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Motivating Change in the Face of Apathy
Welcome to the Fabulous Hybrid Blog Carnival. Our topic this spring is Change! This post was written for inclusion in the quarterly Blog Carnival hosted by The Fabulous Mama Chronicles and Hybrid...
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A Mother’s Day Wish For A Better World
What makes a mother? A mother is unconditional love. (Love is a choice.) A mother is warmth. (Warmth is human compassion.) A mother is patient. (Patience is how the passionate can persevere.) A mother...
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The Problem With Genetically Engineered Food
photo credit What Are GMOs? What Are GE Foods? Simply put, GMOs are genetically modified organisms that have been genetically engineered in a laboratory by inserting DNA of different species,...
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Children, Ladybugs, Organic Gardens
Ladybugs are a great way to teach kids about natural pest control for your organic garden. While other creatures may also be beneficial insects for the garden, ladybugs are just so cute that most kids...
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Back to School Challenge, Whether You Have Kids or Not
It seems that summer just breathed her first breath of warm air on our faces and yet here we are with autumn leaves just around the next corner. Kids across the country are in the midst of the...
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Back To School: First Day
The weather is so good it hardly seems like it should be the first day of school already. I do feel a hint of that slight crispness in the air, but that real fall scent on the breeze is still missing....
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Back To School: Hungry Children in our Schools
Hunger In Our Schools Many parents of school-age children have reason to be concerned about the quality and health of the food in schools. Lots of green living advocates suggest packing your child’s...
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Back To School: Rent Your Textbooks
photo credit: andrechinn Back to College and Saving Green While so much of the focus on back-to-school is on younger children, our young adults are also heading to class. Even though I still have...
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Climate Change After Mid-Term Election
Climate Change After Mid-Term Election The activists, scientists, and policy makers working on slowing (hopefully stopping and reversing, but let’s start with the small steps) climate change, took an...
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15 Years to Global Change
15 Years… 15 years. A game changing set of time. What can possibly be accomplished over 15 years with the right tools, circumstances, and mindset? Global change. Bill and Melinda Gates just released...
View ArticleIt’s International Women’s Day 2011!
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year as a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. It is also an opportunity...
View ArticleIndependence, Education, and Environment – How do we get where we want to go?
Happy Independence Day, America! photo credit: Photo by Timothy K. Hamilton I could have written something about how to make your Fourth of July celebration eco-friendly, although I still hope you keep...
View ArticleGreen your way to school on National Walk to School Day!
How many of you still have grandparents, or great-grandparents, that talk about how far they had to walk to school? In the snow. Uphill both ways. The school that my boys go to was originally built in...
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