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What Mamas Need to Know About Protecting Their Breasts After Angelina Jolie's Breast Cancer Scare
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May 16, 2013
What to learn from Angelina Jolia's preventative mastectomy and how mama's everywhere can empower themselves towards better breast health & worry less...
How to Find Greener, Healthier, Eco Paints: The Green Mama Cheatsheet to Paints
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May 15, 2013
How to find the greenest, healthiest, least toxic paints for your nursery, kid's room, or any place in your home
Paint doesn’t just add color to a room, it...
A Greener Planet 101: will you help or hinder?
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May 11, 2013
Go Green in Four Easy Steps
With the "springing" of Spring and all of its holidays: Earth Day, Mother's Day, birthdays galore, and this year an election, I...
Getting Rid of Lice Naturally with the Help of Science: The Green Mama helps get rid of this itchy back-to-school problem
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May 01, 2013
All the kids were lined up in rows in the gym. It was the day the public health nurse came and combed through everyone’s heads looking for lice. That is...
About the Green Mama
The Green Mama grows greener families and businesses through research-based support for those trying to create healthier, sustainable lives. The Green Mama was founded in 2007 by Manda Aufochs Gillespie. Manda has worked in the sustainability field for more than 14 years as a community planner, project manager, and writer. Her project expertise ranges from helping establish Chicago’s first major green daycare (with over 120 children) to managing one of the country's first urban ecovillage projects. She has also worked directly with hundreds of families, bringing her passion for research and sustainability along with her sensitivity to addressing individual needs. She shares the products of her research and work through the popular Green Mama blog; classes; corporate, daycare/school, and home consulting; and through guest appearances in the national press.
Her extensive green experience and upbeat approach has led her to be described in the media as “the green guru” and “serious, but not absolute.” Her work has most recently been showcased on the television shows Save My Planet (on ABC’s Living Well network) and The Lazy Environmentalist (on HBO).
