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

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

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

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...

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.

It's Asbestos, Smarty Pants...

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.

How green is my family?

Although part of this comes from a deep paranoia that I will find a private eye going through my garbage and picking out a #5 plastic thingy that could have been recycled, mostly I reflect on my green-ness from a sincere desire to do better and know more.

I found that it was easier for me to THINK about my green actions if I had a way of organizing them in my mind. And, like everything else, once the organization exists, it is much easier to accomplish the goal.

Welcome to the Green Mama Blog

Welcome to the Green Mama Blog

My husband and I are environmentalists the way some people are Artists, or Christians, or Democrats. It defines how we live—how we shop, who we hang out with, what we read, and, of course, how we parent.

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