Tree Hugging Family was a participant in last year’s Blog Action Day and we’re in again this year. Last year’s Blog Action Day Topic was the environment (hard for us here; I know). We went a little extreme.
This year the topic is poverty, and I’m not quite sure what we’ll pull together here, but we’re registered. Are you? Anyone with a blog, podcast, or so fourth can sign on to participate. All you have to do is register at Blog Action Day 2008, and then commit to blogging about poverty on October 15th.
Last year Blog Action Day was loads of …read more

There’s a new baby and child minded design savvy blog in town; one that’s got a good dose of green for the kiddos going on, Inhabitots. I’ll actually be blogging there, so you can come visit me, or just head over for all the smart and pretty green eye candy. Check out posts like…

Simple Shoes Let Kids “Walk the Walk”
Anthropomorphic Eco Adiri Bottles
Eco-friendly & Economical Maternity Wear
Hydrogen Toy Car: H-Racer
5 Eco Friendly Reasons to Choose Cloth Diapers
INKE Recycled Vintage Wallpaper Kits
Solar powered toy helicopter

Toys, clothing, shoes, diapers, tips and more; all lovely, and most with a green slant. If you’re …read more

You know, recently our blog was reviewed by a blog review website, and we never discussed it here. But we should have because one, the review was very nice, and two, this site is a good place to learn about new blogs you may enjoy.
The site, Do You Digg It, wrote a really kind review about Tree Hugging Family; a review that we hope our regulars agree with. Many thanks to this site for their nice words.
If you visit Do You Digg It, you can browse plenty of other blogs and read reviews. Sadly, we’re the only blog in the …read more

Hey all, I got a heads up about a cool podcast that I’m sure you’ll want to check out.
The Celsias Show hails from Celsias.com, an international environmental blog, and the goal of the show is to add some edgy humor, fun, and interactive elements to some serious issues like global warming, carbon credits, and more.
The show will continue to air live each Tuesday evening with comedian / host Doug Snodgrass at the helm. Snodgrass, a green blogger himself, brings a “Jon Stewart” sort of feel to the show.
Celsias sent me a friendly email about some ongoing show perks, which include…

“Each …read more

Recently, Marye from Kettle & Cup was kind enough to give Peggy and I (and Tree Hugging Family) a “You Make My Day” award.
Marye awarded it to ten people, so Peggy and I are supposed to spread the love to ten new people. We decided the best thing to do would be for Peggy to award 5 people and ditto for me. The post right before this was Peggy’s award post, and she gave out some love to some great green bloggers.
Now I get to choose some worthy winners; and I think that I’m going to divert from greenies. Just …read more

At 1 a.m. this fine morning I’m munching on animal crackers*, trying to keep the cat off of my keyboard and sipping hot tea. That’s when I decided I’d share some green links with you. They are too good to keep to myself.
*Our restaurant server tonight thought it would be cute to give everyone animal crackers because they had no birthday cake at the famous BBQ joint. No, it’s not my birthday. It’s a friend’s birthday, and he chose the BBQ joint. And his plastic knife broke, thereby flinging baked beans all over his pants. See the evil that is …read more

I just wrote a whole nice (LONG) post and the darn blog deleted it! That does not make me happy. I’m so not up to re-writing this second but since I’m here already I do feel like I should offer something green. How about…
Oh, I know. It’s not entirely green but is is a tree. Not a tree house but a home built to look like the interior of a tree — very cool.  I posted it at Offbeat Homes but readers here might enjoy it.
The Mushroom House
I’ll be back though with my original thoughts later this evening — after …read more

This is big news for all of us here at b5media and all of our readers plus anyone who may be attending the expo. b5media will be at Blog World Expo November 7th, 8th and 9th. As a cool bonus feature b5media is going to be hosting some fun b5media Poker Games and giving away some completely amazing prizes. What amazing prizes you ask. Well, if you know how to win at poker you could walk away with an iphone, wii, ipod or xbox!
Here’s how we roll.
On Thursday and Friday, we will be at booth #309. Attendees of Blog World …read more

Well, I’m running late but have made it before Blog Action Day is over with the second installment of extreme green living ideas. For some of you the 15th is over — not me though. I’m a west coast girl! I’ve got an hour left.
I would have been back sooner but I had a lot of blogs playing green today and it’s been busy. That said, we should get going.
In the previous post I listed 4 extreme green living ideas. Here are some more. These tips are all centered around the same thing; waste.
5. Wear (and use) only organic natural …read more

So, I decided that in honor of Blog Action Day the only place a normal green living blog could go is up. That means to the next shade of green — extreme.
I’m not so extreme here at Tree Hugging Family.
That’s because I’m afraid too many families and individuals underestimate how important just one small earth-saving contribution can be. I do believe that all the many small steps we do will add up to a whole lot of green-minded living. In addition I know families are busy and that going green can be hard to plain overwhelming. Here at Tree Hugging …read more