Green Babies; our future

When people say 'it's not easy being green' as our beloved Kermit the frog said so many years ago - I hear myself saying, but it is easy, if you have the 'know how' that is; if you live a 'Clean Life'. Unfortunately though at this stage, that is only a partial truth - being Green can still be a daily struggle. Whether you have found yourself thirsty for water on an outing with only plastic bottled options or have been searching for months for a sofa that isn't made with Formaldehyde based glues - being a Yippy (cross between a yuppy and a hippy) has a few difficulties.

At times it can seem impossible to win, you can be putting your heart and soul into being green, to be faced by friends and family, who really can't work out why you care so much. Then there are others that just simply don't know the science behind being green and therefore have no impetus to change. I myself am the first to admit that my change to true modern environmentalism was relatively late and initially triggered more by a concern for health than the world.

My hope is that my generation is the last generation of late adaptors. If we can bring kids up with being 'green' as an every day part of life - perhaps they will be less inclined to continue on our path of excess consumption and environmental degragration.

So whether you bring your kids up with eco-nappies, worm farms, recycling, creative eco-craft, organic food or water wise strategies - remember that it is not just what you are doing now that has benefit - it is the belief system that these actions instill in our children, that will provide ongoing protection for the earth, long after our own eco-funerals.

Did being a good parent just get harder? Possibly, but I am sure we are all up to the challenge.

Making living a Clean Life easier

Over the past six months we have had some wonderful feedback from thankful subscribers who have prasied us for making getting started on a Clean Life easier. You have told us that making one change a week is in most cases not only achieveable but surprisingly satisfying. There have also been many reports of improvements in health (especially decreases in allergies and skin conditions) and general wellbeing - so by all means keep the good news coming.............

We know however that for every person making these great changes, there is likely to be someone who is still finding it hard to find the time or resources to 'Come Clean' so we need your help................

Tell us what we can do to make 'cleaning up your act' easier and perhaps more fun. Let us know what you see as the major barriers to buying organic and eco-friendly products. Give us the goss on why you just can't be bothered recycling or why you couldn't care less if your moisturiser has carcinogens in it.

CleanLife is based on the concept that you don't have to strap yourself to a tree or give up your modern and stylish life to reduce both your environmental impact and exposure to dangerous synthetic chemicals.

We want to make living green as easy and stylish as possible, so please, spill the beans..............(organic of course)

The best two BLOGS or emails that we receive on this topic between now and the 19th October will receive a 250gm Toby's estate Certified Organic, Fair Trade coffee bag, donated by Leaf and Bean Coffee House,142 Railway St, Cottesloe, WA.