Grist | Topics | 124 Results

RESULTS		Results 1 – 25 of 124
Page:1 2 3 4 5
Headline	Author	Published	Section
Sip 'n' Skip California won't ban BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups		19 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 12:58 PM on 19 Aug 2008 With 22 legislators abstaining, the California Assembly voted 31-27 Monday not to ban chemical bisphenol A in baby products. BPA is one of those things you'd like to keep out of your kid; the bill would have banned it from bottles, sippy cups, and other containers for tots. Legislators also voted 36-33 (with 11 abstentions) against a bill that would have banned equally icky chemical PFOA from food ...
Topics: California, food, green living, health, legislation, news, parenting, politics, state politics, toxics (all these topics)

Good Home Cooking How author Betsy Block convinced her finicky family to mend their dietary ways	Roz Cummins	03 Jul 2008	'Tis the Season
In her new book The Dinner Diaries: Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World, Betsy Block writes compellingly about trying to feed one's family and oneself in a nutritious, sustainable, economical, and harmonious way -- and dealing with various likes and dislikes within the family dining unit. Betsy Block Photo: Andrew Pockrose I imagine reviewers will liken the expe ...
Topics: books, food, green living, interview, parenting, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Belt Experience On car seat recycling	Umbra Fisk	23 Jun 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, What do you recommend for child car seat disposal or, better yet, recycling? Near as I can tell, options include giving them away to someone who needs them (a pretty discouraged practice) or sending them to Oregon or Colorado where a couple of renegade recycling programs are working to resolve this huge issue. I am about to become a parent, and we just bought a new car seat (bad, I know). I'd love to know if you have any ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, parenting, recycling (all these topics)

Wee, Wee, Wee All the Way Home On the never-ending diaper ado	Umbra Fisk	18 Jun 2008	Ask Umbra
My Sweet Umbra, The diaper debate continues! I've read Grist's position, and I even saw the same answer posted in your FAQs, which means I'm not supposed to be asking you about it again (all change has been effected by those of us who challenge the system!). The thing is, I disagree vehemently with your assertion that cloth diapers are as evil as disposables, and here's why: We use organic cotton diapers on o ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, green products, parenting (all these topics)

Ramblings for Fathers Day	David Roberts	15 Jun 2008	Gristmill
I have two boys. At the end of the summer they will turn, respectively, 3 and 5. The multi-billion-dollar parenting industry wants you to think that parenting is complex and technical and that you need expert advice to handle it. But I've discovered that it's fairly simple. I've unlocked the grand secret. Are you ready? Here it goes: If you want to be a good parent, be a good person. There you have it. Children will model their lives on the lives they see. So model ...
Topics: Barack Obama, green living, holiday, parenting (all these topics)

Toying with you Something for everyone in the emerging green market	Joseph Romm	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Kari Manlove, fellows assistant at the Center for American Progress. ----- Good news: Anyone looking for more environmentally responsible options now has choices. Green alternatives are turning up all over these days -- from children's toys to weddings. Families concerned with all the reports in the last year of toys tainted with lead paint will be happy to hear there's a new market for toys that bypass lead and other pote ...
Topics: green living, green products, health, parenting, shopping (all these topics)

Back in the Saddle A car-free mom gets her muscles -- and mind -- in shape for summer	Christine Gardner	11 Jun 2008	Grist Feature
I've started running a few times a week. Each morning, I grab the clothes I've set out the night before and finish getting dressed in the garage, because I don't want to wake my family. Then I go into my neighborhood and run, although running is a misnomer. Really, it's more of a jog -- and sometimes just a walk. These legs are made for parenting. These jog/walk sessions don' ...
Topics: advice, bikes, education, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Built for Two On biking with kids	Umbra Fisk	11 Jun 2008	Ask Umbra
Umbra, Your columns have opened up a whole new world on transport by bike. I don't have a question but am considering purchasing our second Xtracycle for our family. I can carry our toddler and all our groceries, or another adult, or a cooler full of beer on one side and camping gear on the other -- all by bike. Not to say I don't "have to" drive from time to time, but it keeps me out of the car about four to five days a week. ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, bikes, green living, parenting (all these topics)

