Whether you order online or take the little ones to dine at their store in Newport Beach, your kids are assured a healthy and delicious meal from the team at Pomme Bebe. The founder combines flavors from her youth in Bulgaria with the touch of Executive Chef Laurent Brazier for recipes sure to please the pickiest of customer.

If you aren’t in the Newport Beach area, order your supplies via the company website.

After an unplanned 14 month hiatus, Gerber is back with its line of organic cereals and dinner purees. The products were removed from store shelves last year after lumps in the products were identified as a potential choking hazard.

The company has spent the last year updating the manufacturing process and adding several new variations to the product line.

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Coming off a very successful 2007-2008 program, Lexus and Scholastic are back at it again for the 2008-2009 school year. The Lexus Eco Challenge allows middle and high school students to compete for $1 million in scholarships and grants, with the winning teams receiving $75,000 each!

Registration starts in just a few weeks so make sure to add it to your calendar.

Lexus Eco Challenge website

Update: We received an email from the marketing firm working on the Lexus Challenge with a bit of clarification. “I wanted to let you know that we’ve made a few changes to the grant/scholarship structure for 2008-2009 based on what we learned the first year. Lexus is still awarding $1 million dollars, but it will be distributed a bit differently. Each of the winning teams in the first three initial challenges (we went from four to three to allow teams more time to complete the challenges) will receive $10,000 each. For the Final Challenge, the 14 first-place teams will share $30,000 each and the two grand-prize-winning teams will each receive $50,000.”

As a marketer of bottled water it makes perfect sense that Evian wants to hook ‘em while they’re young. The company has rolled out a new kid-friendly bottle design and is pitching the $5.99 six-pack to parents as a healthy alternative to the sugary drinks often found in lunch bags.

However, leading the next generation of consumers down the bottled water path is not healthy, at least not for the environment. A much better idea is hook your children up with a Sigg. The reusable bottles can be used for years and come in a variety of sizes and colors.

Sigg website

Selling out remaining inventory is a bit of a hassle so we are practically giving away the final items to clear out our incredible collection of boys and girls organic cotton children’s clothing from Laurenceleste and Bossy Baby. All items on the site are just $10!

No more complaining that going green is too expensive. Supplies are extremely limited so order soon.

Children’s clothing from Pangaya

Despite a lack of support from President Bush, Congress has approved a ban on toxins in products designed for children. Set to go into effect in six months, the new law will ban three types of phthalates. If you like a bit of toxins in your goods, don’t worry, as the ban doesn’t take effect until after the holiday season and you can still get your fix of phthalates in products ranging from shampoo to perfume.

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Kids are running the show in a lot of families these days and that’s good news for companies producing “green” kids’ products. The little ones are more aware of issues related to the environment and nearly three quarters of them believe in buying recycled paper products. Other findings include:

• More than 50% of 6 to 8 year olds encourage their parents to buy green products
• Hispanic families are more likely to seek out organic product
• Kids and tweens had $19 billion in personal income last year

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Nothing gets the parents in the ‘burbs revved up like throwing the annual birthday bash for their prized little one(s). Ranging from the basic Costco pizza and white cake to over-the-top parties to one-up the neighbors, these glutinous affairs are rarely more than a party for the adults with a few kids thrown in for excitement. And the thought of actually learning something at a birthday party, that’s just crazy talk.

Let us introduce Inspired Birthdays, a customized birthday party service built around five themes: Wild Child, Planet Party, Happy Healthy Hoopla, Unwrapping Your Community, and Colors of My World. Regardless of the theme you choose, you can rest assured that the little ones will be in for a good time and be introduced to educational themes in a fun and interactive setting.

The only downside to the service is the cost. A get together for ten kids will set you back at least $1,250, so make sure the invite list is nice and tight.

Inspired Birthdays website

This post was originally going to be about Itsabelly, a service to help expecting parents prepare for the arrival of their child. However, I hit their blog and found that the owners of the company are releasing a book about going green with children. The book is set for a summer release but can be pre-ordered by sending an email to Itsabelly.

The book will cover the importance of going green, appropriate products for your baby registry, eco-mom tips (none for pops?), and going green on a budget.

Pre-order the book from the Itsabelly blog

While we’re on the topic, Pangaya is offering steep discounts on organic children’s clothing from Laurenceleste.

In some of the more polluted cities around the world telling your kids to go outside for some fresh air might not be the best bit of advice. In the affected areas, air quality is so bad that best-selling author and pediatrician Bill Sears that it’s like the child is smoking.

Nearly 7 million children in the U.S. suffer from asthma and the problem isn’t getting any better. Children are impacted more than adults, as their lungs are still developing and most children spend more time outdoors where exposure is greatest.

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