tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:55:20 +0000Sustainable MotherhoodBPA free plasticLocal EatsSlow Foodbisphenol AEco-Friendly Gift IdeasLiving LighterThe 3 Rsbottled watertap waterCountry LivingEco-Friendly ProductsMichael PollanSaving MoneySustainable Mother of the Montheco-friendly favorshigh fructose corn syrupsustainable holidaysvaccinationBloggingDiapersEat to LiveGreen GuiltGreen Mom FindsOrganic EatsZ Recommendsautismcoffee cupseastereco-friendly eastereco-friendly partyeco-friendly toysgreen halloweenhfcsorganic candysustainable warwicktrans fatsFor those who know less is more and having it all is a bunch of bull.http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-513219174247083015Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:05:00 +00002014-08-15T16:15:47.456-07:00 Freen's First Day of Kindergarten 2009 Even in the land of endless summers, I have an end of summer pit in my stomach and with three weeks left before the Freen starts fifth grade, I've started pestering him about whether he wants a new backpack or will be happy with the old one.&nbsp; He really doesn't care and the old one is perfectly fine but as I walk the aisles of brand new shiny new oneshttp://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2014/08/green-cheap-and-cool-school-supplies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-2487808479190491033Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:49:00 +00002014-08-12T09:52:29.243-07:00 One man and some seeds can change the lives of many. This presentation is from 2012 and tells his story.&nbsp; You can learn more about his success at Green Bronx Machine and like Green Bronx Machine on Facebook.http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2014/08/green-bronx-machine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-2809894996014994656Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:30:00 +00002014-07-09T15:46:50.991-07:00 O tells California Bear what he thinks of him. Being a New Yorker sets your satisfaction bar very high and your expectations pretty low.&nbsp; That's why they call us jaded New Yorkers after all.&nbsp;&nbsp; For us nothing is as good, as tasty, as fast, as available, or as easy as it is in New York. In the end I think it just comes down to the convenience...nothing is as http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2013/11/disappointed-as-new-yorker-eating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-1352002125338062666Fri, 20 Sep 2013 21:27:00 +00002013-11-19T09:29:50.876-08:00 @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} Embracing a green lifestyle is not always obvious; take traveling, for example. How does an eco-conscious citizen of the world who enjoys traveling balance both passions? With that conundrum in mind, let us consider http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2013/09/traveling-light-easy-ways-to-reduce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-6715365502302011429Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:01:00 +00002014-08-06T12:02:13.350-07:00 Easy Living in Hermosa Beach So after four fast and furious years in New York City, this summer we packed it all up once again and moved to Hermosa Beach.&nbsp; For those of you who don't know, HB is in the South Bay about 15 minutes south of LAX and just north of Long Beach.&nbsp; The slogan "The Best Little Beach City" pretty much sums it up.&nbsp; Yes, there is June Gloom (that http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2013/09/sustainable-motherhood-invites-guest_23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-5450821183926653013Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:15:00 +00002013-02-09T07:17:14.307-08:00 2 cups of black beans (soaked and cooked with a little garlic and onion powder) 1 10 oz package frozen spinach 1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed and cooked according to package directions 1 cup halved grape tomatoes 1 yellow pepper chopped 1 orange pepper chopped 1 onion chopped 2 cloves garlic minced 1/2 roughly chopped cilantro 2 tsp Mrs Braggs Liquid Amino 1 tsp cumin (http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2013/02/spicy-fat-free-vegan-black-bean-quinoa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-5213998278531458039Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:19:00 +00002013-02-02T11:59:39.545-08:00Eat to LiveLiving LighterMichael PollanOrganic Eats So I wouldn't say my husband and I were struggling with our weight.&nbsp; There really was no struggle, because we didn't care all that much. We were living to eat.&nbsp; It was the fun part of the day.&nbsp; Then right before the holidays he starts talking about a friend who lost 40 lbs on some diet,&nbsp; Dr. Furhman's Eat to Live.&nbsp; I'd heard of it but never actually knew exactly http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2013/02/from-living-to-eat-to-eating-to-live.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-7846710683976535407Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:12:00 +00002012-11-20T08:57:02.716-08:00 2012 will not go down in the books as our best year, but somehow I feel more grateful than ever for everything we have.&nbsp; It could be the recency of Sandy and how fortunate my family is to have not been impacted at all.&nbsp; It could be that working from home gives me more time to enjoy everyone and everything we have.&nbsp; It could be that I saw Megyn Kelly ask Carl Rove about if it washttp://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2012/11/teaching-thanks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-5040300186000996737Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:45:00 +00002012-11-15T09:30:13.664-08:00 For almost four years, I was knee deep in crazy.