This is crap Eco-diaper bag has good cause, lousy price	Katharine Wroth	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
As an expectant motha, I have to admit my editor's eye now pauses on headlines I might normally have skipped before. Like, uh, 'Collaboration Gives Birth to Innovative Eco-Diaper Bag.' Seems Seventh Generation, Healthy Child Healthy World, William McDonough, and two design and manufacturing firms have built a PVC-free, Cradle to Cradle-certified bag made from recycled plastic water bottles. Cool! And the profits go to Healthy Child Healthy World. Cool! And the cos ...
Topics: green living, green products, parenting, shopping (all these topics)

Little Steps How to green your kids this summer		10 Jun 2008	From A to Green
Once more unto the beach! Photo: Tom Twigg Child-rearing may be the ultimate eco-conundrum: If you have a child, you're adding to a population that's already burdening the planet. And as you raise that child, you may be too tired and burdened yourself to care whether all your choices are green. On the other hand, if you manage to bring up a thoughtful, conscientious kidlet whose eco-values mirror your own ... well, what a gift to Gaia. ...
Topics: advice, From A to Green, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Kyra's Path Reflecting on his daughter's future, a father says the green movement must diversify	Marcelo Bonta	10 Jun 2008	Grist Feature
The face of America is changing -- is the environmental movement ready to face change too? "Kyra, do you know this is yours?" I ask, looking down at the skinny little girl with big, curly, dark brown locks. Her hair to body proportion resembles Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat. "What do you mean?" A furrowed face of mostly che ...
Topics: advice, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Get Out ... Together This summer, form a family nature club	Richard Louv	10 Jun 2008	Grist Feature
Don't miss another sunset. In past decades, when summer rolled around, parents told their children, "Go outside, and don't come home 'til the street lights come on." In most neighborhoods, those days are unlikely to return anytime soon. Today, parents fear strangers and strange lawyers and nature itself. Though some of this trepidation is warranted, particularly in inner-city neighborhoods, much ...
Topics: advice, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Seasoned in the Sun One mother's tips for managing summer eco-dilemmas	Lou Bendrick	09 Jun 2008	Grist Feature
It's painful for you both, but still better than a day inside with SpongeBob. Photo: Tom Twigg When the last school bell rings and summer gets into full swing, we modern parents simply can't do as the previous generation did: turn our kids loose onto the chemically manicured neighborhood lawns for unsupervised games of kick-the-can, calling them inside only for the occasional application of Solarca ...
Topics: advice, food, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Splash Animation On kiddie pools	Umbra Fisk	09 Jun 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Regarding your obsession with vinyl, as pertains to summer parenting: Greenpeace's thorough Vinyl Alternatives list indicates that no good alternatives to vinyl kiddie pools exist. Do you think it is worth it to put a huge effort into manufacturing or finding a vinyl-free backyard wading experience? I can't stop thinking about this, and think it merits faking a question. Yours as always, Umbra Dearest Me, What a great questi ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, health, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Shop on Pop An eco-friendly gift guide for Father's Day	Holly Richmond	06 Jun 2008	Grist Feature
I will be your father figure, I have had enough of clime. You're already planning to whip up a delectable dinner for Dad; the lawn is freshly mown; and you're saving that request for plumbing advice 'til June 16. What else could a father ask for? If you still feel the need to shop, make sure the green you drop is actually green with these easy-on-the-Earth gift ideas. Mmm, the world of organic beer. Organic swi ...
Topics: green living, green products, holiday, parenting, shopping (all these topics)

Are we medicating and educating our solutions away?	JMG	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Best talk on education ever, from Sir Ken Robinson:
Topics: education, green living, parenting (all these topics)

