File this under a good green/eco activity to do with your kids. Re-purpose clean baby food jars into a kid-friendly activity. You’ll need: a glass baby jar with lid super glue bathroom cocking a glue-able figurine (plastic, crystal or metal will do. Paper will not do) Glitter Water Super glue figurine to the lid of the…
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Parent Club Green Idea: Sending Coins to School
This Green Idea was e-mailed by a Parent Club reader… You know how the school is always needing you to send in forms and cash for things like Pizza lunch, Scientist in the school, field trips, purchasing 50th Anniversary T-shirts etc. (and then there is also the Daycare…) And how the amount the come up…
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Why?! Fast food/take-out misses the recycling bin… Why?! Why?! I ask! Why do fast food/take-out food places miss recycling? From actually having recycling bins in the restaurants to separate paper/glass/organic to using containers which don’t go in the bins at all — I don’t get – how they don’t “get” – common-sense-recycling. Should I name…
Disneynature EARTH – Earth Day 2009
Disneynature EARTH opens in theatres across Canada today – Earth Day. Narrated by James Earl Jones,“EARTH” tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journeys across the planet we call home. We had the chance to enjoy a sneak peak of the film and can, without hesitation, share…the cinematography is quite amazing!…
PC Green – Make Earth Day an Earth Year
Admitted: I am a PC shopper – out of convenience and brand loyalty. When I was sent information about the new PC G.R.E.E.N. products (just in time for Earth Day!) I was completely on board to share. President’s Choice was been committed for more than 20 years of environmental sustainability. I have the PC reusable…
Earth Day chez nous
Earth Day is fast approaching. As a parent, who enjoys “teachable moments” I am trying to come up with some activities/ideas for Earth Day. And why not? My kids are part of the tree-huggin’, polar-bear-lovin’, we’ve-got-to-do-somethin’ generation. They have grown up with recycling programs and water conservation. At school, they create art projects using re-purposed…
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Eco-birthday parties: The Good and the Bad I have fond memories of stacks of birthday prezzies wrapped with colourful paper, eaten store-bought cake (the icing – most likely contained red dye) and brought home loot bags filled with items manufactured in China).Geez…so many good times. So when I receive an e-mail invitation for a paper-less…
BlogHers Act Canada and Eco-Guilt
Read my latest enviroment column… International Women’s Day and Eco-Guilt Dear fellow mothers (and mother-lovers), In recognition of International Women’s Day (Sun. Mar. 8) – let us all – for a moment – get off our environmental-mother-loving-high-and-mighty-friggin’-pedestals. Let us stop the green guilt we lay on each other. Read full rant at BlogHers Act Canada…
On the Road to Plastic Free
I am on – that yellow brick road – to plastic free (I imagine “my road” the hipper yellow version as shown in The Wiz – with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross). Goodbye Bisphenol A, also known as BPA. What is BPA? (yes, click that – it’s important). Gettin’ back on down my road. I’ve…
BlogHers ACT Canada – Green Valentine
Check out my new article at BlogHers ACT Canada; Green Valentine I am, admittedly, a curmudgeon when it comes to Valentine’s Day. My thinking is that it is a holiday created by card companies and marketing firms to take advantage of February blahs and boost sales. Valentine’s Day – Bah Humbug! That confessed; I am…
Parent Club Green Living Tip
My newest fan-tab-u-lous Parent Club green living tip…carry a canvas bag with you. Move over the fact that major grocery stores will soon be charging for plastic bags. Move over the fact that canvas bags are better for the environment. Move over the fact that canvas bags are sturdier for carrying 4 litres of milk….
Green Christmas
Tree is up. Decorations are up. Are you interested in making your Christmas a little greener? Well, we know solar powered Christmas lights don’t really work so well. However, there are some other ways in which you can green your Christmas… Use felt bags in lieu of paper gift wrap Instead of buying plastic tree…