The Perfect Eco-Gift for Everyone on Your List

Still searching for the perfect gift for that special someone? Wild Mint Shop has everything you need whether you are shopping for your spouse, toddler, mother-in-law, or a favorite teacher.

Click here to read about nine fabulous products (selected by me!) from Wild Mint Shop -- there's something for everyone on your list!

Disclosure: I was compensated to be a blog ambassador for Wild Mint during December. Eco-novice loves working with and supporting small eco-friendly businesses!

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No Recipe Healthy, Veggie Filled, Mac and Cheese

This is a guest post by Katy Farber. Katy Farber is an author, teacher and blogger. She writes the blog Non-Toxic Kids, which features green parenting news, environment issue reporting, opportunities for activism, and book, music, and eco-friendly product reviews. You can find more tips for safer, greener, and healthier eating in her newest book, Eat Non-Toxic: a manual for busy parents, that was just released and is available now at Non-Toxic Kids. 

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Green Your Fall

Shopping at the farmer's market, opening your windows, line drying -- there are lots of ways to green your life that fit in perfectly with fall.  Check out my guest post over at Oh Amanda, the blog host of Top Ten Tuesday, to read about 10 ways to go green this fall.  Then add your own suggestion in the comments!

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Is My Laptop Too Old?

My laptop is 6 years old: dinosaur or spring chicken?  You can weigh in on this controversial question over at my guest post "How Old Is Old?" about replacing electronic devices.  Click on over to Green Phone Booth and leave a comment.

Photo credit:  ▌ÇP▐

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Creating a Zero-Waste Lunch via Kids Konserve

This post is by my friend Megan.  Megan writes about reading and writing books for kids and teens on her blog megwrites.  I love her recent posts about finding time to write and read, as well as this recent post on building your child's library on a budget (which could also have been titled: how to build an eco-friendly child's library).  She also posts original short stories and book recommendations.  She will one day be a famous YA author, so be sure and check out her blog so you can say you knew her way back before she was published.

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Will Blog For Money

This post is a bit of shameless self-promotion from someone who spends too much time blogging and not enough time making money.

Lisa of Retro Housewife Goes Green told me about the site GoodBlogs, where anyone can write a post and earn $20 if his or her post gets voted to the front page.  All you have to do to vote is create an account using an email address and password.  Lisa has been reading and writing for a little while on GoodBlogs and says she is impressed with the quality of the content.

I just published my first post on Goodblogs:  
What Should I Do First?

This post is advice I recently gave a friend of mine with small children.  She asked me what I thought she should change first as she was trying to go green and expose her kids to fewer chemicals. My advice includes 10 simple strategies for protecting your family from toxic chemicals.

If you join in and write posts for GoodBlogs, let me know below in the comments so I can you to "My Bloggers."  Here is a link to my profile page.

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Going Green with a Baby

For many people, having a child is the impetus for trying to live an eco-friendlier life.   A new mother might feel an urgent desire to reduce her child’s exposure to toxins; a new father might feel a strong obligation to leave a healthy earth to future generations.  But parenthood also usually means a sharp downturn in the amount of time, energy and money you have at your discretion to invest in researching and making major lifestyle changes.  While parenthood can motivate us to go green, it leaves us with little means to do so. 

Check out my guest post today at the recently launched website Eco-snobbery Sucks to read about 7 baby green steps I have taken with small children. Then leave a comment about the baby green steps you have taken.

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a gift for the birds

Get ready to enjoy another guest post by Kelly from miskellany.

We have a lot of family traditions to celebrate the holidays. Some of our favorite traditions are those that are inexpensive, good for the environment, and fun for the whole family. Last weekend we sipped hot chocolate while we decorated our Christmas tree inside. Today we decided to do another one of our favorite Christmas traditions, decorating a tree for the birds. Here’s how you can do it, too!

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top 10 eco-books for kids

Another guest post by Kelly of miskellany. 

Looking for environmentally-friendly books for children means more than just picking up a copy of 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth at your local bookstore or library. Tips for environmental action are great for older kids, but cultivating a love of nature can start from a very early age. Here are some of my favorite books that encourage love and respect for our planet for kids of different ages . Any one of these books would make an excellent Christmas gift for a special little someone in your life.

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What About Mom?

A reader sent in the question below about organic bras. Since I know very little about the organic cotton clothing world, I asked Rachel (of Euphoria Baby and Euphoria Maternity) to address the question. 

Q: Have you done some research on organic clothing, especially good bras that don’t break the bank and are not made in sweatshops? I see there are lot of organic cotton baby products and not much for mommy.

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