The Green Parent
Raising kids with conscience
11 Mar 2011
Jam Packed New Issue
The April/May Issue of The Green Parent is in the shops and available to buy online today. Here is a list of the contents so you can see how many exciting articles, ideas and projects we've crammed into this issue.
MAIN FEATURES
8 PARENTING WITH HEART
Children’s rights begin at
home; ways to honour
and respect your children
12 LETTING GO
How one parent deals
with separation anxiety
16 MOVING MOUNTAINS
Ideas to inspire and
motivate your child
FAMILY LIFE
11 SUNDAY SELECTION
Great family adventures for
our favourite day of the week
18 MODERN DAD
Home education becomes
a rosier prospect when
faced with Kenyan schools
22 SPIRITUAL PARENTING
How navel gazing can be used
to heal your body and mind
LEARNING
35 EDUCATION NEWS
A college that encourages
self-directed learning
36 EXPLORING THE SHORE
Ideas, recipes and more for
trips to the beach this spring
41 ON THE BOOKSHELF
Great reads for the whole family
43 SPRING CRAFTS
How to make delightful birds
for your season or nature table
44 CHILD LED LEARNING
A day in the life of a small school
SEASONAL FOOD
47 ON YOUR PLATE
Vegan food festivals and the
joy of eating round the fire
48 EAT YOUR VEGGIES!
Choosing vegetarianism
for the health of the planet
50 TRIED AND TASTED
Our readers put organic
baby food to the test
51 GREEN JEWELS
Selection of spring recipes
to brighten up your days
HOUSE AND GARDEN
54 SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS
Healing properties of ground ivy
55 NATURAL LIVING Ideas
and inspiration for taking
your Sundays off-grid
56 WEED WORK Gardener’s
bane or vital resource?
WELLBEING
61 HEALTH NEWS Using colour
therapy as a potent healer
63 WHAT’S IN YOUR TAP?
The real components
of our drinking water
GREEN TRAVEL
79 WHERE TO GO A sense of
freedom in the Welsh hills
80 BEST OF BRITISH
Our favourite places in Dorset
ETHICAL CLOTHING
83 SLOW FASHION
Mending jumpers and
sheep sheering workshops
PERMACULTURE SPECIAL
24 PERMACULTURE PARENTING
How the principles of this
innovative system can be used not
just for productive gardens but also
to enhance family relationships and
help family life run more smoothly
28 THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES
The art of hen keeping using
permaculture to create a closed
loop system, and how to source
your own ex-battery flock
31 BUILD YOUR OWN HEN HOUSE
Easy to follow projects for families such
as how to make your own chicken shed
and other useful structures
for the back yard
37 MY PERMACULTURE BOOKSHELF
Favourite reads to get you inspired and
motivated in the permaculture garden
IN DEPTH: GREEN BABIES
65 BUDDHA BABES The benefits of practicing
baby yoga for including exercises you
can try at home and where to find a class
68 HOW GREEN IS YOUR NAPPY?
What is the most eco conscious
way of clothing your baby’s bottom?
72 NATURAL LED WEANERS
Older children and the end of
the breastfeeding relationship
77 IS MY BABY TOO BIG? All your
babywearing questions answered
REGULARS
7 LETTERS
20 HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
82 NEXT ISSUE
84 ASTROLOGY
85 GREEN LIVING PAGES:
13 pages of green news,
ideas and goodies
Can’t wait to get your hands on a copy? Order this issue here or why not subscribe and receive a FREE Lavera sunscreen.
Happy Spring
The Green Parent team.
Jez Harris is the designer of The Green Parent magazine, dedicated father of two and plays a mean guitar riff.
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The Green Parent is the UK's leading green lifestyle and natural parenting magazine. A truly inspiring read, TGP is like nothing else on the newsstand, with insightful intelligent journalism covering topics from babywearing and attachment parenting to home-education and alternative medicine. Each issue features regular columns on Organic Gardening, Seasonal Food and Drink, Green Travel, Ethical Fashion and lots more.
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