Mommy Goes Green

Earth Day 2009 is THIS Wednesday, April 22 – here are 10 ways to participate!

1. Find a local event. 
2. Pack your kids a waste free lunch.  Include a cloth napkin, reusable lunch bag, drink bottle and sandwich containers. ( don’t include anything prepackaged )
3. Get rid of junk mail – start by cancelling unwanted catalogs.
4. Get outside - go for a hike or bike ride.
5. Tune your kids into PBS Kids special Earth Day cartoons.
6. Do a craft using recycled materials- from cotton ball trees to ladybug rocks.  I love the pet food scoop!
7. Plant a garden – it can be as easy as visiting a local gardening store to pick up strawberry plants.  Imagine  your kiddos eating home grown, pesticide free fruit ( and loving it! ).
8. Replace one conventional cleaning product with a toxic free one – for a quick, easy to find brand, check out Seventh Generation products.
9. Carpool, walk or take public transportation.
10. Watch BIG GREEN LIES, a new show on Fine Living Network.  Some of the topics:
    • should a smog alert be issue for your living room?
    • organic vs. non-organic foods?
    • paper or plastic?
    • the debate over disposable vs. cloth diaper continues…..

Let me know how YOU celebrate!  And if you watch Big Green Lies, let me know what you think – we don’t get Fine Living Network so I will sadly miss it!