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Candace Walsh is a writer, poet and editor living in Santa Fe. Her
articles have appeared in Travel + Leisure, Sunset, Food & Wine,
Entree, Alternative Medicine, Newsday, Blender, Details, and
Mothering, as well as local publications Santa Fe Trend, Localflavor,
Tumbleweeds, and Santa Fe Circle. She co-wrote two books for Gibbs
Smith Publishing: American Atelier with David Naylor, and Stone
Design for the Home with John Morris. |
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Best Men’s Eco Shoes
From flip-flops to hiking boots, you can find most every kind of shoe out there with an ecological bent. Whether it’s an old tire repurposed as sneaker soles, dye made from ground-up tree bark, or sneakers made from recycled army canvas — and an ...
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Best Organic Baby Clothes
When it comes to dressing an infant, clothing needs to be soft, uncomplicated, and safe. Organic cotton, wool, hemp, and bamboo fabrics fit the safe and soft criteria, and I’ve hunted down wee garments with the least frills and furbelows, and the m...
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Best Baby Toys (6-12 Months)
The second half of the first year of a baby’s life is so much fun. Baby has awakened to the world around her and it is now that sitting up, moving around, and finer motor skill development make it a perfect time to introduce beautiful, safe, and tr...
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Best Baby Toys (0-6 months)
The first toys you select for your baby will initially only be props...all baby wants is mama for what seems like a long time. But when your baby starts to awaken to the world around him or her, it’s great to have some ultra-safe, soft, and lovely ...
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Best Kids Room Accessories
Decorating a child’s room is an opportunity to create a space that fosters both fun and tranquility. When you do it with a green focus, you get to notice and teach your children how much eco-guided living matters, in the moment and for years to com...
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Best Men's Organic Clothing
The greening revolution may be televised, but it will not stop short of your closet... which is a good thing. Men’s eco-fashion today is hip, comfortable, sustainable, and desirable. Not only that - it ranges from uber-casual to really formal, to s...
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Best Eco Baby Shower Gifts
When considering what to gift a new mom and her baby, it’s the eco-thoughtfulness that counts. Make sure to do your part to help co-create a green and serene world for baby, by choosing organic, beautiful, and useful items - instead of plastics, ba...
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Best Kids Room Furniture
When assembling the elements for a green kids’ room, there are certain things to keep in mind. Will the furniture grow with your child? Can it be repurposed when the time comes? Are the materials sustainable, and were they fairly traded? Are the fi...
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Best Eco Adult Bedding
The world of eco-friendly and sustainable bedding has exploded into juicy color, fabulous texture, and enticing options (for even the things you don’t see, like mattress pads). You can go luxe or go basic, mass or artisanal, or mix it up for a bed ...
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Best Eco-Friendly Baby Furniture
The creation of a natural nursery just happens to support the earth - the heart of it lies in creating a nest for your infant that is free of fumes and industrial chemicals harmful to his or her system. From wooden and particleboard furniture, which ...
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Best Eco-Friendly Baby Room Accessories
A gorgeously appointed nursery is only truly welcoming to baby if the elements within are free of contaminants, fumes, and off-gassing materials. Worried you might not be able to locate the safe stuff? Fear no more. I’ve done all the research so th...
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Best Women's Eco Fashion
With the warmer months comes the desire to shove all of those chunky sweaters to the back of the closet and show some skin! It also presents the opportunity to choose earth-friendly, sustainable, and fairly traded garments instead of disposable, “f...
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Best Non-toxic Household Cleaning Products
“Spray Windex on it!” is one of the most memorable lines from the film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”. It’s hilarious (and slightly scary) that the Greek paterfamilias so avidly prescribes Windex for topical use on... people, but it does also s...
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Best Laundry Products
These days, it’s clear that the traditional laundry soap products we’ve grown up with have done the opposite of what they promised — instead of cleaning our clothing, they’ve soiled it with toxic chemical compounds — along with the air, our...
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