When child No. 3 came around, Nora Cates wondered if there wasn't a better way than shelling out the cash for all those disposable diapers. "It was very expensive," she told me (and as anyone who has ...

Totsbots, a Glasgow company that makes reusable nappies, is incorporating recycled plastic bottles into its fabric designs. In what's claimed to be a world-first, Totsbots will replace the virgin ...

When Catherine Marshall was pregnant with her twin girls, she committed herself to one thing: avoiding disposable diapers.

Anna Rice had a strong reaction when she heard about her sister-in-law's plan to use cloth diapers. What a hippie. But after Rice and her husband, Dan, lived in the developing country of Laos, they ...

A free class on cloth diapering will be offered at the Eastside Library, 524 S. Stone St., on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Call: (509) 483-5570. When it comes to child-rearing there are lots of hot button ...

YOU don’t need to be an eco-warrior to feel guilty about the amount of plastic packaging piling up – but can you be bothered to do anything about it? As a new mum, I feel bad about my own contribution ...

BERKELEY, California --Like many new mothers in this environmentally friendly city, Keri Hayes, a freelance reporter, diapers her 5-month-old daughter in cloth and biodegradable disposable diapers.

In March, the Green Lantern wondered: Are cloth diapers really better for the environment than disposables? The piece is reprinted below. I’m about to have my first child, and my husband and I are ...