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Convenient Truths: Only 9 Days Left To Enter!
This savvy entrant realized that swaddling her baby's bum in disposable diapers (or nappies as the New Zealanders say) was contributing to a problem much worse than messy poop: climate change. She...
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Potty Whispering: More on Diaper/Nappy Free Babies
Maybe you missed our earlier post a couple of years ago on 'elimination communication', a process of parents and child working together so that baby can avoid wearing a diaper (or nappy). Friends have...
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TH Forums Highlights: Green Wood Stoves, Cloth Diapers and More
1) stevejust has some bad news to report: "Friday (the 13th) I was riding home,
View ArticleNow That's Poopy: Ebay Bans Reusable Diapers
[Correction: See comments section for Trish's update - it looks like used diapers are currently on sale via ebay after all. We are not sure if this is a change in policy, or whether the original...
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TreeHugger Mom Says, It's In The Bin!
Ever wonder where TreeHugger writers get their inspiration and spunk? Meet a TreeHugger mom, Patsy from Newmarket, Ontario. Israel's writer Karin is back in the Canadian nest for a few weeks where she...
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Most Huggable: Home Solar Revolution, Green Remodeling Tips and Green Diapers
Get the story on the eco-impact of your morning shower.
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Ideal Bite Introduces Mama Bite: Easy Tips For Greening Motherhood
Ideal Bite serves up free, bite-size daily tips for liven' green with a side of personality. Now the company is introducing Mama Bite to help new and seasoned moms in their plight to keep it green....
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From the Forums: What to Do With Disposable Diapers?
We have a newborn and have a cloth diaper service. The problem is we got a few disposable diapers for gifts which came with the packages opened ("a diaper cake" which is pretty sad). So we have quite...
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Green Eyes On: 9 Great Last-Minute Green Gift Ideas
Last week, I did a segment for The CBS Early Show on green gift ideas, and Harry Smith, co-anchor of the show, remarked that it was the best green gift segment he’d ever done. I won’t take credit for...
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Seventh Generation CEO Jeffrey Hollender on "Big Green Lies" and Earth Day
This past Tuesday, I had the fortune of attending a premiere party hosted by my favorite green cleaning brand, Seventh Generation. Partying in the penthouse
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Infant Potty Training: Diaper Free Babies?!
Image credit: White-Boucke Books Diapers: reusables or biodegradables? Until recently, I had assumed that was the only options for a coming eco-parent like myself. But somehow I had completely missed...
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Part-Time Diaper Free: Elimination Communication for the Rest of Us
Only last weekend I was musing on infant potty training and elimination communication (EC) - wondering whether it's really possible to go diaper-free if you're a working parent. (For more scoop on EC,...
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Off Grid Couple Answers Questions about their Mortgage Free Life
Last week, we introduced you to Abe and Josie, a young couple in the Chihuahuan Desert who built their own home with virtually no experience, designed a popular and inexpensive wind turbine, and...
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From a Green Car Subsidy to a Green Diaper Rebate in Sweden
In Sweden a motion has been submitted to Parliament to give families that choose cloth diapers for their newborns a $75 subsidy for their green efforts. A group of Swedish moms say the Swedish
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From the Forums: Trashing the Disposable Diaper
GreenBob has a problem with Pampers: I know people here probably don't use them but I believe a ban on disposable diapers would do a lot of good for the world. I notice many young parents who are...
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The Green Baby Checklist: What New Parents Need
Whether you're a first-time parent or a Duggar-inspired couple with 18 (or is it 19?) kids and counting, making green choices on everything from diapers and bottles to cribs and blankets can keep your...
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With a Hybrid Diaper, a French Designer Greens Babies' Bottoms
At the Meet My Project design exposition in Paris this week, French designer Florence Hallouin presented her latest work. Hallouin, a graduate of the prestigious Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation...
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This Dollhouse is an Architect's Dream
If you want your child to become an architect, this is the dollhouse to buy for her (him?). Called the Stackhouse, it is a TreeHugger architect's dream. It is flat pack, DIY, certified wood and...
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Aussie Mums Returning To Cloth Nappies (Diapers)
Last month the results of a survey into nappy (diaper) use in Australia were released. Whilst the findings focused mostly on which brand of disposable nappy (diaper) was favoured and why, the research...
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Dirty Diapers? Knowaste Will Turn Them Into Roofing Material
For those of us who wince every time a dirty diaper is discarded, take heart: Canadian company Knowaste can now transform those soiled, disposable nappies into roofing material. That's right, billions of
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10 Best Green Baby Diapers on the Market
Not only are traditional disposables wasteful, they also scratch baby's tender skin. Try these eco alternatives instead.
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7 reasons why cloth diapers are more awesome than you might think
Before jumping on the disposable bandwagon, take a moment to learn about the many benefits of using cloth diapers.
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From Doula to diapers: bringing up a green baby
A new baby entering your life can create an enormous number of unexpected changes, here are some tips to help you bring green to your babies life.
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Elimination communication: Why we use infant potty training
Practicing elimination communication, or infant potty training, with babies isn't the same as toilet training older children, but it sure does make that process much easier.
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Vanuatu bans disposable diapers in fight against plastic
Parents will have to embrace the old-fashioned cloth diapering method. That's not a bad thing.
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