&nbsp; After moving back to New York, I fell right back into the busy trap.&nbsp; Then six months ago the job was gone.&nbsp; Poof.&nbsp; They went in another direction and I was free.&nbsp; Now I can get back to what I want to do.&nbsp; But wait, what is that? Well it took a few months to figure it out and what felt like hundreds of cover http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2012/11/a-return-to-sustainability.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-8679455465819251379Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:29:00 +00002012-11-20T09:15:46.045-08:00eco-friendly favorsgreen halloweenorganic candy Halloween has never been a favorite holiday of mine.&nbsp; It falls smack in the middle of a very busy September/October and much preferred the November/December holidays. For the Freen however, Halloween is second only to Christmas. This year the Halloween books came out Labor Day weekend.&nbsp; Seriously... I'm not sure why Halloween was never my cup of candy corn.&nbsp; I remember well http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2010/10/happy-green-halloween-in-nyc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-1628337489252497982Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:16:00 +00002010-03-27T16:48:53.001-07:00eastereco-friendly easterhfcshigh fructose corn syrupsustainable holidaysI was inspired to write when traffic spiked this week with the release of the Princeton Study on high fructose corn syrup. While the study only confirmed what I've thought to be true for a while, I was intrigued by Marion Nestle’s post on Food Politics. She took issue with many points in the study and then one of the investigators actually took the time to comment on her post and provides his http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2010/03/we-know-hfcs-makes-rats-fatso-now-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-5102215141649376442Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:16:00 +00002010-03-27T20:48:40.784-07:00Eco-Friendly Gift IdeasEco-Friendly Productssustainable holidaysAs our apartment slowly fills with Amazon boxes, I wonder if Sustainable Mom actually stayed in the country with Sophie and the snow blower. After a year back in New York, I am finding it difficult to live lighter in this mecca of conspicuous consumption...especially around the holidays. In an effort to get myself back on track, I've compiled some ideas to help you and me have a simpler, lighter http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2009/12/tips-for-more-sustainable-holiday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-4448810775763268932Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:29:00 +00002012-11-20T09:02:17.503-08:00Country LivingSustainable Motherhood It has been some time since I've posted...three months to be exact. &nbsp;While I could probably write a book about the last few months, but for the time being, I've decided the best way to share it is through a brief time line. &nbsp;Enjoy... 11/22/08 After four months of negotiations, inspections, repairs and waiting, we finally closed on the sale of our house in Greenwood Lake. &nbsp;http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2009/04/long-time-coming-sustainable-motherhood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-8167949581221361564Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:42:00 +00002012-11-20T09:03:20.353-08:00 <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-familyhttp://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/10/getting-grip-with-novembers-sustainable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-2945054820072989535Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:30:00 +00002012-11-20T09:05:11.462-08:00eco-friendly favorsEco-Friendly Gift Ideaseco-friendly party The Freen's 4th birthday was last month. He had a party at school, a small celebration at home on the day of his birthday and a party with a friend from school with over 50 of our family and friends. Three parties later I'm thinking we may have over done it a bit, but on the bright side if the economy gets any worse we will be able to trade toys for food this Christmas. My initial plan http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/10/eco-friendly-kids-birthday-partiesdo-as.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-6594783978992528436Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:10:00 +00002008-11-17T19:48:53.077-08:00Living LighterSaving MoneyThe 3 RsThis segment caught my eye this morning as I was getting the Freen ready for school. Although the Dow is up today, who knows how long it will stay up, regardless these sites are great resources for those looking to save money, recycle and reuse. I mean who needs to spend $29.99 on another plastic Halloween costume?Here are the sites Jean featured as well as a few others I found or have heard http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/10/sustainable-shopping-tips-from-jean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-7453683160292146665Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:07:00 +00002013-02-09T07:22:35.354-08:00Sustainable Mother of the MonthSustainable Motherhood The mission of this blog is to document my quest for sustainability. As I've said before, sustainable living isn't just about the environment, but about finding a balance between individual well being, good parenting, professional achievement, and giving back to the community. Ultimately, I believe that living a sustainable lifestyle supports that balance, and that