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• 6 Ways to Go Green for Back to School

  It's that time of year again -- get ready to sharpen those pencils, dust off those books and head back to school! This year, make your kid's back-to-school routine easier on the planet with these six easy adjustments.

• Green Your Kid: Gardening

  It's never too early to teach kids how to protect the planet. Start your child on the path to eco-awareness by showing her how to have fun in the garden.

• Conservation With Kids

  Teach your tikes how to go green with these recycling, conservation and reusing activities just for kids.

• The Quest for Eco-friendly Toys

  For the first year and a half of my son’s life, he was content to play with an empty shoe box or a handful of crinkly scraps of wrapping paper.

• Fun Earth Day Activities for Kids

  It's time to show your love for the planet! Celebrate this Earth Day with our kid-friendly activities and crafts.

• Green Your Kid: Trade Screen Time for Together Time

  This summer was fairly relaxing and unstructured for my brood. With the exception of a couple of weekends away, we opted for a home-improvement-themed "staycation" instead of a big trip.

• How to Beat the Winter Blues

  Keep spirits up -- and the kids entertained -- this winter with these simple, eco-oriented indoor activities.

• Holiday Fun: Making Gifts and Cards With Kids

  DIY holiday cheer is easy -- and green -- with these unique holiday crafts!

• Green Your Kid: Thanksgiving Fun for the Family

  You're probably looking forward to bringing the family together over a big, beautiful meal on November 25. What could be better than showing your kids how to celebrate the holiday in planet- and wallet-friendly ways?

• Favorite Fall Family Activities

  Looking for ways to enjoy the season? Try these five fun autumn activities for the whole gang.

• How Does Your Garden Grow?

  Forget the grocery store -- the new go-to spot for the freshest produce? Your backyard. These five steps will get your garden up to planet-friendly speed in no time flat.

• Build a Happy World for Your Baby

  Making your baby’s home, environment and surroundings clean and bright doesn’t have to mean taking big steps -- or breaking the bank. Here, three simple ways to bring joy to bath time, playtime and bedtime.

• Perfecting the (Green) Picnic

  As soon as the frost fades, I itch to dine alfresco, preferably in the grass, preferably with bare toes.

• Reusing and Recycling 101

  Reduce, reuse, recycle: We all know the phrase. While reducing what you use is one thing, understanding the difference between reusing and recycling is another.

• Spring Fling: Helping Kids Go Green This Season

  As the weather gets warmer, it's time to find fun ways to get the younger set involved in eco-activities like gardening, easy composting, spring-cleaning and more.

• New Uses for Old Things: Household Odds and Ends

  As a busy, penny-wise, green-minded mama, I'm on an ever-present mission to find new uses for things that may otherwise end up as trash.

• Kid-friendly Gardening Tips

  Whether you plant pumpkins or petunias, gardening with your kids can cultivate a lifelong love of green. These four easy steps will get you started.

• Green Lessons From Kids

  Planet-friendly parenting has never been easier: You can shop for sustainable baby clothes online, scour blogs for healthy recipes and chat with other green-minded moms on discussion boards. But don't forget about the tiny resource residing right under your roof!

• Save up for Family Fun

  Small changes can equal big savings -- and big fun! The money you save from these easy eco-adjustments can pay for some quality family time.

• Green Glossary: Earth Day

  Some holidays are represented by bunnies and eggs, others by pumpkins and candy. But what's the scoop behind the holiday that honors the one thing we all share -- Earth Day?

• Green Glossary: Filtered Water

  You know that tap water is great for the environment -- it keeps single-use plastic bottles out of the trash -- and filtered water is the safest way to drink from the tap. But how does a filter work, exactly?

• Green Your Kid: Getting Wise About Waste

  These easy trash-reducing tips will have the whole family going green and having fun.

• Conservation in the Classroom

  To help your kids grow up in a healthy, environmentally sound world, start by bringing easy green changes into their school.

• Love the Earth -- and Your Sweetie -- This Valentine’s Day

  Add some green to your V-Day celebrations this year by making easy changes and involving the whole family.

• You Made That Detergent Bottle Into a What?

