As the start of school gets ever closer, school clothing is a concern. If you’re looking for low-budget school clothing that’s also a shade of green check out consignment shops, thrift store, or do a trade with other families with older or younger kids.
If you’re looking for decent priced green clothes that are new you’re more limited, because one, eco-friendly clothing can be more costly but consider that you want your kids in healthy clothes. Also, as noted here before green clothing manufactures seem to think people are either age birth to five or teen to adult. Kids clothes of …read more

Tomorrow is your final chance to enter the Barley & Birch giveaway. We’re giving away an adorable piece of Barley & Birch organic clothing for a special tot in your world so don’t miss it. Enter the Barley & Birch giveaway!

Then the day after tomorrow is you final shot to score some cool teen-girl-friendly organic beauty products from Sparklehearts. Your little miss green teen could win organic glitter body lotion, organic bubble bath, and more, so enter the Sparklehearts giveaway today before time runs out!

Good luck!

In case you’ve missed it, we’re halfway into our killer Barley & Birch giveaway here at THF. The halfway point means that it’d be a good time to take a deeper look at their products.
Barley & Birch already has plenty of green points in their favor. In case you missed it, take a look at my general Barley & Birch company review – all their green perks are listed.

PRODUCT: Barley & Birch sent me an adorable Octi tee in size 2 (see above) to review. This tee is made with 100% certified organic cotton and printed with water-based, non-toxic ink. …read more

Yesterday I posted about a cool new eco-clothing company for tots, Barley & Birch. In case you forgot how darn cute they are, here’s a visual reminder:

This tot above is wearing a sweet tee and pants in Barley & Birch seahorse and fishy. Here’s a close-up:

How would you like to win a piece of Barley & Birch clothing for your little one?! I knew you would… Read on.
BARLEY & BIRCH GIVEAWAY PRIZE:

Pre post tip: Make sure you read all the way to the end of this post to learn about the giveaway we’ve got coming up!
Barley & Birch is a newer green line of clothing for tots, and when I say green, I mean GREEN. Everything this company does they appear to do in an eco-conscious manner. Plus, the clothes themselves are 100% adorable.

Barley & Birch was created with a double goal – one, hipper green garments for kiddos, and two making sure this clothing didn’t leave a negative impact on the planet.
Every single facet of the Barley & Birch line …read more

I’m following up our very weak eco-clothing for kids post with an even sadder look at youth shoes. There aren’t that many earth-friendly shoes for kids – and some who do have them make them in styles that no child I know would agree to wear; more slipper than shoe.
There’s lots for babies; ironic since babies don’t need shoes (sigh). I listed some sites, but you have to read through each though, not all shoes offered are eco-friendly.
Planet Shoes
Simple
Patagonia
Timberland
Vegan ballet slipper – for those of you with tiny dancers in the house.

It’s easy to find organic baby clothing, and somewhat easy to find adult organic clothing. Kids past the toddler stage are more difficult. Maybe it doesn’t sell well, or maybe parents feel like only babies need protection from chemicals in traditional fabrics, or maybe it’s just that the Hannah Montana obsessed generation will only buy organic if she does. I have no clue.
In any case, here are some ideas…
Garden Kids – small selection for eight years and under.
Earth Creations – organic tees
Downbound – Vegan, organic, Fair Trade, adult sizes only but in down to earth styles and smaller …read more