I recently read a good article by green papa Chris Riemenschneider called “Green parenting is not always easy“. In actuality the article covers more of why green parenting was easier then Chris thought it might be. I.e. cloth diapers – kind of tough, but not so bad. The piece did get me thinking though, is green parenting harder than not?

It’s a tough call because the things that make you a green parent are debatable. For instance are you greener if you use cloth diapers but fail to recycle, or are you greener if you recycle, grow and hand make your …read more

We’re not going to have a green audit this week. Instead, with Earth Day coming up – only 43 more days, I thought we should start talking about kids and the commercial culture. Earth Day or not, having less stuff, is a greener way to live. More importantly, it’s a less cumbersome way to live – our world doesn’t become all about stuff.
As important as this topic is, many adults can’t even manage to free themselves from commercialism, so how do we also handle kids, who seem almost physically prone to want material items.
That’s what we’ll be covering this …read more