• Last updated 7/10/09 by Mothering Editorial

In 2007, Green Halloween (GH) took the Seattle area by storm, as families across the Puget Sound celebrated a healthier and more Earth-friendly holiday. News spread to parents, kids, educators, organizations and businesses from other parts of the country who want to get involved too—GH has been asked to bring their model nation-wide. So in 2008, they're officially making Green Halloween a cross-country initiative—and they need your help to do so.GH is looking for one person (or organization) from each city to be the GH Coordinator in their community. GH coordinators are... read more

• Last updated 7/10/09 by Mothering Editorial

According to the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to discontinue its pesticide reporting program at the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The program tracked and monitored national pesticide use.Because pesticide use has increased in the last ten years, it has become more important than ever to report its use to consumers, farmers, environmental groups, and scientists. You can learn more about the USDA, NASS, and pesticide reporting on the OCA website.Please contact USDA Secretary Ed Schafer and your... read more

• Last updated 7/10/09 by Mothering Editorial

As part of Burger King's commitment to the Better Business Bureau's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative, the company has promised not to "approve, pay for, or actively seek the placement of Burger King food or beverage products in the program/editorial content of any medium in the United States primarily directed to children under 12 years old."The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) has announced that the company is actively involved in cross-promotions with the new PG-13 movie Iron Man. Burger King products appear in the film, and Burger King will... read more

• Last updated 7/11/09 by Mothering Editorial

By Candice O'Grady Web Exculsive - November 3, 2008 In the lead up to November's election, it would seem that mothers have something to celebrate. Since Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was thrust into the political spotlight as John McCain's running mate, motherhood became part of the national conversation. Before breaking open the Champagne, though, the coverage itself demands serious scrutiny. Rather than seeking to explore whether the candidates' political platforms support the creation of healthy families, discussions of motherhood have focused largely on an inane... read more

• Last updated 9/21/10 by Mothering Editorial

By Gary Ruskin Issue 121: November/December 2003 Early in the 20th century, urban squalor was emerging as an unsettling fact of American life, and there was great concern in the US over undernourished children. "At least one-third of all industrial families in the United States are underfed," concluded one 1911 study of Americans' standard of living.1 Nervous parents measured their kids against weight and height charts. Public health officials sounded a continuous alarm. Dr. Josephine Baker, head of New York City's Department of Health, worried that malnutrition was... read more

• Last updated 7/13/09 by Mothering Editorial

By Melissa Chianta Web Exclusive This past winter, Web Editor Kimber Pasquali and I were invited to attend a peace and social justice advocacy conference in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The Human Forum of Puerto Rico was held in early December 2005 and was sponsored by the Alliance for a New Humanity, a nonprofit organization formed by such luminaries as Deepak Chopra and Nobel laureates Oscar Arias and Betty Williams.About 30 nonprofits or "exchange agents," 50 panelists, many of whom represented their own nonprofits, and several hundred attendees came together to talk... read more

• Last updated 9/21/10 by Mothering Editorial

By Rob Williams Issue 127, November/December 2004 We live in the most media-saturated society in the history of the world. Americans spend between 10 and 12 hours a day consuming media through ever-more sophisticated technological delivery systems, including (for the average household) three televisions and radios, two VCRs and CD players, one computer, one video game player, and a bewildering variety of newspapers, comic books, magazines, books, and other print media.1 As we enter the 21st century, this situation might seem to call for celebration—more media... read more

• Last updated 1/21/10 by Mothering Editorial

This resource list is a continuation of the article "Crazy for Cloth" appearing in the Jan/Feb 2003 issue of Mothering, page 36. All Cozy Baby (979)482-3744 www.allcozybaby.com Babies Under Wraps (888) 599-BABY www.babiesunderwraps.com Baby Bunz 800-676-4559 www.babybunz.com Baby Mine Store 877-314-KIDS (5437) www.babyminestore.com Baby N More 877-342-7379 www.babynmore.com Babyworks 800-422-2910 www.babyworks.com Barefoot Baby 800-735-2082 www.barefootbaby.com Behind Baby 613-742-6034 www.behindbaby.com Bummis 888-828-6647 ... read more

• Last updated 9/21/10 by Mothering Editorial

By Jane McConnell Issue 88, May/June 1998 I have three children in diapers--a nine month old, a two year old, and a four year old who wets at night. In rough numbers, this means our household has changed more than 20,000 dirty diapers in four years. Now, I'm not a glutton for punishment, and like all working mothers I don't have a lot of spare time. But I've chosen cloth diapers over disposables from the beginning. Like breastfeeding and drug-free childbirth, cloth diapering has always seemed to me to be the most "natural" approach. Yet, even in an environmentally... read more

• Last updated 6/27/09 by Mothering Editorial

"The best gift I ever gave a child was a gaudy cast-iron chicken that I pulled from the metal-recycling bin. I thought it was a joke that would leave the four-year-old boy out of the loop and endear me further to his mom. Well, both of them really like it, and it props their country door open. Basically, I had to find a birthday present 'cause my wife told me so. I always complain that we should just bag it and let the material culture of birthdays suffer down. Her response: 'Well, you get him something.' So I scored at the dump and felt win-win-win all the... read more