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Hi, I'm Calley! I am a cloth diaper, green living, and social media expert. I am a social media marketer by day and green blogger at night. read more
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Tag Archives: Recycling
An Earth Day Award…to My Mom!
I received an email about halfway through the day yesterday from my mom asking me to give her a call at work. Of course I picked up the phone and called to see what was up. She was super excited … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Local, Local - Florida
Tagged Cafeteria, Elementary school, Environment, gardening, Recycling, TerraCycle, upcycling
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Tips for Celebrating Earth Day with Your Children
Do your kids share the love of nature with you? How do you teach them to be good environmental stewards and take care of the gifts that have been given to us? Earth Day is a good reminder for us … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Natural Parenting
Tagged Children and Youth, cloth diapers, Earth Day, events, gardening, Guinness World Records, nature, Recycling
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Dear Mrs. P,
A few days ago I told you that I was going to my sons school for the Great American Teach In. On Friday he came home with a handful of Thank You cards all decorated by his classmates. I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Cloth Diapers, Environment, Life, Local - Tampa Bay, Natural Parenting, Parenting
Tagged cloth diapers, kids, Recycling
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Trash to Treasure Thursday
My husband cleaned out his drawers a few months back and gave me some of his old t-shirts to experiment with. I got a sewing machine for Christmas (for myself) and have been learning as I go. I took a … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Trashy Thursday
Tagged Recycling, sewing, skirt, t-shirt, toddler, Trash to Treasure Thursday, upcycle
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Saturday Morning iMusings
As I lay here in bed typing away on my iPhone, too scared to pull out the laptop in fear of waking the wee ones, I am pondering the weekend that has appeared. Today will be spent at the Little … Continue reading
Great American Teach In
Today I spent an hour at my son’s school with about 40 first graders talking about trash! The Great American Teach In is a time for parents and community members to come into the schools and show the kids what … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Parenting
Tagged crafts, Environment, Great American Teach In, kids, Recycling, reduce, Reuse
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Back from Vacation
Yes, I’ve been on vacation! My Twitter followers have followed my adventures with my family at Disney this past week but I wanted to share a few fun things with everyone. Cloth Diapers and Traveling: We didn’t have a washer … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Contests & Giveaways, Environment, Parenting
Tagged baby wearing, cloth diapering, Disney, Dittany, Ergo, Recycling, RePEaT, To-Go-Wear, vacation
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Day 6: Greener Fundraising
GIVEAWAY ALERT! Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for the fifth contest of The Eco-Summer Blog Party! CONGRATULATIONS KIM! Today is a little different post for the Eco-Summer Blog Party, it’s about green fundraising. School is out and … Continue reading
Posted in Contests & Giveaways, Environment, Parenting
Tagged Eco Label Fundraising, fundraising, green, Recycling, Terra Cycle, upcycling
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A Greener Little League??
This past Saturday was the closing day for Big B’s Little League. We don’t usually spend much time at the park and rarely visit the concession stand but this weekend was different. Halfway through the game Big B looked at … Continue reading






















