Green Gear for Dads: Recycled and Repurposed Diaper Bags

Most baby gear and diaper bags are styled with a mom’s taste in mind, not a dad’s. After recently witnessing some new dads sheepishly carrying cutesy baby bags, I thought I’d share a selection of cool green bags with you. Every one of these is stylish and eco-friendly, made from either repurposed or recycled materials.

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Natural Remedies for Wasp, Yellowjacket, and Honeybee Stings : Eco Child’s Play

Common household items to treat stings.

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How about Plan C?

Think for a minute about our energy problems. What do you do when Plan A (business as usual - using dirty fossil fuels) is destructive and Plan B (maintaining consumption levels while switching to renewable energy sources) is questionable. How about Plan C? That's the offer of our book today on Eco-Libris blog's green books series: 'Plan C' by Pat Murphy.

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Plastic Bottle Facts That Make You Think Before You Drink

The advent of bottled water sent our already wasteful consumer culture into pollution overdrive and it’s a tremendous task to put the brakes on the momentum of this waste. Here is a list of plastic bottle fun facts that put the magnitude of this pollution into scope...

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Star Sports Columnist Mariotti Suddenly Quits 'Chicago Sun-Times' - Editor & Publisher

Deadspin

Star Sports Columnist Mariotti Suddenly Quits 'Chicago Sun-Times' Editor & Publisher - 21 hours ago By E&P Staff CHICAGO Just two months after the Chicago Sun-Times ballyhooed his three-year contract extension, Chicago Sun-Times star sports columnist Jay ... White Sox, Chris De Luca and Chicago Sun-Times v. Jay Mariotti Chicago Sun-Times Sun-Times sports columnist resigns The Associated Press Sports Columnist Quits, Reason; Newspapers are Dying PoliGazette Media Guardian - The Industry Standard all 191 news articles

Why cricket isn't an Olympic sport - CricInfo.com

Gulf Times

Why cricket isn't an Olympic sport CricInfo.com, UK - 42 minutes ago Apparently there has been some cricket taking place over the past Olympic fortnight, but if you're a sports fan in either Britain or India, it's possible ... As I see it: Beijing Olympics question Japan's commitment to sports Mainichi Daily News Party political spat erupts over Olympic cash guardian.co.uk GB chiefs target misfiring sports BBC Sport Isle of Man Today - Thaindian.com all 373 news articles

Amazing dog can find endangered species [video]

Rogue the dog is a 4-year-old Belgian sheepdog and part of a Nature Conservancy project to use dogs to sniff out the threatened Kincaid’s lupine plant. This plant is host to the endangered Fender's blue butterfly, found only in Oregon's Willamette Valley.  See a great video and photos of Rogue the dog in action!

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