Diversity from the very start!

Have a future world traveler? A nursery with an international feel? Just want to  start your babe on a path of cultural awareness and tolerance? What a great way to plant some seeds of diversity!  The Children of the World Mobile is a gorgeous handmade wood mobile for your little one's room, hand painted with extraordinary detail by artisans in Sri Lanka. It features beautiful children in costumes representing cultures around the world. It is Fair Trade, and helps fund community development projects. The Sarvodaya movement in Sri Lanka was founded in 1958, based on the Gandhian principles of non-violence, truth, and self-denial. The goal was to promote harmony among the various ethnic groups in Sri Lanka by sponsoring community development projects and training youth in non-violent and conflict resolution skills. $22.99 at Ecoexpress.com Tested Lead-Free. Size: 27 in. long.

Let's foster a love of world peace!

Eco-kids natural art supplies ignite imagination!

This company is so awesome! Everyone loves "play dough", but who wants the list of chemicals you can't pronounce, artificial coloring, and fragrance? Not I!
Eco-Kids has created an all natural molding dough handmade (they still make it at home from mom's recipe!)with flour, salt, cream of tartar, organic rosemary oil, vitamin E oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, potassium sorbate, citric acid, natural and organic fruit, plant and vegetable extracts from beets, spinach, paprika, carrots, purple sweet potato, red cabbage, blueberries and tomatoes. Yum! This stuff is genius. If it gets a bit dry, just rub some olive oil in it, if it gets into the carpet (now, how would that happen?) use warm water and a sponge to remove. There is even a Gluten free Eco-Dough for babes with wheat allergies! They offer rolling pins from the North American woods that they cut and brand by hand in Maine, and it works great with cookie cutters!
The husband and wife team that is Eco-kids also offers eco-paint; a powder paint handmade with flour, cornstarch, seaweed, natural and organic fruit, plant and vegetable extracts from beets, spinach, paprika, carrots, purple sweet potato, red cabbage, blueberries and tomatoes (also available in a gluten free formula), eco-colored pencils; made from recycled newspaper, wax, natural mineral pigments and glue derived from corn and potatoes, and eco-art pads; made from 100% post-consumer recycled materials and agricultural waste. This “treeless” paper is made from the discarded stalks of banana trees (or pinzotes), which would otherwise have gone to waste.
I mean, seriously!! Let's get artsy!
$12-$30(for 5, 4oz containers) Buy directly here, or locally in LA at the yummy Little Seed 219 North Larchmont Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90004. Not in LA? check out the store locator for a place near you.

Yummy organic "envelope" for baby!

How sweet is this little burrito??
The Noonie™ by Lala's Pequenos was designed to create a perfectly cozy environment for your newborn baby to be swaddled. The outside fabric of this precious little envelope (that's what they remind me of!) is made from 100% organic fair trade fabric. The lining is also 100% super luxuriously soft organic sherpa.
The wooden buttons that bundle it up are from reclaimed wood, and it is entirely handcrafted in Virginia! It was meant to be saved and passed down from generation to generation. What a yummy way to re-use! $62. Buy it here