Given current predictions regarding the environment, it's no surprise that many parents are wondering what they can do to ensure the planet is still inhabitable when their children and grandchildren grow up. One small step is to make sure that the stuff we buy, from clothes to food to toiletries, is making a minimal impact.
Ethical Babe is a website aimed at babies and children, offering a great choice of clothing, toys, nappies and toiletries, and you can order safe in the knowledge that everything is organic, natural and fairly traded. And if you or someone you know needs any more convincing that going green is the way forward, visit the site for all the facts and figures at your fingertips. Did you know, for example, that our bodies are now contaminated with more than 300 man-made chemicals and that 86% of these have not been properly assessed for safety when used in combination with each other?
A great way to buy trusted 'green' names
You'll find lot of useful stuff, from known brands such as Earth Friendly Baby and Moltex, as well as less obvious but no less useful items such as biodegradable nappy sacks (£1.45 for 50) and the wonderfully named Zzzz, Aaag and Mmmm bath bags (£4.50 for three) for mum, which contain a blend of herbs to help you soak away your cares.
… and lovely wooden toys
Our favourite products on the site are the wonderful wooden toys - all made using wood from sustainable forests and guaranteed non-toxic paints. They look gorgeous, so you won't feel desperate to hide them in a toybox at the end of the day, and are free of potentially harmful chemicals such as phthalates and PVC, found in many plastic toys.
The baby gym, £32.99, is cute but tasteful, and the flowers and animals mobile, £13.99, will delight any baby.
For more gift ideas and great green products, visit www.ethicalbabe.com.
