A bouquet of thanks to all of the mothers out there who are sharing their knowledge and tips for making the world a better place for kids, including favorite visionaries and parenting communities... Such as? The bounty of mom bloggers at BlogHer, the EcoMom Alliance, Literary Mama, CityMama, SafeMama, Green Mom Finds, Eco-Child’s Play, Anti-Racist Parent and new … [Read more...]
Our ‘sneak preview’ screening of Two Angry Moms was lightly attended in San Mateo tonight, but it was still great to kick around ideas about hands-on solutions to instigate change, especially since so many parents feel like politics overshadows pragmatics in the fight for healthier school lunches. Tomorrow on Childhood Matters, (98.1 KISS-FM, archived as … [Read more...]
Shaping Youth's fellow semifinalists in the 2008 Echoing Green competition are founders Tim, Alex, and Antuan, of Envirolution who made it along with yours truly as one of the top 25% of global orgs applying. Alas, both of our orgs lost the top slot, but role modeling resilience like an "Ahnuld" movie moment, we're 'baaaaaaack' and both of our fledgling organizations have … [Read more...]
August 11, 2015 Update Check out these 31 healthy ideas for kids' snacking by Play Fuel which draw from industry marketing tactics as well!On a "how low can you go" level of problematic food industry sidewinders, today UConn Rudd Center released the 98pp report on how kids of color are particularly targeted with junk food, soda. (78% of Spanish TV targeted kids with junk, black … [Read more...]
With school winding down it may seem like an odd time to engage people interested in getting better food into schools, but Shaping Youth is big on ‘planting the seeds’ to nourish knowledge… especially since we’ll be rolling out the film, "Two Angry Moms" in the fall throughout the S.F. Bay Area! We wrote all about Amy Kalafa & Susan Rubin's … [Read more...]
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