  I know that reusing is a key component of the three Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). I've turned my old jelly jars into coin collectors, my ripped jeans into stylish summer shorts, and my tired T-shirts into rags for household cleaning.

• Play-and-learn Games for Kids

  Combine quality family-bonding time with great eco-games for kids. You’ll have a blast and learn a lot!

• Give a Better Gift

  This season, try these simple ideas that will minimize waste -- and maximize holiday fun.

• Baby Goes Vintage

  What you need to know before choosing previously loved items for your little one.

• Green Your Kid: Halloween!

  From costumes to candy, there's plenty to love about Halloween. But it may not always be as fun for the planet as it is for us. Want to have a green Halloween this year? Here's how.

• Yoga for Families

  Turn off the TV and step onto your mat.

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• Green Your Kid: Trade Screen Time for Together Time

  This summer was fairly relaxing and unstructured for my brood. With the exception of a couple of weekends away, we opted for a home-improvement-themed "staycation" instead of a big trip.

• You Made That Detergent Bottle Into a What?

  I know that reusing is a key component of the three Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). I've turned my old jelly jars into coin collectors, my ripped jeans into stylish summer shorts, and my tired T-shirts into rags for household cleaning.

• 3 New Ways to Have Fun With Snow

  Try these fun -- and delicious! -- ideas to mix up your kids' snowy-day fun.

• Ready, Set, Reuse! Halloween Edition

  Looking for ways to repurpose Halloween goods after the spooky season? These tips make it easy.

• Green Your Kid: Gardening

  It's never too early to teach kids how to protect the planet. Start your child on the path to eco-awareness by showing her how to have fun in the garden.

• The Quest for Eco-friendly Toys

  For the first year and a half of my son’s life, he was content to play with an empty shoe box or a handful of crinkly scraps of wrapping paper.

• Perfecting the (Green) Picnic

  As soon as the frost fades, I itch to dine alfresco, preferably in the grass, preferably with bare toes.

• New Uses for Old Things: Household Odds and Ends

  As a busy, penny-wise, green-minded mama, I'm on an ever-present mission to find new uses for things that may otherwise end up as trash.

• Green Lessons From Kids

  Planet-friendly parenting has never been easier: You can shop for sustainable baby clothes online, scour blogs for healthy recipes and chat with other green-minded moms on discussion boards. But don't forget about the tiny resource residing right under your roof!

• Green Glossary: Earth Day

  Some holidays are represented by bunnies and eggs, others by pumpkins and candy. But what's the scoop behind the holiday that honors the one thing we all share -- Earth Day?

• Green Glossary: Filtered Water

  You know that tap water is great for the environment -- it keeps single-use plastic bottles out of the trash -- and filtered water is the safest way to drink from the tap. But how does a filter work, exactly?

• Green Your Kid: Thanksgiving Fun for the Family

  You're probably looking forward to bringing the family together over a big, beautiful meal on November 25. What could be better than showing your kids how to celebrate the holiday in planet- and wallet-friendly ways?

• Green Your Kid: Halloween!

  From costumes to candy, there's plenty to love about Halloween. But it may not always be as fun for the planet as it is for us. Want to have a green Halloween this year? Here's how.

Simple Steps

• Raising a Planet-friendly Child

  It’s never too early to start your little one on a green path. Here are four easy ways to introduce him to eco-friendlier living.

• Throw a Green Birthday Party

  Birthday parties are an essential part of childhood, but they can also be a major source of waste. Fortunately, there are ways to celebrate without skimping on the fun. Make these simple shifts to your party planning and give the kids a day they won’t forget.

• Better for Baby

  It’s easy to give your wee one a healthy head-start with safe, eco-friendly choices. Here are five ways to protect the planet and your bundle of joy.

• Pack a Greener Lunch

  Whether you’re putting together a midday meal for the office or sending your kids off to school with nutritious lunchtime goodies, it’s easy to pack a greener lunch:

• Five Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy

  You may have subsisted on cheese puffs and reality TV before you got pregnant, but the next nine months are the perfect excuse to treat your body in a whole new way.