“He’s really learning about ‘going green’ from school,” the mom remarked.  “They’ve got a big program about saving the environment.”

Many schools are emphasizing the “green” theme, including those where I do substitute teaching.  Youngsters are informing their parents and looking for ways to be green at home.

This is great, as long as it isn’t carried to extremes.  Parents have to take into account cost, time savings, and their lifestyle, as well as environment practices.  Sometimes you also can’t change all at once.  These practices have to be adapted gradually.

What’s going on in your household regarding “going green?” Have your children’s schools joined the “green team” in a sensible manner or to the extreme?

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Parenting for the “Green” Family

As we travel “around the world” this week, in keeping with the theme at One Book Two Book, we may want to look at “traveling green.”  You may be traveling vicarously, planning future travel, or actually traveling. 

However, consider:

“Going green,” ” traveling green,” wearing “green”, in fact, anything “green” that helps save the environment has become a very popular word. We teach our children to be conscious of the environment.  So a new blog at b5media, Traveling the Green Way should fit right in with current worldwide interests.

Liz Lewis, my co-blogger at Alzheimer’s Notes, now writes this  very interesting and informative new blog. About 18 months ago, Liz decided to pursue her dream of becoming a full time writer. She started a blog, My Year of Getting Published, detailing her experiences. After a year, she joined me as co-blogger at Alzheimer’s Notes and has been very enjoyable to work with.

Since then, she also became a co-blogger at Health Bolt, in b5media’s Health and Wellness channel. Now she’s writing Traveling the Green Way, which expands upon her love of travel and travel writing. (See her travel writing blog, Write to Travel.)

Have you been doing any “green” traveling?

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Travel “Green” on Your Family Jaunts