It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for our lovely weekly round-up of posts we hope you read, but if you missed them the first time around, well, here they are again.

First up we have two current Tree Hugging contests happening:

For kids – A Cute & Reusable Kid’s Shopping Bag from Envirosax Contest
And for parents & babies – BabyBam Collection contest

This week the biggest Tree Hugging focus was likely our look at consumerism, materialism, and how it all relates to kids and green living. We had some good conversations about this going on, so don’t miss any of these posts:

Raising Green …read more

This whole week we’ve been discussing consumer topics – how to buy less stuff and why, avoiding materialism, smart shopping, how this wraps in with eco-issues, and so fourth. Today being green youth Saturday, we’re going to look at some kid-specific shopping tips. If you’re a parent, you might enjoy this article; Eco-Kids Taking on Parents to Go Green – a great view of green kids today.
Kids and teens can actually follow the same set of basic shopping rules as adults which means asking yourself questions about a product before you buy; questions such as:

Do I need it?
How badly do …read more