Help Your Child Turn Green

January 3, 2009 Books for children, Educational products, Giveaways, Green, Reviews 46 comments

Children have a strong sense of justice, and they love to rally behind a worthy cause (just think of all those kiddie movies where friends band together to save something from an evil grown-up).

The Little Environmentalists aim to arm children with facts to inspire them to go green! I’m Turning Green is the second book in their series of eco-themed children’s titles.

I’m Turning Green, readers follow a little girl as she learns how to do her part for the environment. Each time she does something to help the planet, she begins to turn the color green, from head to toe!
I’m Turning Green is full of tips from a child’s point of view on how to conserve energy, water, and natural resources in small, achievable actions.

Books from The Little Environmentalists are a great way for anyone to teach children about helping the planet.

Reading nonfiction books to preschoolers is a fantastic idea, because their little minds are so absorbent. I enjoy filling hungry minds with factual information.

Also check out the Mom Most Traveled review of The Little Environmentalists’ debut title, Nature Discovery In My Backyard!

The Little Environmentalists, LLC, is a company committed to developing and publishing children’s material to promote environmental awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship.
The Little Environmentalists proudly print their books using 100% post-consumer waste, chlorine free and non-toxic toner. Environmentally friendly printing preserves forests and habitats, keeps toxic chemicals out of the environment and generates fewer greenhouse gases. It has been estimated that producing a ton of paper using 100% post-consumer copy paper rather than virgin pulp saves about 24 large trees, 4,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, 60 pounds of air pollution and 7,000 gallons of water.

The Little Environmentalists would like to give away a copy of I’m Turning Green to one Mom Most Traveled reader!

To enter, leave a comment on this post about something your family does to lessen your impact on the planet.

One winner will be chosen at random.

This giveaway will close on Monday, January 12th, 12 midnight CST.

*Contest closed! Congrats to Misty!*

  • http://misaacmom.blogspot.com MaryBeth I

    Sometimes I feel like I am the only one in my family that cares about going green. I do try to teach my kids the importance of recycling and not wasting water, food, etc. We recycle anything we can.

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  • MJ

    We recycle, use vinegar for most cleaning and ALMOST have stopped using paper towels ( that’s a hard one!)

  • http://n/a Cortney

    We recycle everything we can. And I use green products to clean my house. I feel good about my son playing on the floors with no chemicals!

  • Kristen

    We recycle everything we possibly can, we switched to cloth diapers, we walk and bike wherever and whenever possible, we use reusable bags at the grocery store, I’m planning on hanging our clothes to try but still working out the logistics on that, we only flush the toilets as necessary, we make a point to keep lights off as much as possible, we’ve switched to compact flourescents in most of our lights, and I’ve unsubscribed from many of the catalogs I used to get!

    I would love to win this!

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  • jenna

    I use reusable shopping bags whenever I shop. I also recycle everything that I can. Thanks for the giveaway, my niece would love this book.

  • http://broadhorizonsschool.blogspot.com Sweetpeas

    We recycle, use reusable shopping bags (most of the time), shop at the farmer’s market in the summer (and are working toward growing more ourselves, though a baby due in April is making me question how much gardening will happen this year) . . . and just generally BUY LESS!

  • Marcia

    We recycle our newspapers, plastics and aluminum cans. We try to shut off the lights and TV when we are not in the room. At work I save barely used sheets of printer paper to reuse at home.

  • Serena

    We use cloth shopping bags, rags instead of paper towels, and use baking soda and vinegar (not together!) to clean.

  • Stephani

    We recycle everything we can.We only use green products to clean our home,we make sure to turn off the lights as much as possible and use natural lighting when we can,we also buy produce from local farmers instead of at the supermarkets.We are also teaching our daughter the importance of conserving water,not wasting food,and how important recycling really is.I would love to win this!!!

  • Jo

    we recycle
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  • http://hillscreekquilter.blogspot.com/ Anya

    We recycle and compost. Thanks.

  • Stacey

    We recycle everything aside from the normal bottles, cans, and paper. It’s great to get the whole family involved and get the kids asking “Can we recycle this?”

  • judy brittle

    Recycle,use cloth bags,changed all the light bulbs in house,I
    don’t drive so walking is an easy one and we are trying new green cleaners.

  • Christine

    We recycle everything we can, walk to the store instead of driving, and use cloth bags.

  • http://katydidandkid.blogspot.com Kathleen

    You know me, I could go on and on about this, but I’d say my proudest green initiative is cloth diapering.

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  • sito

    We look for reduced-packaging products; we try to buy products in packaging that is readily recycled. Don’t even think of throwing trash on the ground in front of the 4-year-old. She’ll let you know you’ve done something wrong.

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  • sandra kao

    we recycle!

  • Alli

    We recycle everything we can!

  • Heather H.

    We try to recycle as much as possible, use our bags when going to the store and purchase items that are recycled.

  • christin

    we use reuseable water bottles and canvas shopping bags! thanks for the chance!!

  • http://www.thismommyhasanopinion.blogspot.com Misty VanEpps

    we reuse all plastic containers.
    mommy2skie@yahoo.com

  • Samantha R

    We use re-usable shopping bags at the grocery store, we re-use plastic water bottles, and we re-cycle anything we can

  • http://www.acdoctor.com/ Tony

    Books that teach children about the importance of going green and protecting our environment are a great thing, and I believe we will see an increase of these types of books with the increase of global warming.

  • http://kristiesnotes.blogspot.com/ Kristie

    We try to dry our clothes on the line as much as possible and we’ve just started using energy star lightbulbs and ‘green’ cleaning products!

  • http://jamericanspice.blogspot.com/ Colette S

    At present we are trying to convert all our lightbulbs to energy saving ones since we just bought our home. Soon we’ll be using reuseable bags for grocery shopping.

    We also got all our bought appliances as energy savers and environmentally friendly.

  • http://mommyhoodisthankless.blogspot.com/ Rebecca C

    We try to reduce our waste by using towels instead of paper towels, etc. We recycle all that we can!

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  • rebecca

    We recycle or compost everything, we don’t have a lot of trash at all. The only thing I’m trying to get down is my long showers. We plan to fit a low flow head.

  • Deirdre

    we bring our own bags to the supermarket!

  • http://www.connected2christ.com/theblog Erin

    We use energy saving light bulbs!

  • Kaycee

    This year we are no longer buying bottled water and filling up all ours at home. Saves money too, cant beat that!

  • Kathy

    We always take our own bags when shopping. Reusable bags make so much sense!

  • cari

    we recycle everything….

  • Leah

    We soooo love composting our fruits and veggies!!! It’s so magical for MAMA EARTH!!!!

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  • http://mommynewsblog.com Judy

    We use Shaklee products for all of our cleaning and personal care products (including shampoo, toothpaste, laundry, etc). We love the products and they protect our family while at the same time helping to save our environments. We also re-use just about every piece of cardboard and gift bags that we ever get!

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