Earth Day is a fantastic holiday. I've heard folks say that it's the most celebrated secular holiday ever. This year to celebrate Earth Day Disneynature, Disney's new independent film label, will release their first film, Earth. Earth is narrated by James Earl Jones and tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journey across the planet we all call home. Earth combines rare action, unimaginable scale and impossible locations by capturing the most intimate moments ... continue reading...
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How Safe Is Your Home Birth?
In the wake of Janet Fraser's tragic homebirth a broohaha is erupting. How safe is your homebirth? What is a home birth and who should have one? Yes, the woman who coined the term "Birthrape" to describe an emergency episiotomy has lost her child during a home birth. Let me be very clear here, that a baby died is a horrendous tragedy. Not learning from this would be even worse. My friend, and fellow Mom Blogger, Amber Watson Tardiff wrote a compelling piece that asks the question everyone ... continue reading...
Flame Retardant Whales
One of the great blessings of my adult life was a summer vacation spent with my husband and children at Catalina Island Camps. We spent the better part of the week learning about the ocean, our food supply and our ability to affect change. Jean Michele Cousteau (son of Jacques Cousteau) would call himself an ambassador of the environment. I would call him a hero to us all. Most recently Cousteau has discovered many populations of killer whales are contaminated with toxic, synthetic ... continue reading...
Loft Living: Green and Glorious
While chasing down LA's finest hot dogs I stumbled on a great new project in Los Angeles. There's a new Loft Community popping up and it's really exciting. Live/work spaces are automatically desirable to anyone with kids. The day I became a mother there was an intense need to be near my kids, to keep them close. I didn't realize how sustainable my decision to stay home was. I'd fogotten about commutes, dry cleaning and pantyhose within moments of changing my first diaper. ... continue reading...
5 Steps to a Greener Kids Birthday Party
Who doesn't love a Birthday Party? How do you keep birthdays green without being that obnoxious sustaian-a-Mom that everyone rolls their eyes at? 1. Invitations. Keep them digital. No one wants another piece of paper. Most of the moms in my neighborhood use evite, it's good and reliable and you can even add potluck, carpool and end times to the evite. 2. Decorations cut down on the paper items and invest in a few pieces that will be appropriate every year. How about a fabric Happy ... continue reading...
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