Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
I'm not sure if I mentioned Mother-Ease in my post about cloth diapering. But I am starting to think it is the best company ever!
First, they do amazing diapers. Everyone that I know who tried them have rated them as the best diapers ever. They work so much better than ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Last night, I had to turn the heat back on in our baby's room. It was chilly and his hands were quite cold when I went to feed him at 3 am. Not sure exactly how low the temperature was outside, but it barely went over 10 during the day, ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Apparently, Earth Hour 2008 was a success. People around the world turned off their lights, landmark buildings went dark, etc. Yet it left me slightly disappointed. I guess I was expecting too much of the event. Vancouver was participating, and although I heard about it for the first time last ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Now, I'm not one to complain about the weather. I barely notice the rain in Vancouver: when everyone is whining that it's horrible outside, I put on good clothing, roll down the rain cover on our stroller and go for a walk with my ever happy dog. I enjoy the ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
On this Saturday, March 29 at 8 pm, millions of people will turn of their lights for an hour to take a stand against global warming. This initiative, created by the World Wildlife Fund, started in Sidney, Australia last year. They were hoping for a 5% decrease in energy consumption ...
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
I have been delaying writing a follow-up post to "I’m sorry, why is there lead in my dinnerware?" for a while, however after hearing last week a very unsettling news report out of Utah, in which a toddler may have suffered lead poisoning in utero and from breast milk due ...
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Using cloth diapers is not as complicated as people may think, but there are a lot of things to think about and when you have never seen anyone use them, it can certainly be intimidating at first. So here is a summary of what it has been like for us.
We ...
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