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 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 Parenting…read more >>
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Sara Snow
Sara 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:

Green Baby

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 |