Green Options

Here are my own personal steps to becoming a “green being”:

1} Try to stop driving exclusively gasoline powered automobiles. Carpool at least
once a week. Ride Public Transportation when you can and encourage Public Transit to
utilize/purchase alternative fuel buses (bio-deisel, natural gas, electric, etc.)

The current slow economy can actually bring children and their parents closer to nature, says REAL School Gardens. It suggests parents slow down, take a deep breath, and step into the backyard or a local park with their child.

“Connecting with nature calms and soothes both children and adults, and it is something that both children and adults can do for a wealth of benefits, for free”, says REAL School Gardens.

As my 4-year-old son starts his first year of preschool this month, my concerns for him have entered a whole new realm. School means new friends and new experiences, which are great. But it also means exposure to new habits, preferences and ideas that aren’t always good for him. Some kids might bring in lunches heavy in junk food, which I try not to feed my son. Some might be obsessed with

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