Love Links to the Green Mom Blogs

After watching Oprah’s Earth Day show, it hit me that I can do more to stop the tidal wave of garbage floating in our oceans and piling up in landfills.  So, my big shift was to stop using plastic or paper at the grocery store.  Instead, I’ve stocked up on canvas totes and bring them with me.  It is far easier carrying five totes into the house, rather than dozens of plastic grocery bags, cutting into fingers, loaded with just a few items each.  I picked the blogs because they have easy, do-able, and realistic ways to go green.

Naturemom shops at thrift stores, has a productive garden going, and posts easy to do green tips.  She also reviews parenting books.  I particularly liked her review on attachment parenting–a kinder, nurturing way to be a mom.

Greatgreengoods shows pictures of beautiful earrings and necklaces created by a woman who cleans foreclosed homes during the day and turns the salvaged goods into beautiful jewelry at night.   This may be a new business trend for moms–launching businesses to clean up foreclosed homes and yards and then recycling or reselling the goods. 

I love anything that has to do with donating pennies!  Greenmomreview explains one way to get your kids involved in conservation activities through a program established by the National Audubon Society.  And it costs. . .just pennies. . . to make a difference.

Simplemom has done a stellar job at putting together 40 easy ways to go green.  Check the list!  I’m sure many of us already do some of the things on the list, but others may be easier than you think.  

Mama Goes Green has the cutest portable bags I’ve ever seen.  These are so much more attractive than the totes I use.  Her giveaway is over, but if you think using your own tote has to be ugly, look at these.  You will be stylin’ at the store whenever you use these.

This is my new favorite green website.  Thea merged with another green website and the result is a gorgeous, friendly, usable site.  Want to know how to make your own kid-friendly, economical and safe insect repellent?  Or find resources to buy disposable forks and plates that totally decompose in 60 days? 

Here is an easy, cost effective and natural way to clean your bathroom. Time to get an empty spray bottle and mix together your own friendly cleaning products.