Category Archives: Green Technology

Is Your iPhone Poisoning Your Baby? Safer iPhone Cases to Minimize Baby’s Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

by onepartsunshine, in category Green Technology, Shopping Guides

At nine months old, my daughter was intent on getting her hands on anything that is not appropriate for babies. My cell phone was her biggest obsession. According to HealthyStuff.org, researchers evaluated the level of toxic chemicals in 36 different cell phones and found chemicals of concern in every single one. So to minimize the amount of toxins that your child is being exposed to, cover your phone with a case that is low in toxins.

Good Deed #4 – Getting Rid of Print Magazines

by onepartsunshine, in category 52 Good Deeds, Books and Reading, Green Technology

I love reading magazines. They are a fantastic resource for craft ideas, recipes, parenting tips, fun things to do and more. But every month I used to end up with a grocery bag full of magazines.
Rather than toss them in the garbage, I would try to pass them along to someone else. I would post them on Freecycle, Craigslist and local Yahoo parents group. I would offer them to friends and family. But usually I had very few takers.
So I found a new solution . . . Zinio.

My Love Affair with Evernote (and How It’s Helping Me Save the Planet)

by onepartsunshine, in category Green Technology

For as long as I can remember, I have collected recipes, crafts ideas, dream home inspiration, business articles and gift ideas. Most of these came in the form of pages torn from magazines, photos shot on my phone or pages dog-eared in books. About 3 years ago, I attempted to get my collections under control by spending weeks organizing everything in file folders on my computer and in my file cabinet. I did a pretty good job but then I never looked at any of it again. It was too inconvenient to sift through the stacks of paper, even though they were categorized, or to open and close hundreds of documents on my computer searching for that one page.

And then I found Evernote.

What’s on My Kid’s iPod

by Cindy Young, in category Green Technology

In keeping with the iPod app theme from a couple of weeks ago, I thought I would share my son’s favorite iPod games and applications. I know a lot of people would disagree with giving a preschooler an iPod, but I have found that you can find a ton of educational games for it.