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About the Green Mama

Manda Aufochs Gillespie, a.k.a. The Green Mama, is a consultant, writer, and environmentalist.  She has been featured as the green parenting expert in numerous publications, the Little Green People Show, and with her family on Simple Living TV and in the Chicago Tribune.

The Green Mama teaches interactive and upbeat workshops and fun groups focused on Green Parenting and living green.  As well, she has worked with green boutiques, Chicago’s first green daycare, and other small businesses targeting health-conscious consumers while saving money and resources.  She also provides families with in-home or web-based consulting to help detoxify a nursery or create a system for using food dollars more effectively.

Ms. Aufochs-Gillespie writes on issues of health, the environment, and green parenting. She publishes a popular blog, writes for other blogs, and has been published on AMotherWorld.com, Alternet.org and in Conscious Choice.

She holds a B.A. in environmental studies and politics from Oberlin College and an M.F.A. in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Today, she can be found riding her bicycle with her daughter at the helm, carrying home food from the local farmers market, while talking on her phone about the merits of cloth diapering.


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The Green Mama provides

consulting for households, daycares, and educational institutions;

classes throughout the Chicagoland region (and on-line conceirge services for the rest of the world), and

inspiration through the green mama blog, Ask the Green Mama, writing and research, podcasts, and parent think & play groups.

 

Read more about the Green Mama in May's Chicago Magazine!

 

Ask the Green Mama

Can I recycle my baby's car seat?

Dear Green Mama: My friends and I swap, reuse, and hand-down everything from baby clothes, toys, and books to cribs, tricycles, and information.  What do we do, though, with our old car seats?  These days, the car seats come with expiration dates, yet I can't seem to find a carseat recycler.  Any ideas or connections that would help in this endeavor? --Distressed green driver
...Read the Green Mama's Answer

Latest Blog Posts

What We Can Learn from the U.K.: A lesson in e-waste recycling

Thursday, 02 July 2009 | The Green Mama

I know Independence Day is coming up for us U.S.-based folks, but I have to take a moment to praise the British for their efforts in regard to waste. We are hungry for technology.  And greenies...
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Summer Camp for the Whole Family

Monday, 29 June 2009 | The Green Mama

It’s summer.  Even now that I am all grown-up, I long for the days of summer camp.  Something I can share with my whole family: get me into a canoe, sitting around a campfire, and where...
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Beauty & the Beast: The deadly side of beauty products

Thursday, 18 June 2009 | The Green Mama

It was a gift.  The perfect little blue and white bottle of “Gentle! For Bebe!” baby shampoo in its foam pump bottle.  I used it on my baby for two years before I thought to check if it...
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De Fietsfabriek: The Car-go Bike

Saturday, 23 May 2009 | The Green Mama

You can have children in Chicago without a car and do it well. One of the great advantages to living in this city is how relatively easy it is to live without a car.  Easy, and it will save more...
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Green Tip

Flame retardants, such as what is applied to most kids’ pajamas, have been linked to neuro-developmental and behavioral deficits and possibly cancer.  Reduce your kids’ risk by getting organic cotton or 100% cotton (untreated) clothes to sleep in.  (And then keep them away from cigarettes and open flames.)

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