Monthly Archives: July 2012

Eco-Tip #5. Reduce

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Ten Tips to Cut Down On Our Waste The well-known mantra – reduce, reuse, recycle – starts with the most important: reducing. Our current culture is abundantly wasteful, with new models and fads popping up constantly, and an excess in packaging and disposables that ends up in a landfill. If you haven’t yet seen The [...]

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Camping with Young Kids

Camping With Toddlers

Camping is a great activity to get out of the city, enjoy nature, and experience some memorable bonding moments out of life’s normal routines and comfort zones. Although camping with your family can be priceless, we’ve experienced and heard many stories of extremely difficult camping trips with young kids, which raises a few questions. Is [...]

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Starry Stories

Stars

Bunny woke up at the loud TAP! TAP! TAP! It was midnight, but Bunny leapt up with a map. Cubby and Who greeted Bunny with smiles. “Let’s go to the hill, where the view goes for miles.” They got to the top where they hoped to see far and marveled at millions and millions of [...]

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Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas

Lamby Baby Gift Crate

For the Little Ones Eco-friendly toys. Look for manufacturers who use organic materials and have strong ecological mission statements. The Apple Park line of toys, stuffed animals, and apparel are fun and eco-friendly all at once. Look for toys made of wholesome materials like wood instead of plastics, and make sure they don’t contain lead, [...]

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The Clean-up Crew

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“What’s this?” Bunny wondered, “It’s blocking my door.” and leaned on the garbage with pushing galore. “Help! Help!” Bunny called, and when some friends had gathered they all worked together and cleared the big hazard. “My friends,” Bunny said, with a sad look around. “Just look! There is litter all over the ground! “We’ve got [...]

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