Grow Green Baby's Earth Day Giveaways!

Congratulations to two lucky winners of our Earth Day Giveaway! Pamela Shockley from Carmel, IN received an organic swaddle blanket in sage from SwaddleDesigns. The winner of the VedaMama Relax Body Cream went to Mrs. Wahlberg from Scituate, MA. Congratulations again ladies! If you too want to take advantage of our giveaways, sales and promotions then go to http://www.growgreenbaby.com/ and sign up to receive our monthly newsletters!

Earth Day, Everyday.

Earth Day is April 22! The offical day to celebrate the environment. The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 to promote the ideas of ecology, encourage respect for life on earth, and highlight growing concerns over pollution of the soil, air, and water. Earth Day is now observed in 140 nations with outdoor performances, exhibits, street fairs, and television programs that focus on environmental issues. Need any ideas to help you celebrate this day with your kids?

• Reduce Electricity

Explain to your children that lights, computers and televisions use energy and that energy is in short supply. Teach your child to “turn it off!” when they leave the room.

• Take Small Steps

There are lots of “baby steps” your kids can take every day to save energy and keep the world cleaner and greener. Your kids can:
· Shut off the water when they brush their teeth
· Walk, ride a bike or take the bus instead of traveling by car
· Take faster showers or baths in just a small amount of water
· Help hang clothes on the line instead of putting them in the dryer
· Choose products that are not over packaged

• Recycle

Explain to your kids that every bottle and can they use is waste that just sits in a big pile at the local dump if we don’t recycle. Get them involved by making it their job to sort recyclables and take them out for pickup depending on their age. Consider recycled craft activities too!

• Compost

Buy a composter, fill it with kitchen scraps and garden waste on a daily basis and even help stir it to get things breaking down. Trust me, your child will love this. And, in a few months when you’ve got compost, they can take part in spreading it over the garden and seeing how “garbage” can become rich dark dirt to make a garden grow.

• Donate Gently Used Items.

If your children have old clothing, toys, shoes, or other items in reusable condition, make a family trip down to the donation center so they can see how their trash is someone else's treasure.

• Make A Reusable Bag

Plastic shopping bas are a big garbage problem -- it takes 1,000 years for a bag to break down! Have your kids help you choose some heavy fabric and sew it into simple rectangular bags with handles. Or, buy some canvas bags at a craft or environmentally friendly gift shop. Then use fabric pens to draw pictures on them. Take the bags out with you every time you shop.

• Enjoy The Earth

Kids have to love the world to want to protect it. So take nature walks and look at the trees, flowers and sky. Encourage them to take pictures, draw pictures, read books and write stories about the world and its beauty.

Earth Day Giveaway!

See what others are saying about the products we have to offer here at Grow Green Baby!
Follow the latest post on sage&savy.com. Leave a comment on their blog site and enter to win our generous Earth Day Giveaway of a SwaddleDesigns Organic Blanket in Kiwi!! Contest ends April 21.