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1 Rick Bayless's Tips For Introducing Tots to Mexican Food and Greening Your Kitchen
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2 Cardboard Nursery: Create a 100 Percent Recyclable Room
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3 Back-to-School Supplies For Eco-Friendly Kids
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4 11 Swagger-Worthy Back-to-School Backpacks
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5 5 All-Natural Ways to Indulge Your Lil Beauty
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6 Step Away From the Mall: Cut Costs (and Waste) by Renting Maternity and Baby Gear
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7 Green Your Child's Closet: H&M's "Conscious" Clothing Line For Kids
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8 Jessica Alba Launches The Honest Company Eco-Friendly Baby Care Products
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9 Go Green: Eco–friendly stove
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10 Ecoween: Crush It in a Blue Box
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11 Baby Bump: Kimberly Parry Belly Butter
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12 Seven BPA-Free Baby Food Alternatives
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13 Ecotot: Back to Basics
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14 Green Diapers Go Girly With Ruffles
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15 Ecotot: Yarn Elephant
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16 School Year's Resolutions: Eco-Friendly Backpacks
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17 Cardboard Cradle: Kid Friendly or Are You Kidding?
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18 Ecotot: Cub Chair
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19 Candy With a Conscience: 6 Options For Halloween That Give More Than a Belly Ache
Jessica Alba is hoping to move off the red carpet and into your home. The actress and mother of two — Honor, 3, and Haven, 5 months — may be known best for showing off her impeccable figure in Fantastic Four and Little Fockers, but she's equally passionate about keeping toxins out of schools, homes, and work spaces. This week, after stunning on the Golden Globes red carpet, Jessica launched Read more
Will a cute lil robot critter living in the fridge encourage families to be a little more energy efficient? That's the theory behind Fridgeezoo Refrigerator Pets ($16), which give indecisive refrigerator lingerers gentle reminders to shut the door. Created in Japan, the cute milk carton-shaped gadget greets you warmly when the refrigerator door is first opened, but turns from friend to foe Read more
Lots of moms like to think out loud, and MiaFT is one of them. This is an excerpt from one of the latest posts on her Baby Love blog. Ok so I'm not the greenest mom around, but I am working on it! If you're like me, then you can use some good tips. Check out the website Green Halloween to get some great tips for a greener Halloween. It has some great ideas for treats, costumes, and Halloween Read more
Shopping for Halloween candy presents a sticky situation for parents committed to living as greenly as possible. Eco-friendly or "green" is so vague — does eco-friendly candy mean candy that's good for earth, good for tots, or good for the people who actually pull the taffy? It can mean all of those things, which is why candy shopping can be confusing. Instead of making yourself crazy finding Read more
Decisions, decisions, decisions! With just a few weeks to go until lil ghouls and goblins take to the streets, costume decisions need to be finalized. Some moms have been planning for this day for months, with exquisitely designed costumes thought out to the last detail, while others will go the old "let's get creative with an old sheet and a pair of (safety) scissors" route the day before Read more
Having fun and doing good aren't mutually exclusive, and this Halloween is a great time to put that theory into practice. There's still time to participate in the following programs, which help parents, kids, and communities make Halloween about more than just a sugar explosion. Don't have a Halloween costume yet? Not to fear. National Costume Swap Day is this Saturday, Oct. 8. Everyone wins: Read more
Lots of moms like to think out loud, and houseofanais is one of them. Here is one the latest posts to her House of Anais blog. I know we are not the greenest family in the country, but we are trying to do our fair share on recycling, walking, shorter showers (miss Anaïs so enthusiastically uses her water timer for everyone), etc. We also try to live a relatively healthy lifestyle by eating Read more
Time hasn't completely run out for parents erring on the side of slacker to get their kids a back-to-school backpack they'll love. Even lil ones carry heavy loads these days, so keep reading for a selection of supercool styles that tots will be eager to show off. Read more
One man's trash is another man's treasure — and that goes for tots, too. Most parents learn before the baby is even born just how much stuff one tiny little bundle requires. Between clothes, diapers, toys, and books, that spacious kid-friendly home can quickly become the before picture on an episode of Hoarders, putting a real dent in parents' eco-friendly aspirations. Going totally waste-free Read more
Get crafty! There's nothing better than a rainy afternoon spent dreaming up new and creative art projects. In an ideal world, parents wouldn't have to worry about the toxicity of the supplies. For parents of young tots, who tend to put everything into their lil mouths, the artificial chemical dyes, petrochemicals, and other unknown ingredients found in paints, glues, crayons, and markers — Read more
