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keep learning: tip #8
Filed Under eco friendly, guest bloggers | April 22, 2011
We couldn’t not post one of our green tips on Earth Day itself. That would just be wrong. And it seemed like a good idea to include a tip that’s about educating yourself on the changes you want to make for your family, because Earth Day is one day, but the earth itself is here [...]
get your vote on: tip #7
Filed Under eco friendly, guest bloggers | April 20, 2011
We’re back with another green tip, this time from Rick Smith, father and the Executive Director of Environmental Defence that’s particularly timely as the election looms ever closer: Even though we’re all suffering a bit of election fatigue it’s important to vote, this year more than ever! In the federal election and in the fall [...]
plastic’s not fantastic: tip #6
Filed Under eco friendly, guest bloggers | April 18, 2011
Our next tip comes from Tracy Lydiatt, and is full of sensible strategies for using less plastic: Plastic is a man-made compound that nature has no way of processing or ‘digesting’ naturally. Because of this, it exists far beyond any single human lifespan, creating an ongoing legacy for future generations to manage: it exists in [...]
think big: tip #5
Filed Under eco friendly, guest bloggers | April 15, 2011
We’ve had ideas and tips on starting small but now we’ve got a tip on thinking big for going greener and saving green from Amber Strocel: I’ve had a long-time love affair with convenience food. It’s so, you know, convenient, especially when you’re feeding little kids. String cheese and toddler-sized tubs of yogurt were staples [...]
start slow: tip #4
Filed Under eco friendly | April 13, 2011
The thought of “going green” can be intimidating to someone wanting to make healthier changes in their life. When starting out, it can seem extremely daunting because not knowing where to start is a task many struggle with. For those of us who are already on the path, we all had to start somewhere. My [...]
take it outside: tip #3
Filed Under eco friendly, guest bloggers | April 9, 2011
Consider it destiny that this year Earth Day and Easter land just so to create a perfectly aligned Easter Earth Weekend. It’s a unique opportunity to step outdoors, put away the work and distractions, and witness the long-awaited rebirth of springtime nature. . .with your children! Everywhere, these days, seems to be teeming with budding [...]
commonly green: tip #2
Filed Under eco friendly, guest bloggers | April 7, 2011
You have common sense. Use it. For some reason, we are all conditioned to make choices by what food, clothing and products SEEM to be, and not what they really are. Given the flood of “healthy” products being introduced these days, and the marketing claims being used to promote them, you don’t want to buy [...]
earth, earth, baby: tip #1
Filed Under eco friendly, guest bloggers | April 6, 2011
I find myself riffing off ’80s songs so often it’s, well, sad. But my knock off Vanilla Ice rap title is all about Earth Day, which falls on April 22nd, which is also Good Friday. As the earth isn’t just something we should think about one day a year (we feel) we’ve rounded up some [...]
more equal than others
Filed Under eco friendly, parenting | February 27, 2011
We like everything we cover on yoyomama. After all we only share our most favourite of finds with you. But during certain stages of parenting some items rise to the top as most useful and needed. Right now, with both our kids affected by a super long cold/flu/fever combo that’s had us all housebound for [...]
the diaper diva does doody
Filed Under eco friendly | February 25, 2011
As we mentioned in today’s email, I am the self proclaimed yoyomama Diaper Diva. Pause for applause. As the Diaper Diva, myself, and more importantly, the giant baby M, will be testing the many fabulous cloth and eco-friendly diaper options that come across the yoyomama editorial desk. That’s not to say that occasionally these reviews [...]
