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<strong>50</strong> <strong>Ways</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Make</strong> <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Eco</strong>-<strong>Friendly</strong> <strong>Eco</strong> WALK the Talk.com<br />
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friendly nappies don’t contain bleaching agents which are harmful for the baby’s<br />
skin.<br />
� Get babies <strong>to</strong>ilet trained early. Use your parenting sense and learn <strong>to</strong> pick up your<br />
child’s signals. It can be done as early as 15 months. Consider changing your flooring<br />
<strong>to</strong> remove carpeting, so accidents can be cleaned away neatly. Babies get <strong>to</strong>ilet<br />
trained a lot faster this way.<br />
� Reduce the number and quantity of commercial personal care products that you use<br />
on your child. There is no need <strong>to</strong> be obsessively clean about your baby especially by<br />
using personal care products that are loaded with chemicals. The idea is <strong>to</strong> clean not<br />
<strong>to</strong> sanitise.<br />
� Check onSafe Cosmetics.com’sdatatbasefor those products which have a low <strong>to</strong>xic<br />
rating. You’ll be surprised <strong>to</strong> learn how well known brands fare in terms of <strong>to</strong>xicity<br />
levels!<br />
� Babies outgrow their clothes quickly. Use second hand or hand me down clothes<br />
which are in good condition <strong>to</strong> save money and resources.<br />
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38.Celebrate a Green Birthday<br />
Birthday parties for children have become occasions for splurging hundreds if not thousands<br />
of dollars which result in wasteful consumption of resources. There are lots of ways <strong>to</strong> make<br />
it simple and enjoyable. Here are some ideas <strong>to</strong> help make your child’s birthday party a<br />
greener occasion:<br />
� Choose a theme that is fun and green – gardening, or a park or an adventure camp. If it’s<br />
indoor, use your creativity <strong>to</strong> engage the children hands on with activities that don’t<br />
waste resources, or you can use recycled resources.<br />
� Send online invites instead of paper invites. Sites such as Paperlesspost.comhelp you<br />
cus<strong>to</strong>mise your invites.<br />
� For gifts, get your child <strong>to</strong> ask for hand- made gifts and cards from his or her friends,<br />
which have a lot more emotional value than commercially available gifts.<br />
� You could also request for donations instead of gifts, where part of the money can be<br />
used <strong>to</strong> buy one item your child really needs, and the rest donated <strong>to</strong> a favourite cause<br />
or charity.<br />
� Reuse decorations from the previous year, or make streamers and posters from<br />
children’s school projects.<br />
� Use cutlery which are biodegradable and compostable, such as areca palm nut plates,<br />
which can be reused, and composted.<br />
� Use latex balloons which biodegrade, rather than helium balloons which are made of<br />
aluminium foil, and may harm wildlife if they fly away.<br />
� Avoid carbonated drinks as they contain large quantities of sugars and unhealthy high<br />
fruc<strong>to</strong>se corn syrup, in addition <strong>to</strong> colourings, flavourings and preservatives which are<br />
not good for your child’s health, or for the environment.<br />
� <strong>Home</strong>made food is preferable, as you can decide the ingredients which are healthy. If<br />
pressed for time, simplify the menu and make it wholesome. Get creative and make a<br />
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