In the “getting to know you” part of the college composition class I teach, I may have alluded to my illustrious career here at the Green Baby Guide.   I explained to my students that the Green Baby Guide was all about finding ways to minimize the impact a baby has on the planet.  You know, reducing the amount of baby gear you buy, finding deals at garage sales, using cloth diapers–

“I would NEVER use cloth diapers!” a student screeched.  “Sorry,” she said a moment later, clamping her mouth shut.


Jamieson Diemer grew up green–whether she wanted to or not.

Of course I assured her that if she ever had a baby of her own, she could simply log on to the Green Baby Guide, where she would find so much practical, encouraging advice to make the whole cloth diapering process–

“Sorry!”  She shook her head with finality.  “Not going to do it.  No way, no how.  Nuh-uh.”  (All right, she did not phrase her distaste quite like that.  That’s what we composition teachers like to refer to as hyperbole.)

So passionate was my student on the topic of “green living” that she devoted her first essay assignment to the subject.  It explained a lot.  You see, my student’s cloth diaper repulsion was rooted in experience with a younger sibling and . . . you guessed it: a Green Mother.

Have you ever worried that as a “green mom,” you were destined to raise a rebellious child who would one day hold a disdain for all things eco?  Are we unwittingly raising the next generation of reckless tree killers?  Here’s your chance to find out.  Read Jamieson Diemer’s thought-provoking essay: Green Mother.