelle, a twenty-something SAHM and freelance graphic designer. She loves her family, art, reading, writing, herself, and hyperbole (but most especially hyperbole). She’s definitely not a domestic diva. Her dust bunnies are breeding and her cooking skills are nearly nonexistent. She’s doing the best she can while battling ADHD, “Mommy Brain,” …

January 5, 2010 | No comment | Read More »

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Plantable Seed Valentine’s Day Cards

Plantable Seed Valentine’s Day Cards

If your children are looking forward to making Valentine’s Day cards, help them celebrate by sharing the coming spring. Children...

Feb 8, 2010 | No comment | Read More »
Chocolate - It’s About Dignity and Sustainability

Chocolate - It’s About Dignity and Sustainability

Mmm. Chocolate. Valentine’s Day approaches, and there are many opportunities to indulge in a little piece of delight as it melts...

Feb 5, 2010 | No comment | Read More »
Nonviolent Communication with Children

Nonviolent Communication with Children

I aspire to meet my children’s needs through clear, honest communication. I first met attachment parenting while pregnant with my first...

Feb 3, 2010 | No comment | Read More »

Healthy Home

Is the Glass Half-Broken. . . or is it merely in need of a little perspective?

I remember a Saturday Night Live sketch from years back about a Disposable Toilet. ...

Feb 4, 2010 | No comment | Read More »

Make Tap Water Work for You

As I sit here drinking tap water that tastes suspiciously like chlorine, I am aware...

Jan 23, 2010 | No comment | Read More »

Save Green: Winter Soup, Make It a Double

Duck Duck Goose and Wheatberry Soup This is a budget-friendly winter soup that costs us about...

Jan 11, 2010 | 1 comment | Read More »