Posted in Action Alerts, Articles, Conservation, Local "Green" Events, Organizations/Activism on July 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Most of you probably don’t know that right here in Central Florida a major water bottling company is wanting to tap into one of our aquifers. Why is this a problem? The water table is already low and they are approving California based Niagara Water Bottling Company to take 177 million gallons [...]
Posted in Articles, Book Reviews, Media, Uncategorized, tagged free, free hugs, hugs, juan mann, professional hugger on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My son for the past year and a half has called himself a professional hugger. Whenever he meets someone new or an old friend, the first thing he does is give them a big hug and tells them he is a professional hugger. He even asked to have business cards made up to hand out [...]
Posted in Articles, Food and Nutrition, Natural Housekeeping, Natural Products, tagged nontoxic, natural cleaners, natural cleansers, natural kitchen on May 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Want to keep a natural kitchen but not sure where to start? Here are some guidelines to keep in mind during meal planning, shopping for the family, and cleaning up!
Natural living can be overwhelming for someone who is just getting started. Therefore, it’s important to choose one area to focus on rather than trying to [...]
Posted in Articles, Food and Nutrition, tagged childrens health, Green smoothies, kids nutrition, optimum health on May 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When was the last time your child said, “Mom, can I have more spinach?” What if you could make spinach taste so good, you got that request every day ? Green Smoothies are the answer! A great way to get nutritious greens into your child’s diet (and yours too!) is to blend whole greens and [...]
Posted in Articles, Health and Safety, Homeopaths/Herbalists, Lessons and Classes for Kids, Study Groups and Classes on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Summer is here and you are eagerly planning your first pool party of the season. The decorations are up, the pool is perfect, the potato salad has been prepared and you have found the perfect bathing suit. The kids can’t wait for their friends to join them for games of Marco Polo and splashing big [...]
Posted in Articles, Natural Products, Uncategorized, tagged no poo, baking soda, apple cider vinegar, organic consuemrs association, dioxane on March 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
No Poo… such an interesting name… and sounds kind of gross! What no poo means is that you don’t use shampoo or conditioner on your hair. For most, that sounds pretty gross too. From the moment we are born, we are taught that the only way to get clean hair is to [...]
Posted in Action Alerts, Articles, Natural Baby Care, tagged phthalates on February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The one thing that can be agreed upon when it comes to phthalates is that it has been a “hot” topic for the last six months. With the Pediatric Journal publication of the “Baby Care Products: Possible Sources of Infant Phthalate Exposure” study on February 1st the issue of phthalates has spiraled out of control, [...]
Posted in Articles, tagged ecovillage, intentional communities, natural living on February 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Our family is different. We eat a mostly organic, whole foods diet. We use cloth diapers, nontoxic cleansers, and try to minimize our impact on the environment. While I’m comfortable with being different from the typical modern family, I must admit it is exhausting. Always being the “oddballs” in our family as well as in [...]
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