The Green Mama was founded by Manda Aufochs Gillespie in 2007 in response to the growing demand for healthier homes, spaces, and products for children and their families. Previously she worked in the eco-living field writing, consulting, and managing green projects for more than ten years. Despite being one of the few people who could claim “I know how to find green building materials, the answer to local vs. organic, and how to calculate my carbon footprint,” she still found that she had a LOT of questions about how to go about greening her pregnancy and family with the addition of a young child. 

“Women no longer know who to ask for answers to ever more complicated parenting questions: cloth versus disposable, plastic or glass, vaccinate now or later? We used to ask our parents or grandparents but when they were parenting the issues were different: milk wasn’t loaded with artificial growth hormones, bottles weren’t plastic, and everyone pottytrained by two years.” During the process of answering these questions for herself, she began to share what she found first through her popular Green Mama blog, then through the radio program the Little Green People Show, and finally through classes, corporate and home consulting, and national TV programs. The Green Mama has been described as “the green guru” and “serious, but not absolute” bringing practical and trusted solutions without the judgment.

Today, The Green Mama LLC consists of a team of women trained in aspects of green living from chemical sensitivities to small business development who bring their various expertises to thousands of parents through the web, radio, TV, and in person with classes, play-think groups, and consulting.