Leading to problems Implications of the study linking childhood lead exposure and adult criminality	Liz Borkowski	30 May 2008	Gristmill
A study just published in the journal PLoS Medicine (and written up in the L.A. Times) suggests a link between childhood lead exposure and adult arrests for violent crimes. Studying 250 adults for whom they had prenatal and childhood blood lead level measurements, University of Cincinnati researchers found that each 5-microgram-per-deciliter increase in blood lead levels at age 6 was associated with a nearly 50 percent increased risk of arrest as a young adult (the ris ...
Topics: environmental justice, green living, health, parenting, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Candy-shaped rat poison on its way out EPA gives manufacturers three years to adjust to new regulations designed to protect children	Fawn Pattison	30 May 2008	Gristmill
The U.S. EPA announced today that it would be tightening up the safety requirements on ten nasty rodenticides that are blamed for poisoning around 10,000 children -- mostly black and Latino inner-city kids -- every year. Those ten chemicals will no longer be available in the form of little pellets that look like candy, and that small children are so prone to stick in their mouths. The new rules will require non-agricultural users of rat poison to use it only inside tam ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, regulation, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Michigan WIC whacks organic Evidently, women, infants, and children in need don't deserve organic	Tom Philpott	28 May 2008	Gristmill
The Women, Infants, and Children program provides food aid to 'low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk,' according to the USDA website. The federal government funds the program through grants to states, which then decide how to allocate the cash. Evidently, in Michigan -- a state undergoing severe economic strain -- some bureaucrats have bought into ...
Topics: environmental justice, food, green living, health, Michigan, organic food, parenting, shopping (all these topics)

BCause I Told You So Eco-parents unimpressed by 'green' Barbie accessories		12 May 2008	News
Posted at 1:09 PM on 12 May 2008 Barbie BCause, toymaker Mattel's attempt to appeal to the green-minded tyke, has turned out to be not so popular with green-minded parents. The line of patchwork-y Barbie accessories made from cast-off fabric has inspired a blogging backlash. "The eco-conscious young girls I know of steer clear of Barbie," wrote Jennifer Lance on blog Eco Child's Play. "Truly green families ...
Topics: business, green living, green products, greenwashing, news, parenting, recycling, shopping (all these topics)

Yo Mama This Mother's Day, send a Grist e-card		08 May 2008	Grist Feature
You never call, you never write -- but on Mother's Day, the least you could do is send a Grist e-card. Show your mother -- or the other beloved mothers in your life -- that you care. Simply click send, enter your info, and voila! Sincere sentiments, straight to the inbox. Uh, we mean straight to the heart. Send \| Enlarge Send \| Enlarge
Topics: funnies, green living, holiday, parenting (all these topics)

Mum's the Word An eco-friendly gift guide for Mother's Day	Holly Richmond	07 May 2008	Grist Feature
Of course, the best gifts don't come from a store. Now that Earth Day has come and gone, it's that time of year when "love your mother" can be taken literally again. But here's a bonus: green Mother's Day festivities allow you to be kind to Mother Earth and the woman who pushed you out her cervix. Of course, the best gifts are stuff-free (and even free free -- carefully planted smooch, anyone?), bu ...
Topics: advice, green living, green products, holiday, parenting, shopping (all these topics)

Strangers in the backyard Why save the planet if you don't know who lives here?	Miles Grant	23 Apr 2008	Gristmill
There were plenty of depressing numbers out there this Earth Day, from dwindling numbers of moose in Minnesota to ongoing honey bee decline. But to me, this takes the Prozac-frosted cake: a study found that while young people could identify a thousand corporate logos, they couldn't identify even a handful of plants and animals in their backyards. Will future generations care about protecting the planet if they can't even pick a starling out of a lineup? How can we ...
Topics: advertising, biodiversity, education, green living, messaging, parenting (all these topics)

Ew, Toxins Again? U.S. health agency says ubiquitous chemical may harm kiddos		16 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:24 PM on 16 Apr 2008 A U.S. federal agency has declared that there is "some concern" that chemical bisphenol A can harm the development of children's brains and reproductive systems. The National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, issued a draft report following up on an 18-month review of BPA. The agency reported more concern than was suggested by its advisory panel, ...
Topics: food, green living, health, news, parenting, politics, toxics (all these topics)

School-lunch crunch Higher food prices mean crappier cafeteria fare for kids	Tom Philpott	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
As food prices rise, who gets hit first and hardest? Clearly, urban dwellers in the global south, where people spend upwards of half of their incomes on food. According to the Wall Street Journal, here's the ever-growing list of nations that have experienced food-price riots:Rioting in response to soaring food prices recently has broken out in Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Ethiopia. In Pakistan and Thailand, army troops have been deployed to ...
Topics: agriculture, education, food, green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

Page:1 2 3 4 5		Results 1 – 25 of 124

Stories About: parenting