Tag: Babies - Page 3
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The Green Baby Checklist: What New Parents Need
Whether you're a first-time parent or a Duggar-inspired couple with 18 (or is it 19?) kids and counting, making green choices on everything from diapers and bottles to cribs and blankets can keep your baby safe and healthy--and keep the world safe for the
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Baby Survives Being Shot Amid Fears of Climate Change
A seven-month-old baby girl survived being shot in the chest by her parents, who later murdered the girl's older brother and then killed themselves. The shocking story, which occurred in Argentina, is made all the more troubling by the
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Best of Inhabitots: Top 7 Eco-Friendly Baby Cribs
The Leander Bed can be configured in five different ways, growing as your own baby grows—and then some.
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Join Erin Brockovich and the Million Baby Crawl
"We cannot stand," says the slogan of the Million Baby Crawl, "but be stand for something."Led by Seventh Generation, the action is a movement to expand regulation of the toxic substances commonly found in household products.
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Best of BlogHer: Hooray for Baking Soda, Cycle Chic, Healthy Chow
Photo credit: kafka4prez Baking soda to save money AND the planet! 22 ways to use this miracle stuff (oh, yeah, and you can bake with it, too). 5 easy ways to be cycle-chic on the supercheap. These 3 coffees are triple-certified fair trade -- and
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Ode to Women and Nature: Lessons for a New Green Dad
Call me a cynic, but I've never really understood the idea—promoted or at least implied, in my experience, by many a new parent— that having kids somehow magically wakes you up to the urgency of protecting our
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From a Green Car Subsidy to a Green Diaper Rebate in Sweden
In Sweden a motion has been submitted to Parliament to give families that choose cloth diapers for their newborns a $75 subsidy for their green efforts. A group of Swedish moms say the Swedish
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Best of BlogHer: Food Bloggers, Netflix For Clothes, Where Babies Come From
The most inspirational panel at last week's BlogHer Food conference was about food bloggers who are changing the world! Get inspired by some amazing social action, and find out how you can get involved.
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Elegant Roots: Green Doesn't (Always) Come Cheap
Whenever we post on the more luxury end of green items - whether it's Arms & Barnes reclaimed furniture or expensive electric cars - we always get hit with comments complaining that most folks can't afford to live like that.
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Young Couple Says NO to a Mortgaged Life
Amidst the Chihuahuan Desert, Abe and Josie built a home out of dirt, designed a wind turbine from scrap parts, and raised their newborn without diapers and other conveniences. When their first hand sculpted house went up for
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8 Celebrity Eco-Businesses We Can't Stop Talking About
While we've seen many celebrities jumping on the green bandwagon, we've also seen them doing it for the real deal. Many have been eco-conscious for years--some are just realizing how important it is to promote a sustainable
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5 Greenwashed Myths of the Beauty Industry (And How Not to Fall For Them)
With environmental awareness on the ascent—thank you Goracle and friends—natural and organic beauty products have exploded onto the scene with such force that even drugstore shelves are groaning under their collective weight.
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Elements Natural Baby Wipes Are Natural, Biodegradable, But Do They Work?
As any parent worth his BabyBjörn knows, poop happens, and with flagrant disregard for place, time of day, or personal dignity. To help moms and dads bid a quick too-da-loo to doo-doo, fledgling company Elements Naturals
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Nine Naturals: Luscious Locks For Mamas-To-Be
Blame it on hormones, Rio, or the rain, but for most baby-bump wearers, your pregnancy paranoia level is so completely off the charts that it's making a break for the border with a backseat stuffed with body bags and a trunk
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The Robin Children's Furniture Collection from Oeuf
Image via Oeuf The husband/wife design duo responsible for Oeuf (pronounced "like the uff in stuff") has excitedly announced a new collection of baby furniture. The Robin Collection is European-made with sustainable wood and is treated with water-based
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Generation T Beyond Fashion: 120 New Ways to Transform a T-shirt (Plus, Get Your Free Project!)
Grab those shears and kick your sewing machines into gear because Megan Nicolay, author of the 2006 bestseller Generation T, is back with more ideas—a staggering 120, to be exact—for repurposing and reinterpreting the humble
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Wean Machine: DIY Baby Food, Any Time, Anywhere (Video)
Image credit: Wean Machine Homemade Baby Food Without a Blender It's not hard to find organic baby food these days - in fact Blythe put together a list of 7 great green baby foods not so long ago. But even the best store-bought stuff involves packaging
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Babies and Toddlers Can Do Bamboo With Kicky Pants Kidswear
Give it up for Kicky Pants, a mom-and-pop-designed collection of certified-organic bamboo children's apparel that manages to capture the spirit of childhood in its fun, cheery designs. And OK, I admit it, I'm a sucker for
