All Together Diaper Company Organic cotton prefolds – the “original” cloth diaper.

Bummis Diapers (Swimmis, too) Made in Montreal, Bummis are a simple, easy to use system of cloth diapering.

SnackTAXIs are a fun way to reduce your use of plastics. Invented by a Massachusetts mom who packs over 500 lunches a year, just one of these washable, reusable, colorful bags can eliminate an average of 1,000 (!) plastic bags over it’s lifetime.

They come in two sizes, Snack and Sandwich, and a wide variety of patterns and colors (including some very pretty Pucci-esque paisleys for grown-up users), and are completely machine-washable. The Snack size is just perfect for a pile of Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies.

Check out our selection of fun colors and patterns at Linden Hills Natural Home.

You like water, right? Clean, cold, pure, thirst-quenching water?

But not out of a plastic bottle.

So get a Klean Kanteen, made from stainless steel. The company is awesome, too. We ordered some bottles from them, printed with our logo, and they gave us the most exceptionally good customer service we could hope for. The bottles were delivered in time for a big special event and they looked great.

Laptop Lunches have been getting lots of buzz in the past few months. Ever since they were featured in the Star-Tribune’s “Green Holiday Gift Guide” back in December, they’ve been a steady seller at Natural Home.

These non-toxic easy-care lunch kits are a great option for kids (and grownups) that take the waste out of a portable meal.

Laptop Lunches is a California-based and mommy-owned company. Check their blog for the latest info on new products and great suggestions on how to cut waste, save money and pack healthy meals to go.

Minneapolis natives Mariko and Alice first met in elementary school (fifth grade, to be precise), and since then, they’ve traveled abroad together, attended college together, and even worked at the same restaurant jobs together. Now, their friendship has blossomed into a new environmentally-friendly, local, and FUN line of clothing for kids.

Mermapillar grew out of Mariko and Alice’s passion for doing the right thing—and Mariko’s appreciation for Alice’s artistic talents. Alice began drawing her sigature “merma-critters” on customer’s checks at a local restaurant.

Living the Sassy Life
By Kathy Gerhardt

The tag on the children’s clothes at Linden Hills Natural Home reads in part: “Superb comfort. Inspired design from organic and recycled fabrics…this is what fashion should be. This is Sassy Knitwear.”

Designed and hand-sewn by Molly O’Brien, these clothes are not only sassy, but smart, too: smart in design, smart in comfort and smart in that they are created and delivered with as little impact to the environment as possible.

The Center for Environmental Health recently sent out a consumer advisory, alerting parents to the possible presence of lead in children’s vinyl lunch boxes or bags.

Because it is not possible to tell by appearance whether a vinyl lunch box may contain lead, CEH is advising parents to avoid buying vinyl lunch boxes altogether as we cannot guarantee they are lead free. You can test vinyl lunch boxes you already own using a hand-held lead testing kit, which is available for purchase at Linden Hills Natural Home.

These ergonomically designed baby carriers have been incredibly popular with new mommies and daddies. Named by Parenting Magazine “one of the best twenty products of the past twenty years,” Ergos are sturdy, stylish, and can be used to carry baby in front, back, or hip positions.

Now available in organically grown cotton!

Fuzz That Wuzz What were once plastic bottles are now cuddly toys! Introducing Fuzz That Wuzz! The outer fabric and the stuffing are both high-quality polyester fiber made from 100% recycled plastic PET bottles

Linden Hills Natural Home provides great gifts and everyday necessities for healthy, happy babies and children, including:

ErgoCarrier
Ergo ergonomically designed baby carriers, Moby Wraps, Beco carriers and locally-made Kangaroo Korner sling carriers.

Cloth diapers and diaper doublers

Durable fun toys from HABA, Plan and Imagiplay

Uncle Goose wooden building blocks (in four languages!)

Organic cotton soft toys from Under the Nile

Glass and BPA-free Bottles from Adiri,