Green Babies, Safe Moms: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Your Organic Baby (2008) by
Lynda Fassa, Founder of
GreenBabies.com, an organic baby and kid clothing store.
This book is for anyone who is interested in changing their life into a more non-toxic, organic, sustainable lifestyle. You do not have to be a mother or father expecting a new child to glean excellent advise from her easy to read book.
I am not a mother nor do I intend to be, but long ago I decided that I should behave as if I were pregnant. What I mean is, if doctors and manufacturers say that pregnant women shouldn't eat tuna, drink coffee, or take certain medications and nutraceuticals because they may harm the baby, then I decided that my health (without a baby growing inside) is just as valuable and therefore, I shouldn't consume those things. It was tough giving up tuna and other fish that tend to host high levels of mercury. It was even more difficult to give up coffee but I believe that I enjoy a greater level of health because of it. Similarly, readers of
Green Babies, Sage Moms can benefit and make their bodies and environments less toxic, or at the very least, become more aware of the bombardment of pesticides, herbicides and other chemical onslaughts and the unsustainable, consumptive lifestyle many of us lead.
Fassa enlightens us on organic foods and the chemicals incompatible with human life in cosmetics, perfumes, and hair products. She also talks about the use of pesticides used in cotton production and she touches on the burdens of waste in our trash dumps and how to improve indoor air quality by using non-toxic cleaners.
The book is full of resources and commentary by other green industry leaders. It is a quick read and is hopeful and not a "doom and gloom, scare the pants off you" book.
Green Babies, Safe Moms: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Your Organic Baby should be available in your local library (that is where I pick up my copy) or through
Amazon.
Safe Green Living - Because not all sustainable living is healthy for humans.
Tips for
non-toxic, organic, sustainable green living.