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Posted: November 28, 2016 ...by Manda
Skincare Toxins to Know & Avoid We are swimming in chemicals, many that are known to negatively effect our bodies. So much so that now a newborn baby born in North America has over 100 known or suspected toxins already in his body at birth. Many of these chemicals can cause profound and lasting effect...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 27, 2016 ...by Manda
How to Celebrate Advent Simply, no matter what your faith This is not really a “How To” in any sort of prescriptive way. I like the simplicity of that title. Advent is defined as the four Sundays that lead up to Christmas. Yet, in my family, where we celebrate Hannukah, Christmas, and the big event...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 24, 2016 ...by Manda
Time for Spring Cleaning? Here's The Green Mama's Tips for a safe, healthy, "green" clean »Read More
Posted: November 21, 2016 ...by Manda
How to protect yourself and your family from toxins in beauty care products It was a gift. The perfect little blue and white bottle of “Gentle! For Bebe!” baby shampoo in its foam pump bottle. I used it on my baby for two years before I thought to check if it was safe. It was...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 18, 2016 ...by Laura
You can’t always get a babysitter and hit the town with your beloved. Sometimes you need to reconnect and it’s Tuesday.. read on for our favourite simple and sweet date night in ideas. My partner and I are both work-at-home/ stay-at-home parents to our toddler. Everyday is basically a date night in for us!...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 15, 2016 ...by Laura
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Posted: November 15, 2016 ...by Manda
Four household polluters that you can do something about Our indoor air is significantly more polluted than outdoor air and this is even true in most big cities. The bad news is that since we spend by far most of our days (about 90%) indoors, where the pollution is 5 to 7 times worse...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 7, 2016 ...by Manda
A beautiful, Waldorf-home, natured-inspired blessing/verse for children in the month of November…. Child’s Prayer for November Leaves are twirling everywhere – shaken by the autumn wind, spinning through the air. Thank you for time to play and time to work, time to think and time to dream. This verse is by Juliet Harmer author...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 5, 2016 ...by Manda
How to help your family ease through seasonal time change with natural sleep remedies I hate the time change, especially in the spring where it feels like that “lost” hour is never retrieved. For years, I spent the spring in Guatemala where the time does not change and it was much easier to just...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 5, 2016 ...by Manda
DIY Green Clean Your Oven (& Wood-burning stove window): Life Hack Oven cleaners can be extremely toxic and the self-cleaning feature on most ovens is so toxic that they kill many birds and sicken many humans every year. What’s the alternative? Read more about the difference between cleaning and sanitizing. In this case, you just...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 3, 2016 ...by Manda
Everything you need to get a great, green, healthy clean with simple ingredients & recipes You can tackle nearly every cleaning need in the house with four basic ingredients: baking soda, white vinegar, salt, and either borax or your favourite oxygen-based (non chlorine) cleaner for the really tough stuff. I also recommend a gentle soap...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 2, 2016 ...by Manda
Why Is Our Indoor Air So Polluted? In most of our homes, the answer to this question is, “because we have made it that way.” The pollution most often comes from things we bring into the house that release their chemical ingredients into the air of our home. Furniture, stinky cleaning supplies, paints, or any...Read More »Read More
Posted: October 21, 2016 ...by Laura
My youngest son used to adore lobster. Frequently, we would travel to the “real lobster place”, (thusly named, as the seafood shop had a lobster aquarium), where my sons would choose their live Nephropidae with some consideration. (No. I didn’t bring them home live. The lovely fishmonger did the “honors”, before giving them to me....Read More »Read More
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