http://www.media-organic.com a journal of sustainable suburban living Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:17:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.media-organic.com/tv-free-update http://www.media-organic.com/tv-free-update#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 12:02:06 +0000 John http://www.media-organic.com/?p=391 It’s been a little over three weeks since we instituted our tv-free policy and I just wanted to report on our progress. First the good news. My girls (both 12) took it in stride and haven’t complained one iota. I know that a lot of kids would revolt against such a policy so I’m [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/tv-free-update/feed 0 http://www.media-organic.com/kids-and-gardening http://www.media-organic.com/kids-and-gardening#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 11:19:12 +0000 John http://www.media-organic.com/?p=250 Our TV-FREE initiative started last Tuesday and is going well.  The kids have been busy enough with other activities and events that they haven’t really had time to complain. Over the weekend, we decided to let each of our girls take ownership of their own garden bed, to plant, water and care for as they see [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/kids-and-gardening/feed 0 http://www.media-organic.com/our-grand-experiment http://www.media-organic.com/our-grand-experiment#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 02:47:39 +0000 John http://www.media-organic.com/?p=172 I’ll admit it, I’m a couch potato and I LOVE my big screen TV. But today our family went TV-FREE. The reaons are complicated but it mostly boiled down to having two smart 12-year-old girls with very active lives in and out of school but who are not living up to their grade potential. [...read more]]]> http://www.media-organic.com/our-grand-experiment/feed 1