looking at life through the http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/09/our-influence-is-our-strength-and-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-8716607046807436398Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:03:00 +00002012-11-20T09:14:05.876-08:00coffee cupsThe 3 Rs With Presidential debates, Caribou Barbie and a Wall Street bail out at top of mind, the issue of disposable coffee cups seems slightly immaterial. However, as the summer retreats like an Alaskan glacier, I find myself craving a grande skim latté to combat the fall chill in the morning air. So last week, recovering from a cold and out of my favorite home brew there I was Sustainable Mom at http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/08/coffee-should-kick-start-your-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-430910351535890332Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:29:00 +00002012-11-20T09:14:00.229-08:00DiapersSustainable Mother of the MonthSustainable MotherhoodWhen I had the idea for Sustainable Motherhood the first thing I did was check to see if the domain was available (yay it was!) and the second was a google search. At the time the only direct hit that came up was an article in the November 2007 newsletter of International Federation of University Women titled "The Science of Sustainable Motherhood" written by Dr. Jessica North an Environment http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/08/sustainable-motherhood-honors-dr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-3207253395294523134Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:07:00 +00002012-11-20T09:07:52.496-08:00bottled waterBPA free plastictap waterAcross the country the anti-bottled water movement is gaining momentum. Some city governments are installing water filtration systems in office buildings and reducing budgets for bottled water. San Francisco banned the use of city dollars for the purchase of bottled water and Chicago and Seattle have followed suit with their own initiatives. Chez Panisse started a trend and now Boston restaurantshttp://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/08/so-long-poland-springs-i-found.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-8458578519744175241Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:24:00 +00002012-11-20T09:13:42.256-08:00Green Mom FindsSustainable MotherhoodZ RecommendsI seem to remember 16 weeks being a milestone in the Freen's development. Perhaps that's because it is when I went back to work and even though he got easier everything got just a little bit harder. Regardless after four months, SustainableMotherhood.com has also reached a milestone. We hit 2,000 unique visitors today. While this is not that impressive on its own right what I am excited about is http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/08/sustainable-motherhood-at-12-weeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-200472393307300347Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +00002012-11-20T09:14:17.826-08:00Local EatsSlow Foodsustainable warwickLast Sunday we had brunch at Harvest at Greenwood Lake and now I have to take back what I said about the food in the country being not as good as food in the city. Harvest has been open for a while but we only recently learned that the owner and chef Frank Constantino is an award winning chef from NYC and is featuring local, sustainable organic products. Clearly, once we learned that we had to http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/07/harvest-time-in-greenwood-lake-new-york.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-8616989555479399168Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:02:00 +00002008-11-17T19:49:58.908-08:00high fructose corn syrupLocal EatsSlow Food Earlier this week, NY Times blogger Tara Parker-Pope posted "Does Fructose Make you Fat?" which highlights the results of a small study conducted by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. While the study is small it adds to the growing body of evidence that corn syrup is at least in part to blame for rising obesity rates in the United States. If you check it out be sure http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/07/eliminate-high-fructose-corn-syrup-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-6949115781263067172Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:50:00 +00002012-11-20T09:08:49.587-08:00Country Living When we moved to our country house in Greenwood Lake, NY, we did it to save money. We had been coming up here every weekend for over a year and we loved it. We had a wonderful but expensive full time nanny in the city and between the house and the apartment; we were starting to feel the pinch. On top of that rumblings about preschool were already going full force and I just couldn’t see http://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/07/keep-manhattan-just-give-me-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348118876700886032.post-4717225324064806967Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:10:00 +00002008-11-17T19:50:27.293-08:00Local EatsSlow Foodtrans fatsBloomberg and Schwarzenegger photographed together for Time.California is poised to trump New York City’s progressive position as the first major metropolitan city to ban trans fats, by becoming the first state to enact a ban. Their state legislature passed a bill Monday to ban trans fats, which currently awaits Governor Schwarzenegger’s signature. While the SF Gate reported that the Governor hashttp://www.sustainablemotherhood.com/2008/07/judgment-day-california-poised-to-trump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2