We celebrated our child’s birthday with her friends last weekend. At every holiday, inevitably someone asks a child what gift she is wishing for. It’s times like that's where it becomes abundantly clear that we don’t watch kids TV. My child has no idea what toy she would like; … [Read more...]
Green Options Turns One: Make A Wish!
It sounds cliched, but I can't believe it's been a year since Green Options launched a year ago. I got involved on a whim, responding to a post on sustainablog, thinking, "What the heck? I've got nothing to lose by checking this out." Little did I know how immersed I would get … [Read more...]
A Shocking Exposure of the Meat Industry
The Humane Society released a rather shocking video that was filmed at Hallmark Meat Packing in Chino, CA. The video shows downed cattle being lifted with a forklift and prodded in order to get them on their feet to pass USDA inspection. (Warning, the footage is graphic in … [Read more...]
Four-Ingredient Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Today is a snow day, hooray! My daughter and I are drinking hot chocolate and making paper beads out of junk mail. And hey, it's a perfect day for baking, but do we have everything we need to make cookies? I have zero motivation to shovel icy snowdrifts, and my sock monkey … [Read more...]
From Inspiration to Action
As the author of a book series about eco-heroes, I get a lot of fan mail from kids that are fired up to do something to help the environment. Kids can get fired up by many things: seeing a favorite bit of nature developed, a television show on Animal Planet, PBS or Discovery, a … [Read more...]
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