Having just spoken on a Children In Nature panel at the Bioneers Conference, with Cheryl Charles, President of the Children and Nature Network, and Gary Paul Nabhan, author of the Geography of Childhood, I came home to my son wanting to sleep on the floor next to our dog. It was such sweet, sweet [...]
Category Archives: Books
Big Green Purse
July 31, 2008 – 12:59 am
Thanks to the vision and generosity of best selling environmental writer Diane MacEachern and her publisher, Amanda Tobier, (Penguin) many of our EcoMom Community Leaders will be receiving copies of Diane’s latest book, Big Green Purse. The recent press buzz surrounding Big Green Purse has been phenomenal and no surprise as Diane is no greenie [...]
Feelin’ Chipper
June 2, 2008 – 11:28 pm
It’s official. Corbin and I are in love with a suburban squirrel named Chipper. Created by Stephanie Rach, founder of IAGmedia, Chipper is the star of Into the Great Outdoors which tells the story of this perky little creature as he explores the wonders of the environment around him. Through mishap and adventure, Chipper teaches [...]
Those were the days . . .
May 6, 2008 – 7:38 pm
Once upon a time there was an oh-so-not-tech savvy mom who still owned a 2002 Nokia phone with nothing more than calling and text messaging capability. Then, in an effort to inspire women around the world, she started something called The EcoMom Alliance and lo and behold, a year and a half later she is [...]
Save A Bag
May 4, 2008 – 10:57 pm
For a fun little read introducing young children to the importance of reusable bags, check out My Bag and Me, by Karen Farmer with illustrations by Gary Currant. Complete with a real bag discreetly packed within the book, it is a quick and simple piece for tiny hands and the story reminds us all that [...]
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