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Baby diaper options- Biodegradable Composting Diaper Service
In response to the cloth diaper quandary, probably the best option out there is a biodegradable diaper composting service called Earth Baby. They work much like a cloth diaper service, but use biodegradable diapers and wipes. Now here is the best part... they collect the dirty diapers and compost them in a industrial facility completing the link ...
Posted to The Green Lantern by jplacount on January 23, 2009
Regarding the Wall-E article...
''Wall-E tells us that if we don't change the way we live, we'll all get really fat and destroy the world.'' You'll find no bigger supporter of the first amendment than me. However, I think the statement above, quoted from the article is a little biased. To me, it sounds like someone who is just looking for a reason to look down on ...
Posted to Green Room by CWickham on July 11, 2008
When moms have the freedom
I am so happy my husband supports my desition of staying with my child at home. I just couldn't leave him in childcare. I tried 3 different center after I actually visited like 15. It was just so devastating. I came home to cry all evening for leaving my child with who know who... We couldn't afford for me not to make money, we need my income. But ...
Posted to Number 1 by ptiffany on May 10, 2008
what mommies do
Lots of moms who have decided to stay home because they just can't leave their babies in daycare, either because they find the separation too hard or because after having to pay childcare fees and gas they don't really bring much money home, they are doing GPT sites from home. I am one of them. No, I didn't believe in those sites at first. My ...
Posted to Moneybox by ptiffany on May 10, 2008
Breast Feeding = Higher IQ?
IIn my opinion, Breast Feeding Cy opinion breast feeding CAN be a way to increase IQ. But it is only ONE way. And if Breast Feeding is the ONLY good thing a baby experiences, breast-feeding will probably help only minimally....if at all. I mean.....was Nero breast-fed? Probably. Was Caligula or Ivan the Terrible? Yes, there too. Bottle ...
Posted to Family by discuss on November 12, 2007
Re: Original Sin
Hooray! Someone is telling it as the environmental problem really is, that humans will consume and produce waste no matter what. Of course the more humans, the more consumption and waste. Not just Americans need to control population growth but every country and immigrant on the planet. We can ill afford the environmental and economical impact.
Posted to Green Room by mtnsshore on September 14, 2007
a modest proposal
One idea I rarely see mentioned in these discussions is the importance of delayed reproduction. This is just a matter of logic - think of it this way: scenario A: a couple who has two children when they are 20ish will have 16 descendents after 80 years, assuming their descendents follow the same pattern scenario B: a couple who has two children ...
Posted to Green Room by SIgh on September 13, 2007
Re: Economic Consequences of Depopulation
He mentioned one economic point: That an additional person will cause $20,000 in ''carbon damage'' over their lifetime. Given that the average person creates FAR MORE than $20,000 in economic benefits over their lifetime, it seems to me that babies would be a very very good thing. Unless we want to total extinction of the human race, then we ...
Posted to Green Room by ednever on September 12, 2007
Get real
Ah, the newest status symbol - a baby's bare bottom. Shall we call it the ''plastic diaper backlash?'' For something that is such a natural progression, overindulgent parents now find it necessary to obsess over elimination. It sounds like the parents are the ones who are getting trained here. I'm all for breastfeeding in Lady's lounges (I ...
Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by naturegirl on August 30, 2007
Kill Idealism While They're Young
While I hate eco-snobs, the scene in which the kids are told to hush in the face of people shampooing in a stream made me sad. The kids had a legitimate point, and it feels that the reason to ''let them be'' was not out of a libertarian ideal but a fear of making a scene. I know because I go through it, too. It used to be a little voice inside ...
Posted to Family by darling on July 12, 2007