Over Mother's Day Weekend, 1Sky organized families across 43 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, to create murals calling for stronger climate leadership. My daughter and I held our own private event (we live in such a remote region that no one else signed up) by … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Inspire a Preschooler to Be Green
I am the mother of two children, ages six and three, as well as a preschool teacher in a small, mountainous community in Northern California. Our family lives off-the-grid producing our own electricity from a micro hydro turbine in our creek. One of our family values is to live … [Read more...]
Whole Children Whole Planet Expo – The Eco Place to Be
If you live in Southern California and are looking for something to do this weekend, join me at The Whole Planet, Whole Child Expo. Held at the Waldorf school in Northridge, California, it promises to be the place to be this weekend for we eco types. This two-day event will be … [Read more...]
How to Celebrate Mother's Day with an Eco Mom: Get Active!
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/x1W2LkU9tmk" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Mother's Day began when social activist and poet Julia Ward Howe wrote the original Mother’s Day Proclamation after the Civil War in 1870. In the name of womanhood and … [Read more...]
Podcast Interview with Eco-Mom, Homebuilder, and Lead Writer of Eco Child's Play on The Lindberg Report
How many people do you know who would leave the suburbs and settle on an unimproved 160 acres of land, build their home with materials from that land, and then set up their own power grid? That would be me! I had the honor of being featured on the Lindberg Report, a weekly … [Read more...]