Kicking off the green holiday gift guide is something sweet for the littles. I’ll be featuring a gift a day through the season so you can get some great green holiday inspiration; some for the kiddos and some for us adults. The best thing to do is cut back on the amount we buy for the holidays but for the gifts we do buy we can go green, recycled, and still amazing…
Like this Kangaroo and Baby from Eco-Artware. Each mama and babe is made from a recycled beige sweater with various colored inserts in front. The baby roo is removable …read more

Last week’s Nature Detective was too hard for my son and Peggy had the only guess with solar panels — was she right? Why yes she was. For a while we’ll be putting the game on hold until I figure out a better balance of hard for the kiddos.
In exchange — a cool nature experiment.
This experiment is fun for kids and uses stuff you likely have around the house.
You need:

Dried beans (maybe six or so)
A milk carton
Soil from your garden or yard
Plaster of Paris

Prep work:

Soak your beans overnight in clean water.
Wash out your milk carton, cut the top …read more

Hilary sent a picture of her kids outside enjoying nature to share with us. Thanks Hilary!
I love this picture. One, her kids are adorable playing near the lake, (pond?), river (much like the turtles but, you know, more human-like and less brownish) and two, it’s always great to see families outside in the great outdoors. I also really enjoy the look her son is giving her at the moment. Classic kid camera face.

Hilary writes green-style for b5media as well. She has a great blog called Eco Friendly Driver that covers all green things that go. Hey, that would be a …read more