Groups and Classes
Green Parenting 101
Is your home making your kid sick? Are your child’s toys, clothes, and food safe? Do you worry you don’t have time to protect your family and the earth? There is a great deal of media attention about the risks associated with everything from the toys in your playroom to the water bottle in your purse. Yet, it is often hard to sift through the research, the advice, and the marketing to determine what is really important. As parents, grandparents, or friends, there are many simple, every-day ways to help protect the health of your child and the earth.
Green Parenting 101 is designed to help families navigate the various lifestyle options and consumer choices available. Learn more about how to feed your family better, avoid toxic toys, and green up your diaper routine. This is an interactive class that provides the research on a variety of timely topics of concern to families and provides real-world solutions for instituting change while juggling the restraints of family finances, time, and energy.
Live Green, Save Green
Ever wonder how you can save money and still get better food? Or, if the plastic you are using is safe? Or, the best ways to green your house and conserve energy?
Live Green, Save Green will help both the novice and the eco-savvy navigate the various lifestyle options and consumer choices available to protect the health of family and planet. Learn the most cost-effective ways to green your life and feed your family better, how to avoid toxic plastics and toxic skincare products, resources for conserving energy and water at home, and tips for better and more affordable cleaning. This is an interactive class that provides the research on a variety of timely topics and provides real-world solutions for instituting change while juggling the restraints of finances, time, and energy.
The Clean, Green, and Organized Playroom
Is your child’s stuff taking over your life? Are you worried about toxic toys and poisonous paints but overwhelmed by the overload of health warnings? Find out which toys to boot, where to get the safest furnishings and paints, and how to get any room where kids play organized. And, how to get your children to keep it organized! This class is co-led with professional organizer (of HGTV fame) Maureen Gainer Reilly, www.gainerorganizing.com.
Cooking Green with Chef King & The Green Mama
A hands-on (and yummy) class on eating local and seasonal foods without going broke. Get the skinny on healthy cooking during pregnancy and beyond, meals for adults and children, how to feed your family oganics without going broke, and how to max out your nutrients per bite. This class is co-led with pro chef Ellen King.
The Living Green Family Series
Create community and learn! The Living Green Family Series goes in-depth on all the topics covered in the Green Parenting 101 workshop and many of the Live Green, Save Green topics, including: feeding your family better, creating meaningful celebrations, green personal care products, beyond cloth diapering, saving money and resources, and tips on finding good green goods. The green lifestyle series is an opportunity to learn and share with a group of like-minded individuals and to create a support network that will help make green living fun and sustainable!
