Hello friends. With Earth Day is just a little over a week away, I was wondering what plans you have? Are you donating your time, energy, or resources to help the planet on April 22nd?
Mr. Sweet Greens, Eben and I decided that since our favorite place in Florida is the beach, it would only make sense to do a beach cleanup.
I would love to hear the ways that you and your family will be spending Earth Day, please leave your comments below or on Sweet Greens’ Facebook Fan Page or Twitter Feed. My fave will win a green goody bag! The winner will be announced on April 22nd.
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I love the modern, eco-friendly collection that Oeuf has to offer, remember the squeeze me mittens? Well, Oeuf has just introduced the Perch Bunk bed and it is the perfect centerpiece for your child’s bedroom. It offers multiply configuration options with a sleek design. Did I mention it is eco-friendly too? I especially love it in the above configuration — that would be perfect for Eben’s room. Jump over to Inhabitots to see all of the ways that the Perch Bunk can fit into your home decor + I think it would be lovely for children who share a room!
If empty plastic milk jugs stack up in quickly in your recycling bin, there are plenty of great ways to reuse them. From a Lego scoop to a seed starter, here are a handful of fun, kid-friendly projects that make it easy to transform ordinary milk jugs into items that you and your family can enjoy all year long. Eben and I had a blast making these simple projects — all of which we create in just one afternoon. Jump over to Inhabitots to learn how to make these five simple recycled milk jug projects.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Little Village Academy a public school in Chicago has banned children from bringing their own lunches from home, unless they have a medical condition or food allergy. The reasoning behind the ban – to encourage healthy eating. I don’t know exactly what the public schools in Chicago are serving for lunch, but I have seen some of the foods being served in the public school system and I wouldn’t consider them healthy!
I have a question, what if your child is vegetarian, vegan, eats only organic, or doesn’t want to throw away milk containers, plastic ware, napkins and other food packaging everyday? The answer, if you child goes to Little Village Academy, the only choices that your child has is to eat school lunch or forgo lunch altogether.
To look at this from the school’s prospective for a moment, I can understand that many parents don’t pack their children a whole, nutritious lunch. And I have witnessed children who open their lunchboxes to find Crustables, chips, candy bars and soda. In these cases should the schools beable to tell parents what their children should be eating by banning that type of lunch brought from home?
What are your thoughts?
Whose responsibility do you think it is to ensure that our children are eating a healthy lunch?
Do you think that the government should have a say to prevent children from bringing junk food
for lunch?
Or do you think it is up to the parents to decide how their children should eat?
Would you continue to send your child to a school that dictates what they will or won’t eat for lunch?
Do you want my two cents? Maybe, rather than banning homemade lunches, this Chicago public school should ban children from bringing junk food to school. Just a thought. photo credit Ben+Sam
Hello everyone. How was your weekend? Eben and I spent Saturday at a local farm that specializes in rescuing animals. Eben had a great time horseback riding, cuddling a lion-head rabbit and he even found a lone goose egg in the grass. Isn’t it great to just step back and enjoy a day outside?
Have you had a chance to support your local farm this spring?
Hello friends. With Earth Day is just a little over a week away, I was wondering what plans you have? Are you donating your time, energy, or resources to help the planet on April 22nd? 
