Green Living

Raising healthy kids means that we must also create a sustainable and healthy future for them and the environment they live in. From small steps to big ones, we can each make a difference by living greener and working to heal the planet, as we live simply and reduce the impact of our consumer-based culture.

Meet Our Experts:

Peggy O’Mara

peggy-web-2Peggy O’Mara, Publisher and Editor of Mothering Magazine, is the mother of four grown children. She has gained international celebrity as publisher, editor and owner of Mothering Magazine. She is also the author of two books: Having a Baby Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth and Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parentingread more >>

 

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Sara Snow

sara-snow-web1Sara Snow has been called “first generation organic”, and “green living’s real deal” and it’s easy to see why. Sara grew up surrounded by organic gardens, compost heaps and a family with an infectious passion for green living. Her dad, Tim Redmond, co-founded some of the heaviest hitters in the world of organics: Eden Foods, American Soy Products and Blue Horizon Organic Seafood. Seven years into a career as an Emmy Award-winning television producer and news reporter/anchor, Sara left and created her own TV series with practical advice on living green for the Discovery Networks: Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow, both of which have helped Sara reach millions of viewers with a message of simple, attainable green living. In 2009 she co-hosted Big Green Lies for the Fine Living Channel. Sara is known for her regular segment Living Green on CNN.com LIVE, she’s a featured blogger on Treehugger.com and host of the DVD, Growing Green Babies (Gaiam). read more >>.

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Books:

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Green Baby

 

 

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Sara Snow’s Fresh Living: The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home

 

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Articles:

10 Tips to Go Green

Sustainable You

Our Low-Carbon Diet

5 Ways to Stay Green with the Kids Back at School

Keeping it Simple

Slow Lane

TV is Not Good for Kids

Having a Healthy, Sustainable Summer

Counting our Food Miles

Greening Any Home

Greenwash: When the Green is Just Veneer

What’s the Dirt on Household Cleaners?

Less is More – Taming the Power of Possessions

The Trouble with Perfume

Celebrating Green

Tips for a Green Thanksgiving Dinner

Saying No to Bottled Water

Finding a Green Job

The Real Dirt on Sewage Sludge

Small Houses are Good for the Planet

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