Tag Archives: green living

We are finally getting some rain here in uber-sunny Boulder, Colorado. The trees and grass are soaking it up and even a few worms are climbing out of the earth and laying quietly on the sidewalk just waiting to be scooped and put into our new “worm compost bin.” Soon we will be transferring our starter seedlings into our two small garden plots in the backyard. While we were mixing up the soil and dirt, the girls seemed so excited by the worms we found that I decided a worm farm was in order.

In addition to the organic veggies we’ll be harvesting from our garden over the summer months, we’ll also be letting the kids experience the fun of the gardening process and the life cycle of plants–from the planting of the seeds, to the watering and tending of the young sprout-lings, the transferring to the garden, … Read More

A few weekends ago our family spent two days at Rockygrass which is an annual bluegrass festival put on each year by Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, CO.  We go every year, rain or shine.  This year the weather was hot, the river was cold and the kids were great…well… sort of, and as always, the music was incredible.

One of the things that I’ve always liked about this particular music venue, is that it’s very green–that is, environmentally friendly.  The food vendors use only biodegradable plastic utensils (made from corn), there are recycling and composting stations set up all around  the grounds and not only that–there are volunteers to make sure that guests are putting things into the can they belong in–no lazy tossing-everything-into-the-trash-can allowed! And speaking of trash cans, this is the first year there weren’t any!  The festival is now zero waste–the only landfill-bound trash … Read More

Here at Thirsties, Inc., our innovative spirit takes no breaks! We are always innovating, always blossoming with new sustainable diapering ideas, and always working towards new ways to decrease our carbon footprint.  Our business model is about so much more than earning a profit.  In addition to offering a green consumer product, we believe it is equally as important to keep the environmental impact of our business to a minimum in order to protect the future of our babies.

Here is how we do it…
• Our warehouse is 100% powered by wind energy.
• All carbon created in the transport of Thirsties products is 100% offset by Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
• All fabric and components are sourced as locally as possible, thereby cutting down on unnecessary transportation (not from China).
• All cutting and sewing is completed locally as well so as to keep transport … Read More

If you are looking for ways to make your nursery more “green” there are many things you can do.  Using cloth diapers and washable, reusable wipes is a great place to start. But what else can you do?

Paint
Let’s start with paint.  Whether you are planning to paint your baby’s nursery rose petal pink, sky blue or grasshopper green, you can find non-toxic, odor-free (and even organic!) paints.  Not only are these paints not harmful to the environment, they are safer for baby too.  Because they are non-toxic, there is no “out-gassing.” The out-gassing process is what causes that “new paint” smell and the gasses can cause dizziness, headaches and nausea.  It continues to occur as the chemicals age and breakdown over time.

Flooring and Furniture
What about flooring?  Since synthetic carpets and rugs also contain harmful chemicals that can be released into the air, choose one made of … Read More

CAÑON CITY, Colorado-Among Colorado’s many natural blessings is an almost daily dose of high-intensity, high-altitude sunshine-over 300 days per year. The kind that can burn your skin nastily if you stay out more than just a few minutes without protection, but as well, the kind that makes solar panel manufacturers slobber on themselves.
Enter Erin Kimmett, founder and owner of one of America’s largest cloth diaper manufacturing and wholesale companies, Thirsties, Inc. Long an advocate for less-impacting methods of modern living, Kimmett began Thirsties five years ago as a venture to supplement her husband’s teaching income, to find an outlet for her incessant entrepreneurial spirit, and in large part to spread the news of the wonders of cloth diapering, both as a less-expensive means of diapering and as a way to drastically cut down on the environmental consequences of the omnipresent-and in her mind dangerous-disposable diaper.

Fast-forward the five-odd … Read More