In our quest for the safest products for children, we’ve worked hard to avoid plastic, melamine, and other products that can leach dangerous chemicals or dangerous levels of naturally-occurring substances. One material that we really like for children’s mealtimes and lunch boxes is stainless steel. High-grade stainless steel is considered food-grade or medical-grade. All of…Read the full article.

Every year we circle back around to reducing waste as our children go back to school. Waste from school lunch is visible and preventable, so we keep coming back to improve and come closer to that ideal of waste-free school lunch. This year, look at your child’s school lunch bag to ask if anything is…Read the full article.

Back to school again, and many parents are considering what to do about lunch. If you need a reason to make this the year that you switch to reusable lunch boxes, reduction of solid waste should be reason enough. Reduce Solid Waste from School Lunch If every elementary age child in Canada were to use…Read the full article.

Last week I wrote about teaching children about eco-friendly living and about how to share your life changes with those around you. I want to share with you one of the people who has been trying to help those concerned with sustainability to inspire change: John Marshall Roberts, a behavioral psychologist who applies science to…Read the full article.

If you are excited about the changes you are making in your life, you probably want to share. If you have shared your experience, you may have found that sometimes people really just don’t want to hear it. What is the best approach to sharing as you make big life changes? Just like sharing your…Read the full article.

If you are thinking about how to teach your children about eco-friendly living, you may be wondering how to make those choices stick. First of all, let go! Their choices will be their choices. Once you let go, you can be more easy going about the process of teaching your children. Creating sustainable habits is…Read the full article.

If you have been travelling in the great outdoors for the holidays, camping, or visiting lakes and rivers, you may have thought about the water you’ve seen. I have. I live in an area of high use and high scarcity, so water is an issue frequently in the news. The effects of natural gas fracking…Read the full article.

With holidays coming up, many of us are planning picnics. To help your children, especially very young children, have a good time, it helps to think ahead and anticipate what they will need during the day. We have a few tips for successful picnics with kids. 1. Eat Slow-burn Foods for Breakfast If your picnic…Read the full article.

If you collect your food and yard waste, you can divert it from landfill, save yourself money, and help even the most basic garden by making your own compost. I am not the most advanced gardener. Both of my parents grew up on farms, and I just wasn’t paying a lot of attention to the…Read the full article.

If you are new to camping with your baby, you might be looking forward to instilling a love of nature in your child and having fun as a family, but how? What are the specific steps you need to take to get to that happy place? My baby left for three days of camping today.…Read the full article.