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Composting is Sexy with the little hot box: The Red Dragon

Posted by The Green Mama on Oct 21, 2011
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Indoor composting made really simple: a love story between The Green Mama and The Red Dragon

This started out as a simple review: an electric-assist, indoor composter that everybody was whispering about.  But, then I fell in love.  I really do love that little red machine sitting in my kitchen nook right now. The Red Dragon is a composting appliance. Not everyone gets as excited about composting as I do, but maybe the would if they new the kind of impact it has. 

Anti-bacterial hand soap and your child: a dirty clean?

Posted by The Green Mama on Sep 16, 2011
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It's school time again; and in every school bathroom in North America you can hear the "splat, splat" sound of anti-bacterial soap squirting onto the hands of school children everywhere. So, what does the science tell us about anti-bacterial products and just how bad are they for our children's health?

Are mom's worried about the wrong things? How to keep your child safe in today's toxic world.

Posted by The Green Mama on Aug 10, 2011
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I’ve had a slew of Ask the Green Mama questions recently that boil down to this: What are real dangers and what are the imagined dangers of parenting? This is at the heart of most questions, isn’t it? What will really kill my baby and what is actually not worth the stress of the worry. 

Of course, much of this we just don’t know. Parenting is risky, because life is full of unknowns. Today’s science, however, is telling us much about where our worry line should be.

Here’s what we do know.

The Top 6 Nursery Items to Buy Green

Posted by The Green Mama on Jun 23, 2011
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TOP 6 NURSERY ITEMS TO BUY GREEN

Composting 101: Demystifying Compost for Urban & Apartment Dwellers

Posted by The Green Mama on May 11, 2011
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The Green Mama’s guide to backyard compost piles, composters, tumblers, vermicompost (worm bins), and electric-assist composters

Out-conserving the neighbors: what Earth Hour is really about.

Posted by The Green Mama on Mar 26, 2010
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In our family this year, we are celebrating Earth Hour by monitoring our energy use.  Hooray!??  (Earth Hour is celebrated around the world on Saturday March 27, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. in whichever time zone you reside. You can participate by simply turning off your lights—or unplugging the computer and TV—for that hour.)

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Green Books Campaign: The Kid's Guide to Service Projects

Posted by The Green Mama on Nov 10, 2009
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This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books.

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

Posted by The Green Mama on Jul 02, 2009
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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.

It's Asbestos, Smarty Pants...

Posted by The Green Mama on Feb 09, 2009
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I hated middle school (I was new, nerdy, skinny, and had really big, thick glasses), but I loved my middle school building. It was such a caricature of a school.

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