Family and Health

The Healthy Green Drink Diet: Advice and Recipes to Energize, Alkalize, Lose Weight, and Feel Great

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:00:11 +0100

Celebrities, models, and nutritionists to the stars are all about the "green" drink—here's how to enjoy them at home. One juice or smoothie a day—made from green vegetables such as kale, cucumber, celery, and spinach—works wonders for organ health, immune system strength, and weight loss. Now the founder of heathygreendrink.com offers a persuasive argument for adding a green drink to your day, as well as recipes for dozens of different variations. ...

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:00:11 +0100

"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in—and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking new work, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation—he calls it nature deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and ...

The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:00:11 +0100

As a new mom, Jessica Alba wanted to create the safest, healthiest environment for her family. But she was frustrated by the lack of trustworthy information on how to live healthier and cleaner—delivered in a way that a busy mom could act on without going to extremes. In 2012, with serial entrepreneur Brian Lee and environmental advocate Christopher Gavigan, she launched The Honest Company, a brand where parents can find reliable information and products that are safe, stylish, and affordable...

Feeding Baby Green: The Earth Friendly Program for Healthy, Safe Nutrition During Pregnancy, ...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:00:11 +0100

The new "baby feeding bible" from the award-wining author of Raising Baby Green Called the "Al Gore of Parenting" by Parenting Magazine, Dr. Alan Greene has written the follow up to his best-selling book and offers parents a definitive guide for making nutritionally-sound decisions for their children. Offers parents green choices for feeding children from when they are in the womb through toddler years. ...

Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:00:11 +0100

In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care—from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely. Consumer advocate Jeanette Pavini includes information for making smart choices and applying green principles to a whole new universe of products from zero-VOC paints for the nursery, to pure and gentle lotion...

Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:00:11 +0100

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION FOR THE YOUNG CHILD, 8th Edition, covers the contemporary health, safety, and nutrition needs of infant through school-age children in one comprehensive volume, with extensive coverage of topics critical to the early identification of children's health conditions and the promotion of children's well-being. ...

How to Solar Power Your Home Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply (Back-To-Basics ...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:00:11 +0100

Now more than ever, the question of economic and environmentally friendly energy sources has become a hot topic in almost every American home. With that in mind, more and more people are turning to alternatives such as solar power as a means of saving money and reducing their imprint on the environment. This nearly carbon neutral method comes with hefty tax rebates from the federal government and in states like California and New Jersey massive rebates from the state. More states are considerin...

The Green Teen: The Eco-Friendly Teen's Guide to Saving the Planet

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:00:11 +0100

Jenn Savedge's book is packed with tips that teens can easily do to green up the world that they inhabit. Thee are also a few more challenging actions (like starting a school recycling program) for those ready to take their environmentalism up a notch. Jenn has done an impressive job creating a straightforwrd, well-organized reference book full of tips, resources and advice for eco-friendy teens. She not only explains the how's of going green; she explains the why's too, and helps teens to unders...

Eco-Friendly Crafting With Kids

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:00:11 +0100

Quirky, colourful and fun projects for pre-school kids and their parents to make together. Small children love crafting and creating, and it's educational as well as enjoyable.

Put Your Budget on a Diet: Practical Advice for Saving Money in Every Area of the Household ...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:00:11 +0100

The vast majority of the money saving books on the market today are focus on one area: saving money at the grocery store. Although there are big savings to be found at the grocery store, through smarter shopping strategies, even more money can be trimmed off of our household budgets by taking another look at the rest of our budget.

How to Have a Green Christmas: Discover 50 Ways to Have an Eco-Friendly Holiday

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:00:11 +0100

People all around the world are celebrating Christmas in a more environmentally friendly way. Celebrating a Green Christmas will not only help save the environment, it will also save you money. How to Have a Green Christmas gives you 50 ways to celebrate a more eco-friendly (and wallet friendly!) Christmas this year.

Santa Claus Is Green!: How to Have an Eco-Friendly Christmas

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:00:11 +0100

Santa Claus is having a green Christmas! In the spirit of Christmas giving, Santa shows boys and girls that they can give to others while giving back to the Earth -- and have fun while they're doing it! Simple things like riding bicycles to the store rather than taking a car, turning the tree lights off during the day and before bedtime, taking the tree to the community mulching center, using discarded newspapers for gift wrap, and making decorations and presents for one another rather than buy...

A-Z of herbs

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:00:11 +0100

This basic guide and quick reference includes both the common herbs like parsley and thyme, as well Margaret Roberts favourite plants like bulbinella and roses....

Herbal beauty for healthy living

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:00:11 +0100

This book is a must for anyone interested in creating simple, inexpensive, easy-to-make and effective products for skin and hair care as well as general beauty and health. It is full of recipes and ideas that have been developed ad perfected over many years. The recipes make use of natural ingredients such as herbs, fruits and flowers that we can grow easily in our own gardens....

Nature Smart

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:00:11 +0100

Nature Smart is a family guide loaded with lots of "gee-whiz" facts, along with accurate technical information presented in a user-friendly format. Includes a question-and-answer format and illustrations of more than 170 species of bugs, mammals, and plants.

