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Smarty pants: Cloth and flushable diapers

iVillage - Green Moms -- Tiffany Washko, NatureMoms.com For many green moms and dads the decision about how to diaper their baby does not come so easy. We all know disposable diapers are bad with a capital "B," but the other options just seem so archaic and inconvenient. But it's not as bad as you may think. There are some pretty appealing diapering alternatives nowadays. If you want to lighten your environmental footprin...     2008
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July in the Garden

iVillage - Green Moms -- Wendy Gordon, General Manager, National Geographic's TheGreenGuide.com There's no place I'd rather be in July than our garden.I feel pretty lucky to have this garden, all 40 x 30 square feet of it, which is just a couple dozen yards from a 100+ year-old farmhouse we have in the western Catskills. It produces an abundance of vegetables from early June through late September. There's no evidence pro...     2008
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Why is everything plastic?

iVillage - Green Moms -- Charlotte Hudson When I found out that I was pregnant, I knew that I was going to have to make a large investment in all the gear you need for bringing a small bundle home from the hospital.What I didn't expect, however, was how much of it was made of plastic.I don't have anything against plastic, but the sheer volume of it was overwhelming -- from the pack n' play to the stroller, from the high c...     2008
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Non-toxic back to school ideas

iVillage - Green Moms -- Michelle Bexelius, co-founder of GreenThisLife.comGoing to school is the most exciting thing to do as the new kid on the block. There are so many new things to discover and learn, but I’ve noticed that so many things can be improved to strengthen their experience. The first thing I noticed as a parent of a kindergartener touring schools is the lack of fresh air and circulation in the classrooms. T...     2008
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Raising environmentally-committed kids

iVillage - Green Moms -- Mary Isakson Environmentally speaking: What should you do? What is most important, most efficient, and most effective? Good questions, but in a way, insufficient. To develop a real commitment to environmental issues, you also need to ask: What do you enjoy? I believe a mom’s attitude toward her own participation in environmental community service impacts her children. I encourage my daughters to p...     2008
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