Ahh, the great diaper debate: cloth or plastic? Ease or ecology? Well, this Slate article compared a 1992 study with a more recent 2005 study to figure out which type of diaper was the most eco-frie...
Although we wonder if the individual pieces have the same mobility as lighter materials, wood mobiles will last a long time and may transition to other areas of your home more easily than fabric, pl...
Does being green make you part of the eco-elite? What happens when you can't afford to eat all organic all the time? How far am I willing to take it? Should I have my children's toys tested to see i...
Has anyone noticed how Halloween seems to have gotten bigger and bigger lately? There are entire stores dedicated to Halloween decorations. You can consume less and still have a happy Halloween! He...
We love hearing about ideas that were created out of necessity, especially when the need was to spend less and reuse more! 2 women from Oklahoma took their regular "Just Between Friends," living roo...
OK. We'll admit it ... these definitely fall into the light green category. But they're so adorable, we had to share them......
If you're like us, you've felt overwhelmed at times by all of the recalls, chemicals, and other toxins lurking in the environment and even in your baby's toys or sippy cup. Well, Jennifer Taggart's b...
At some point it's going to happen - you'll no longer need the crib. Maybe you've converted it to a toddler bed but even that comes to an end. How do you repurpose parts of your crib? Jump below fo...
Cute or frightening? We're going with cute. Really cute. We know a lot of little kids who will be getting one of these guys this coming holiday season......
We thought we'd seen chalkboard everything: chalkboard walls, chalkboard doors, etc. But we'd never seen a chalkboard lamp until we spotted it at Green Depot a few months ago......
We're always really excited about new and innovative toy designs.. I mean, who isn't? Especially when they're made out of recycled materials - that usually helps us justify buying yet another toy!...
With our own daughter's first birthday rapidly approaching, this article really resonated with us. Is there a graceful way to inform people about the possible toxins in toys today? ...
When we wrote about this recycled cashmere blanket last year, we noted that the $285 price point was too steep for us. But we still loved the patchwork design and bright colors, so we're very glad t...
Oh, how we wish we'd known about Snappis years ago when we first started cloth diapering. We opted for flat diapers because they're much less expensive than those with fancy built-in fasteners, but th...
What have you done today to make the world a better place? Such a heavy question to ask a young child -- yet it's something so many of us have to begin asking ourselves, and our entire family, more o...
These organic hooded towels from 3 Sprouts are just too darn cute. We have a 2 year old niece, and we're thinking we're absolutely going to have to get her one. (All in anticipation of a new deskto...
So you've seen a clever and pretty way to reuse glass baby food jars. But what about baby bottles? We have quite an assortment, both plastic and glass, that we would hate to toss. Reader Tracy sent...
Reusing glass baby food jars isn't a new idea. The chubby pots make for great containers for all manner of items - craft and sewing supplies, spices, spare change. But we always have one complaint a...
If you're not into washing your plastic sandwich bags, ReUsies are another good option. A couple of Seattle moms started the company when they realized just how many plastic bags their families went ...
We think we might have found the perfect crib for families trying to get by living in small homes with a baby. Cribs can take up a lot of space when they're not being used. See how little this one g...
Not to be confused with these Lunchbots, LunchBots offer an alternative to plastic for food on-the-go. Perfect for school lunches, it's summertime so we're thinking this could be our new vade mecum...
We're learning to "live green" as adults, and while better late than never, what if we'd all been taught to do so from an early age? Wouldn't the world be a better place? The Greenees is a line of do...
One quintessential summer experience for many young kids and teenagers is packing up and shipping off to camp. And while there are many benefits to going away to summer camp, we like Mike Lanza's alte...
When we stumbled upon this kid-friendly gadget that took second place in this year's Greener Gadgets competition, we just knew we had to share. Designed to help teach kids a lesson about conservatio...
Design Milk just featured this cardboard kids' furniture series called Carton. Cardboard, especially for childrens' furniture and play houses, is super chic and we've featured a lot of it here at O...
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