Making Images
Manda, better known now as The GreenMama, and I met twenty years ago on the first day of cross-country preseason when I was a freshman and she was a sophomore at Oberlin College. There was an instant energetic connection that has persisted from the very first moment. Was it because we were both devout vegans at…
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Better Plastics
Is your water bottle killing you? First, came the news about the toxic baby bottles and, then, Nalgene and Camelbak and all of my once favorite sports bottle companies phased out their polycarbonate lines (all the while denying their products have anything wrong with them). Then, everyone came out with BPA-free plastics. And, while researching…
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Speaking, Classes & Workshops
People love to learn in community. The Green Mama’s upbeat attitude, in-depth information, and love of story-telling makes her a great speaker: whether she is presenting to an audience of 1,000 or with a small handful of new moms in a Green Mama Cafe style group. Speaking The Green Mama will speak to your group….
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Green Mama: The Book
What are the most pressing problems facing new parents today? As the world has become increasingly more complicated, so has parenting. We are concerned about pervasive toxins in the environment and anxious to raise our children in ways that will protect them as well as safeguard our fragile world. Manda Aufochs Gillespie, The Green Mama,…
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Feeding Baby Better 101 (& Avoiding Toxic Bottles)
BACKGROUND ON THE ISSUE Much of what is at stake with feeding baby goes back to the discussion on toxic plastics. Quite a fervor was caused when the group Environment California released a recent report entitled, “Toxic Baby Bottles” which showed that bisphenol-A (BPA) was leaching from baby bottles. And not just some baby bottles,…
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Alternatives to toxic drycleaning: what and why and how
The Green Mama speaks with the CBC on the dangers of traditional drycleaning and the benefits of the greener alternatives
I was interviewed for a show on PERC done by the CBC and I am using this opportunity to finally do a blog about the problems of drycleaning and the healtheir alternatives. Thank you CBC for taking on this interesting issue.
Is your sunscreen increasing your child’s skin cancer chance? If it’s from these big box retailers, the answer is probably yes.
Is your child’s sunscreen actually increasing her risk of cancer?
Ten effective habits of parenting: how to make parenting healthy, green, and less guilt-ridden
Listen to The Green Mama interviewed on Women of Green about this topic.
Are You Mom Enough? The Green Mama responds to the Time photo and article
The Green Mama responds to Time Magazines: Are you Mom Enough?
See The Green Mama participate in a conversation on this topic in the video: Real Women Respond to Are You Mom Enough? on CNN.Com
Generation blame mom
The Green Mama’s Guatemalan Adventures: Adios.
Traveling (home from) Guatemala with children: Our goodbyes. Adios is used for comings and goings in Guatemala and means, literally, to God. If a picture says a thousand words, then this photo essay just about encapsulates everything I wish I could say…. (in Spanish). Leaving. Coming. Adios.
Three steps to a healthy, green, organic pregnancy
The Green Mama’s three steps to achieving the healthiest, greenest pregnancy
1. Eat organic.
Pregnant women and children will especially benefit from eating organic food.
Soy versus milk-based baby formula?
Soy versus milk formula?
Breastmilk is the healthy and green choice. However, if a baby does need formula, what next? The issue isn’t being talked about enough in the right circles because mom’s still have lots of questions, despite the fact that the research in this case gives us a clear answer to questions like soy vs. milk-based and other questions (like make my own or buy it) that no one even asks about anymore.
What your mama never told you about sunscreen. The 2011 Green Mama Guide to safer sun exposure
It’s enough to drive parents crazy: “Slather your kids in sunscreen!” we are told. Yet, we are learning that the majority of popular sunscreens might NOT provide protection from the worst of the skin cancers and might actually increase our children’s chances of getting some cancers.
Considering the Cause – New Report on Cancer
If we use chemicals that are known or suspected carcinogens in our daily lives (e.g. consumer products, food we eat, etc.) we are increasing our risk for developing cancer.
Birth Part 2: Why do so many American women die in childbirth?
My first baby was born in Chicago. At home. When I would mention home birth in that city it was akin to saying: “I like to fly stunt planes–wanna set yourself on fire and take a ride with me?” Mothers were aghast. I must be nuts, or at least horribly anti-establishment.
Green Books Campaign: The Kid's Guide to Service Projects
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books.
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