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Miah and I are going through something many expecting parents do. All of sudden, what were rather vague concerns about toxins, diet, and lifestyle now seem urgent. We do not want to raise a baby in a home full of poisons if we can help it. More than that, we want to raise a happy kid who understands the world around her and learns how to thrive in it. We want to be green parents. And we want to be socially responsible so our child inherits a better world. The only problem is that we do not know how to do this, especially since we have a limited budget and we like a clean house, tasty food, and time to relax. This blog is about our experiments, the ridiculous ones that fail and the ones that work.

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On Ending Extreme Poverty

In the year 2000, the leaders of the world gathered to respond to the startling statistics of poverty at the start of the new millennium. More than one billion people still lived on less than $1 dollar per day. Over 115 million children did not go to school. Four out of ten people in the world did not have access to a simple latrine. Two out ten had no source of safe drinking water. More than half a million women died per year from complications of childbirth that are almost completely preventab...

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[ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:40:28 -0600 ]

The Green Parents of Hatchet Cove Farm

On this blog, we�ve chronicled our efforts to defy the SUV-centered, socially-fractured, concrete and strip mall, Velveeta cheese and microwaved broccoli culture of this great city Houston. Today�s post, however, is a break from our urban struggle. We had the honor of interviewing two young organic farmers from Maine � Bill Pluecker and Reba Richardson. They have a beautiful toddler and are visiting Houston to see their brother, who is a friend of mine, for the Thanksgiving holiday.I always tell...

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[ Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:51:00 -0600 ]

An Interview with Laurie Boucke, the Guru of Infant Potty Training

Laurie Boucke has been researching infant potty training since using it with her third son in 1979. She is the author of three books on the subject. Her most popular book is Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living, which has been translated into Italian, German, and Dutch. Her work on infant potty training has been written about in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, and other major newspapers. Her documentary, Potty Whispering, is scheduled to be released ...

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[ Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:28:00 -0500 ]

The Argumentative Indian: An Interview with Amartya Sen

Last February, I had the honor of interviewing Amartya Sen, the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. We talked about his recent book, The Argumentative Indian, a history of rational thought, skepticism, scientific inquiry, and secularism in India. The interview was recorded for a radio show in Houston called Border Crossings, which has a South Asian focus. Although parenting wasn't the topic of the interview I did manage to squeeze in one question about raising children. However, I be...

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[ Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:18:00 -0500 ]

Two Weeks as Song

I turned the little poem I wrote after finding out that Miah was pregnant into a song. I recorded the song using a cheap mic, a mini-disc recorder, and my laptop. So it's not well produced, but I still would like to share it. Some folks liked the poem and I had always intended to make it a song. So click on the words below to hear the song: Two Weeks....

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[ Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:28:00 -0600 ]

Composting 101 - A Wormderful Intro Podcast

Miah's aunt and uncle give us a tour of their compost bins and share with us the joys of rot. Click on the title to hear the podcast....

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[ Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:37:00 -0500 ]

Toxic Loss by Miah

Like Raj says, being pregnant has changed our perspective about things.So although I�ve known about the evil nature of toxic products since I was a kid, when I heard the Pacifica radio show about the way one woman eliminated toxins from her world, I was listening more carefully than usual. She noted a few studies � like women who spend most of their time in their homes have a much higher cancer rate than women who work outside the home, because of poor ventilation and the multitude of toxins pr...

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[ Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:33:00 -0500 ]

Toxic Love by Miah

It doesn?t take a rocket scientist to know bleach is toxic and dangerous. Or that nasty commercial mildew eater is. I mean, if you use a substance in your home that nauseates you, gives you a headache, or otherwise makes you want to leave said home for a couple of hours afterward for it to "air out" there's an eighty percentchance you're using somethingtoxicandpoisonous. And though you could continue to use toxic chemicals to clean your home for the rest of your life anyway, and though many of u...

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[ Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:03:00 -0500 ]

The Man Who Would Have No Plastic

When Miah was researching plastic, the website she found with the most forceful message wasmindfully.org. The author recommends getting rid of ALL plastics including food containers, clothing, utensils, and furniture. Since this did not strike us as feasible, Miah sent in a comment. Here�s an excerpt:�I have no idea where to begin. I have plastic drawers, storage boxes etc. I'm thinking they can stay longer than the milk jugs? What about the plastic wrap on cheese? How do you keep cheese from ...

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[ Sun, 18 Sep 2005 07:26:00 -0500 ]

Why We Started This Blog

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[ Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:30:00 -0500 ]

Rakhadi

Our family celebrated Miah's coming motherhood in Baltimore. With help from Hiru mama and Jagruti mami, Mom and Dad planned a great event. My uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, and family friends who live on the east coast drove and flew in. This morning, a priest conducted a short ceremony. The key part was when my cousin sisters tied a rakhadi (which is like a friendship bracelet) onto Miah's wrist. At one point, the priest had me hold up a holy coconut while Miah stood behind me. Then m...

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[ Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:47:00 -0500 ]

Rhythm of rhythms

Click on the words below to hear the rhythm of rhythms: little grizzlybird's heartbeat If you listen carefully, you can hear Miah's heartbeat swooshing for every four of the baby's heartbeat. Raj...

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[ Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:49:00 -0500 ]

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