How do I get my children more involved in gardening? I would love to have my children so motivated to garden that they just do it on their own. I get them more involved by focusing on what they already love doing and drawing connections. Both of my children love to write [...]
“I tell all of my friends about food,” my daughter told me. I’ve noticed that both of my children talk about food issues in casual conversation with their friends. “Dude,” my 9-year old son said to his friend, “have you read this book?” The book is the Young Readers Edition of The [...]
Bottled water, plastic bags, energy audit, and heat leaks. All easy ways to start making your life more sustainable. These suggestions come from “The Simple Things First,” the first chapter in Simply Going Green, an e-book produced by blogger Kaayla Canfield from the Simply Going Green blog.
Review. Kaayla Canfield, Simply Going Green [...]
If I’m going to recommend buying stuff on a week dedicated to living more environmentally friendly lives, I have to have very tight rules—and I do.
Rules for inclusion on my list of best products for reducing the need for stuff:
Must be reusable. Must prevent buying and using more stuff by replacing something commonly [...]
The choice is yours. Knowing that makes you very powerful. You choose the life you live.
Our happiness comes not only from having our needs met but from power to choose our own way forward. As you green your life and reach for the ideal of sustainable living, own your choices. Set [...]
Sometimes before you can start new habits that are good for you, good for your children, and good for the environment, you have to let go of old habits to make room. During January we had a whole month of Save Green habits.
We don’t think too much about habits. That is what makes [...]
Air pollution where I live is bad to the point that I often have difficulty speaking during the most polluted times. Eyes water, breathing hurts. Children are kept inside rather than going outside for recess. I was part of a group of local citizens who founded a nonprofit organization to find solutions [...]
Today is day #21 of my new Save Green Habit: run the stairs every day.
For me, is running up and down stairs a habit? Well, yes, but I’m going to put this one into the second round again. I thought I would be running 30 minutes a day by now. HA! [...]
Since I wrote the post last week on tracking New Year’s goals, I have been thinking about the difference between goals and habits. This year I’m focusing on habits. I have the usual big pile of goals as well, but I want to see how it will work making changes consciously driven by new [...]
Gift giving on your mind? I have read a lot of great green gift giving advice lately. These are the highlights from some of my favorite greenies. Please, follow these links to see the best green gift giving advice of the year. If you really need a jump start, check Inhabitat. [...]