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The DIAPER Act – Helping the Working Poor Afford Diapers

Green Lifestyle Consulting — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:52:00 +0000

This is a summary of information provided by Jennifer Labit of Cotton Babies on the Diaper Investment and Aid to Promote Economic Recovery ("DIAPER") Act (H.R. 3134), sponsored by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT). Some parents can't afford to work ...

How Your Baby Can Support Green Companies From Day One: Green Strollers

Joanna — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:15:43 +0000

Bringing a new member into the family is also adding an extra consumer to earth, so it’s important to introduce environmentally friendly products to your baby at an early age. One of the important baby items that you will invest in is a stroller. Strollers have become a signature of a family’s lifestyle offering endless... Read More...

Clean Air Act Controversy – In Her Own Words, Lisa P. Jackson

Green Lifestyle Consulting — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:05:00 +0000

Have you heard the debate about the new Mercury and Air Toxins rule proposed by the EPA? This rule would reduce the amount of mercury that power plants can put out by 90%. The technology exists and according to Lisa Jackson of the EPA, 50% of ou...

The Family Garden: A Different Mindset

Green Lifestyle Consulting — Sun, 01 May 2011 20:29:00 +0000

Are you an ardent gardener and now that you have children, you have a hard time squeezing in time to work on your garden? Are you new to gardening, but you think you just can't possibly get started with young children? Perhaps you don't have children...

Being Part of a Guinness World Record™! Great Cloth Diaper Change!

Green Lifestyle Consulting — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:41:00 +0000

Today I helped out at the Great Cloth Diaper Change event hosted by the Diaper Lab in Somerville, MA. Salina and her staff at the Diaper Lab were GREAT hosts and ran a great event! They have a great store and if you ever need advice on clot...

SIDS Doctor and Researcher Recommends Co-Sleeping

Jennifer Lance — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:03:16 +0000

Anti co-sleeping and family bed advocates often point to an increased risk of SIDS from sharing a bed with your baby as reason why baby should sleep alone in a crib. The media jumps on tragic stories of death from improper bed sharing as further evidence of the dangers of co-sleeping. Finally, a doctor (PhD) [...]

SIDS Doctor and Researcher Recommends Co-Sleeping is a post from: Eco Child's Play

5 Green Products: Outdoor Research, A Butterfly’s Ball, Sprout Change, Change the World with Service Learning, Zarbee’s

Jennifer Lance — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:45:22 +0000

1. Outdoor Research Girls Solstice Bucket Hat and Infant/Toddler Swift Cap Bug Protection Protecting your children’s heads from the sun and bugs is very important during outdoor activities. I wish I would have been more insistent my children wear hats as toddlers, as now that they are older, they usually chose to go bare headed [...]

5 Green Products: Outdoor Research, A Butterfly’s Ball, Sprout Change, Change the World with Service Learning, Zarbee’s is a post from: Eco Child's Play

5 Green Parent Posts: Heroin and Cornflakes, Natural Parents, Mother Jones Network, Enlightened Motherhood, and Inhabitots

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:28:37 +0000

Don’t forget to click on the post title to visit the home blog for the full text! 1. Heroin and Cornflakes: You Are What Your Mother Ate Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health. Poor diet during pregnancy increases offspring’s vulnerability to the effects of aging, [...]

5 Green Parent Posts: Heroin and Cornflakes, Natural Parents, Mother Jones Network, Enlightened Motherhood, and Inhabitots is a post from: Eco Child's Play

Why Use Cloth Diapers? Change 3 Things Campaign

Green Lifestyle Consulting — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:56:00 +0000

I use cloth diapers because they are good for the environment. I want to limit the amount of waste that I send to landfills and incinerators and I want to limit the amount of natural resources that are consumed for products that I just throw away...

Tip: Simple Water Saving Ideas

Green Lifestyle Consulting — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:15:00 +0000

Here's a very simple tip for saving water that I never did until it was pointed out to me: when filling the tub for a bath, close the drain before turning on the water. I find that most people adjust the water running out of the faucet to the tem...