Nature's Art Box

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:00:11 +0100

Whether it's a city park, a suburban backyard, a farmer's field, or the sandy seashore, there's a treasure trove of natural art materials out there. Twigs, vines, pinecones, flowers, leaves, rocks, shells, moss, feathers - they're all gifts of the earth. Add just a few inexpensive store-bought items, such as glue, string, and wire, and anyone can create beautiful, natural works of art....

Ripe from Around Here: A Vegan Guide to Local and Sustainable Eating

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:00:11 +0100

Get It Ripe, jae steele’s 2008 cookbook, established her as a credible and charismatic authority on veganism; her holistic nutritionist background and sassy cowpunk sensibility encouraged countless others to “get it ripe.” Her new cookbook underscores the importance of local, sustainable eating and living by helping readers deepen their understanding of organic and local foods and their positive impact on our health and our planet. The book includes chapters on the concept of loca...

ECOLOGICAL HOTELS

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:00:11 +0100

This coffee table book showcases 45 exceptional hotels in largesizecolour photos along with short descriptive texts on the ecocredentials of each hotel. These range from a stilt house in NewZealand to a camp on the end of the Namib Desert and a villagein the Alps to the avant-garde cubist hotel complex in the barrenlandscape of North East Spain. The hotels have been designedto be respective of the environment and it's natural resourceswhile at the same time offering magnificent travel experienc...

Bottle Cap Activities : Recycled Crafts for All Ages

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:50:11 +0100

From simple to sophisticated crafts, these innovatively creative projects are made of non-recyclable plastic bottlecaps! These free materials, when re-used into ingenious craft projects, are kept out of landfills and thus reduce pollution, which makes them a great lead-in for environmental science lessons -- or just for fun! These wonderful ideas are versatile enough for use in classrooms, parties, summer camps, boy and girl scout troops, projects at home, and even senior citizen ...

Green Crafts for Children

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:50:11 +0100

Kids love to make their own toys and games, gifts and ornaments. It encourages them to give full rein to their creative flair - and if they can use component parts that are adapted or recycled, so much the better for them and the planet! None of the projects in this book use any special materials. Instead, they all rely on ingredients that you are likely to have in the cupboard or items that can be found around the house or garden, or out on walks in the park or at the beach....

GREEN GUIDE: FAMILIES

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:00:11 +0100

Another in the National Geographic family of publications, this one should
be treated as your daily ‘How To’ guide for everything green for and in the
family

Storms Of My Grandchildren

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:00:11 +0100

An urgent and provocative call to action from the world’s leading climate scientist—speaking out here for the first time with the full story of what we need to know about humanity’s last chance to get off the path to a catastrophic global meltdown, and why we don’t know the half of it. In Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen—the nation’s leading scientist on climate issues—speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: The planet is hurtling even ...

Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:00:11 +0100

"Just by using certain shampoos and other personal care products, we could significantly raise the levels of some chemicals in our bodies. By eating canned food microwaved in a polycarbonate plastic container, we could raise our levels of other chemicals." This book shows you how making different choices in the products you use can immediately reduce the levels of toxic chemicals in your body, and the bodies of your loved ones. There are even tips you can use to start making easy changes today....

5 Green Products: 50 Simple Things to Fair Trade Joobles Toys

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:00:11 +0100

1. The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the EarthThis updated version for kids of the classic 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth is a handy reference for any child looking for small steps they can take to live a greener life. The layout is user friendly and appealing, and it is a great resource for the classroom and home. Not only does this book include tips, such as “plant a tree” but it includes “eco-experiments”, such as making your own recycled paper. As you...

Book Review: When Santa Turned Green

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:00:11 +0100

Have you been waiting for a green Christmas story for children? I found one. While perusing Barnes and Noble the other day I came across When Santa Turned Green by Victoria Perla.Here’s the premise. Global warming is wreaking some havoc at Santa’s workshop. It’s causing a leak in the roof. Since Santa’s got a big in with the kids of the world, he calls on them to help him take action. The children in the story do small things like planting trees and packing their lunches in reusable con...

A Review of The Green Crafter

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:00:11 +0100

The Green Crafter: 52 Eco Friendly Projects for Every Week of the Year is a cute book by Richela Fabian Morgan. In the book you’ll find a bunch of cute eco-craft projects for adults and kids. You’ll find detailed directions for fun projects like sock monkeys, very awesome paper dolls, garden butterflies, paper flowers, rock animals, ghosts on a string, photo ball ornaments, and keepsake boxes…just to name a few of my favorites. The Green Crafter: 52 Eco Friendly Projects for Every Week of...

Practically Green by Micaela Preston

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:00:11 +0100

Practically Green: Your Guide to Ecofriendly Decision-Making by Micaela Preston is exactly what it says, a practical guide to going green. This is one of the best green books I have read, probably because it isn’t all preachy and because I am a big DIY girl I just love the 30+ DIY projects included in this book. If you are a regular reader of green parenting blogs then the Mindful Momma is probably on your to-read list. That’s new author Micaela Preston. She has offered up insightful and f...

A Green Guide to Bringing Up Your Baby By Claire Gillman

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:00:11 +0100

A Green Guide to Bringing Up Your Baby: The Kind Way for You, Your Baby (0-3) and the Environment is one of the newest books to offer advice for raising a green baby. You’ll find everything you need to help you green your home, nursery, clothing, cosmetics and so much more. Start during pregnancy…or even while trying to conceive to make sure you give your new baby the greenest upbringing right from the very start....