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Back to School with One Small Step

One Small Step was founded by a mom who needed alternatives for her daughter's lunches. Renata Bodon's daughter's school requires waste free lunches. That led to One Small Step, an online resource for reusable, eco-friendly, stylish, and environmentally safe lunch products and … [Read more...]

Household Products To Get Ingredient Labeling

I spent the first weekend away from my sons ever at BlogHer ’09 in Chicago. And my favorite session—hands down—was the Green Bloggers session. (Why yes, it was nice to meet the writers I adore!) There, while we discussed good resources for product ingredient lists and standards, … [Read more...]

Organic Kidz Stainless Baby Bottles

Even as a fulltime breastfeeder, I would have been tempted to have one of these adorable, functional, and safe baby bottles tucked into my cupboard. I'm a big fan of stainless water vessels (every member of our family has their own Klean Kanteen), so it seems a natural addition … [Read more...]

The Breastmilk Benefits "Myth"

I consider myself a lactivist. I mean, if there is truly a place in the world for a woman who thinks that babies should be fed what nature made for them, instead of the breastmilk from a distantly related species. That means I know that breastmilk is simply better than formula. … [Read more...]

Aussie Town Bans Plastic Water Bottles

In what may be the first ban of its kind in the world, a rural Australian town has banned plastic water bottles. Campaigners in Bundanoon (population 2,500) in New South Wales, were incensed after a beverage company proposed plans to tap an underground reservoir in the town, … [Read more...]