I took the kids to a local eco-baby festival called “Green Sprouts” at the park near our house on Saturday where I gathered some very useful information. Although many of these organizations/companies are based in Oregon, most of the content will be relevant regardless of location.

• Enviromom – a local group of women dedicated to sharing resources and information to help you raise “green” kids. Their booth provided some tips on how to throw an environmentally-friendly birthday party – something I really appreciate now that Thomas is at the age where he is invited to an average of two parties a month. I am proud to say that I already use his artwork as wrapping paper (the stuff I don’t want to keep) and a lot of my friends have been implementing the book swap in leiu of presents. More ideas here. The blog also led me to…
• Catalog Choice – They will remove you from the mailing list of any catalogues you don’t want. I have been meaning to do this forever and just found the perfect tool, especially with Christmas (and billions of christmas catalogues) just around the corner.
• Enjo – My Mum’s been using an enjo glove for years and it seems they have finally come to America.
• Color Me House – These were fun. Thomas spent a lot of time playing in the rocket.
• Organic Fresh Fingers – Did I mention that I will be back at work on Monday? I am open to anything to make the process a little easier, including frozen meals for my child. May as well make them healthy and organic.
• Earth Angel Worm and Garden – My dad has a worm farm. Not really something I have seriously considered, but they said they could make it easy for me. I’m sure dad would be impressed.
• Oregon Environmental Council – A ton of very useful information abotu how to protect your kids from environmental contaminants in your own home. They even gave us a free t-shirt for taking the family pledge.

Just a few small changes can make the world of difference.