How Green is Your Baby?

No, this isn't a blog about some rare skin disorder in newborns.  With all the attention (and rightfully so) being given to consumer consumption, the environment, and our "carbon footprint", it was just a matter of time until people started looking at the this from the perspective of raising a child.  Realizing that I needed to become more educated on this topic, I recently read Raising Baby Green:  The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care, by Alan Greene, MD. This book is literally packed with information regarding environmentally friendly choices that parents can make and, as advertised on the book's cover, includes "more than 300 best green baby products of smart parenting choices."  I admit that when I first opened that Amazon.com package that the book arrived in and read the cover, I paused a moment to consider that there actually exist more than 300 green baby products. My curiousity picqued, I proceded on.

Smart Parent

The unlying assumption in this book is that after you have read the information about a green home for your baby, you will be a smarter parent.  My children are quite out of the baby phase and no doubt are plodding their carbon footprints all over the place.