One of the best things I know for green living is to recycle goods that you buy everyday. I came across this article the other day about how buying secondhand goods for your child is actually healthier! It makes sense when you consider all of the chemicals and fumes that come off a new item when you finally wrestle it from the oodles of plastic packaging that surrounds it. Why is it that they always surround new toys with about four layers of super dense, difficult to cut plastic? Didn't anyone clue them in about the greening of our planet? Sheesh! It is so annoying to need a pair of scissors every time you want to open something.

So then I did a little research to see what else was being said about this new idea... I found one article that gives you tips about buying and selling used children's items and one that also wrote about the healthy benefits of buying used items. I just think this is great. I have always bought used items for my daughter. She gets some really nice clothes and it doesn't break the bank either.