Category Archives: Environmentalism

• Treading Lightly on the Earth with Kids

  Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. When we have children, the idea of handing down our planet to them takes on a different context. At the same time, parents and …  MORE

• This Land is Our Land

  A farmer is connected to the sun, seasons, weather and land in a way that’s difficult for non-farmers to understand. I want to be sure that my son grows up connected to the land.
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• Peaceful Home

  I hear the words stewardship, sustainability, and a whole new earth. What does it mean to offer stewardship, have sustainability, and create a whole new earth? How can I be the change? Stewardship means duty, service and responsibility; household management; the use of one’s time, talent, and money; to be placed in one’s care. We are stewards of the earth. …  MORE

• Beyond the Diaper

  Laura, guest posting from A Pug in the Kitchen, shares several easy ways her family has chosen reusable instead of disposable.  MORE

• The Ultimate Cloth Diapering Shopping List

  This is by no means a list of things every cloth diapering family needs, but it is a list of everything you could possibly want.  MORE

• Giveaway: pStyle ~ Stand Up to Pee! ~ 2 Winners, $12 ARV {7.7; US/Can} CLOSED

  pStyle is offering our readers a giveaway of a pStyle, an innovative device that allows women and trans men to stand up while peeing, a value of $12. It is physiologically possible to do so without such an aid, but these devices can make it easier and this can even make it possible to do so without dropping your britches!  MORE

• Local Food: It’s Finger Lickin’ Good

  The easy part to eating locally is wrapping your brain around food miles,1 supporting local growers and sellers,2 and encouraging biodiversity.3 The challenge is making it happen. Getting the farm to appear on your table, in other words. You have three basic options. 1. Grow Your Own This is the most labor-intensive option, obviously. It can be expensive to set …  MORE

• Call For Submissions for The Freedom of Cloth Carnival

  Natural Parents Network is excited to announce that we’ll be hosting a week long cloth diapering carnival. The Freedom of Cloth Carnival will be co-hosted by Melissa at The New Mommy Files and Shannon, aka The ArtsyMama.  MORE

• How to Make Butter

  How to Make Butter (or how to take one small step away from reliance on the food industry).  MORE

• Three Easy Tips for Natural Living

  “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King When you become a mama, I think you develop a new level of focus and dedication to creating and maintaining a healthy household. If you weren’t very concerned about your own health and the health of your partner before having children, you realize …  MORE

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