Raising a child is difficult enough without having to shoulder the load of school budget cuts or administration downsizing in equipping classrooms with the supplies they need. Yet a staggering number of schools rely on donations from parents, contributors or out of their own … [Read more...]
Free Toys and Less Clutter: Sharing the Toy Library Love
Toys! Toys! Toys! If you have kids, chances are your house is overrun with them. Cheap plastic garbage toys gifted from well-intentioned relatives; expensive high-quality wooden eco-friendly educational pieces that are almost more works of art than toys; noisy … [Read more...]
Save Handmade from the CPSIA – Last day to vote at Change.org
If you've got a spare minute, please hop over to Change.org and vote for the Handmade Toy Alliance's proposal "Save Small Businesses from the CPSIA." The top 10 ideas will be presented to the Obama Administration, and considering how many people this act effects, we need all the … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Fight Cabin Fever on the Cheap and Green
I live in Vermont. Tonight it is going to be 20 below zero. It's the kind of cold that makes your eye sockets sore as you run from the car inside. Jeans almost freeze, and stiffly press against your thighs. Any exposed flesh is sore and tingly within minutes. This is the the … [Read more...]
Eight Ways to Green Your Library
Library use is surging upwards, as the economy surges downwards. More people are saving money by sharing community-owned books, computers, and other resources. That's certainly the green way to go, but what about the libraries themselves? How green is your local … [Read more...]
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