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Household
Tips for
carbon-balanced-baby care
If
you are, as we suspect, a mother or parent who sometimes feels guilty
about the
ecological impact your child has, relax. Eco living is easy.
Carbon-balanced-baby.org will
provide
you with smart, practical, convenient household tips to assist
your daily “balancing
act.” We also suspect that you know most of the basics for responsible
home
care; properly separating and disposing of recyclables, appropriate
elimination
of household chemicals, etc. Our goal is to provide household tips that are
specific
towards baby and child care. We want to
know if you have any great tips as well so please tell us your ideas at
the bottom of each page!
Eco
Friendly
Household Tips for Parents
What
can you do around the house to reduce your
baby's carbon footprint?
- Responsible
Diaper Use:
Your baby’s lifetime diaper use, whether you use disposables, eco
friendly diapers or reusable nappies,
is his most considerable influence on the greenhouse effect until they reach their teen years. Please
click here to see how you can be more
ecologically responsible in your diapering methods.
- Pay
attention to your water use: Having a
baby can increase your water
usage by up to 100 gallons per day! You
have more clothes to wash, more linens, more dishes, etc. Also, the
tedious
washing of
bottle nipples, rubber stoppers for non-spill cups and other baby
related items
means you can spend more time at the sink with the tap running. Click here for household tips
to reduce your water
consumption!
- Power
Use for
appliances,
lights, heat, air conditioning, television, etc. all put strains on the
ecosystem.
Most power generation facilities consume valuable natural resources,
emit
greenhouse gases and then discard hazardous waste products into the
environment. We need this power
to properly care for ourselves and our families, but reduction and
responsible
use of this resource is essential for our climate’s health and our
children’s
future. Click here to
see easy power
saving tips!
- Household
Cleaning Tips: Eco friendly cleaning products
are easy to make
right at home with simple and inexpensive ingredients! You can also
purchase great
products which are easy on the environment and babies. Toxic,
chemical
cleaning agents not only damage our planet's water quality they also
pose a serious threat to your baby inside the home. These can
be easily replaced with eco friendly products which are non-toxic,
inexpensive to make or buy and are environmentally safe. Click here to see eco friendly cleaning products
made at home with simple, inexpensive
ingredients!
- Reduce the amount of
garbage you throw away! Taking
care of a baby’s needs also means their parents
have more garbage (and recycling, of course) going to the curb. Not
just
diapers, as we have discussed, but all of the other things that you
didn’t
need/have before your lovely child arrived. Click here for tips on reducing
your househould's garbage output!
- Eco
Friendly Activities:
Entertain and educate your child with activities that don't
require batteries, an electircal outlet or driving too far. Go for a
walk, play at your local park or anywhere outdoors! Babies and kids
love it, and you will too! Click here to see a great site detailing the
benefits of bonding
your child with nature!
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