Global Warming & EC

"Your baby is out of diapers already? But that's just so great for the environment. You should help more people know how to do this diaper free thing."

She was talking about an ancient, natural way of caring for your baby's hygiene needs that is as gentle on the environment as possible - called Elimination Communication (EC), Infant Potty Training, - an alternative to toilet training at 3.

Baby pottying, or helping your baby to go to the toilet and use a baby potty from their early days is a wonderful practice that reduces the impact of global warming and pollution on the Earth. At the same time it enhances your parent - baby bond and non-verbal communication.

We are all living on one Earth, one living planet, and our global environment needs us all to help protect it. Even our babies can help us. Start small - start with baby steps. One less diaper at a time will reap HUGE rewards for our future.

Consider becoming PART TIME DIAPER FREE to ease the burden of diaper use on the Earth.

You can ease into it... from when your baby is a few months old, even from their first days.

....Whenever you are ready to give it a go...

Becoming Part Time Diaper Free is a personal initiative that YOU can do with your baby to significantly reduce the number of pollution causing diapers that are dumped into landfills. You CAN do it, and gradually use fewer diapers each day over time... it isn't a 'quick fix', you will learn with your baby, and have a wonderful time as you enhance your understanding and relationship with each other.

We all want to leave a healthy planet for future generations.

It is clear that humans are the main cause of the rapidly increasing greenhouse effect. Our world is now showing and feeling the effects of global warming, it can be quite scary and seem like we are powerless as individuals to do anything to slow the climate change. But, we can do something; many things at the personal level that will collectively make a difference.

To stop global warming so that the rise in temperature does not go above the 2 degrees that scientists say will lead to catastrophic crop failures, water shortages, mass extinctions of our biodiversity and the displacement of millions of people due to ecological crises, we are all beginning to collectively ask ourselves this question:

The answer is: Heaps!

Help save the environment with your baby - as a team.

- your baby can help you - in fact, they'll show you how.

Why not start with the new generation? Our babies are tremendous contributors of waste to the environment, and this is because we are taught to put our babies in diapers full time for several years - the hospital put my son in a diaper so soon is was ridiculous - they barely pass anything for the first day.

It's really shocking to consider the volumes of waste that can be left, rotting in dumps long after our babies have grown. I'm sure you've read, as I have, that every disposable diaper ever used is still sitting somewhere rotting in a dump, and will be there for possibly hundreds more years. That flied in the face of my environmental awareness, so I looked for another way. In learning about using cloth diapers, (which are 2.5 times less damaging to the environment than disposables), I found out about the concept of EC through a site called "Infant Potty Training" by Laurie Boucke, who re-introduced the concept to the 'developed' countries 20 years ago. I was hooked - I knew that was the answer was for me.

The impact of disposable diapers on the environment is actually quite significant if they are the third largest contributor to waste in landfills.

BUT you CAN do something to reduce, even minimize that amount of diapers - learn a spot of EC. Just as disposables make such a significant impact on the amount of waste generated by a tiny infant, so too, learning EC has an equally HUGE potential to make a difference. Imagine even a small reduction in the number of disposables each child used?

That would be mountains of waste prevented from going into the landfills and off-gassing for years... This is called 'mitigation' -preventing the CO2 from being released in the first place - it is the first line of defense we have against global warming. And it is something we can do at home, WITH our babies. Wow.

If you are reading this page, you have an open mind to considering alternative ways of reducing the amount of carbon, and so reducing the 'carbon footprint' of your actions on our environment. That is just sensational. Learning about the ancient, truly environmentally conscious way of caring for your baby's hygiene needs is a great way to get started in doing this with your baby.

Protect the earth and have a clean and dry baby.

Our earth was polluted by humans, and protecting the environment is something we need to do together. What a way to help save the environment - by minimizing your baby's ecological footprint and having carbon neutral days.

Discover how to have 'reduced carbon' days, 'carbon neutral' days, even go on a 'carbon fast' by using fewer diapers.

That's right - EC is not something you HAVE to do all the time - you won't be out of diapers all the time - in fact definitely not. You'll need to build your confidence and knowledge and your baby will grow into that level of diaper-freedom in time with practice. This will inevitably happen and THEN you'll realize how 'everyday' it is to do EC with your children, and will be unable to go back to the full-time use of diapers ever again.

You'll be using diapers part time in a shorter period of time than you might expect. Diapers are a helpful tool for learning to practice EC (that is what diapers are for - protecting you and your surfaces from accidents). We used disposable diapers, cloth diapers and then the fabulous "EC'ing" alternatives that you'll be introduced to soon as you keep learning about this topic.

EC is a local effort we can do now and then as parents - reducing our overall diaper use in small ways.

You'll start catching pees often enough that your use of diapers will decrease and you will gain an increased understanding of your baby while saving a bit of your hard-earned money for a rainy day. (Or perhaps a relaxing facial - they are nice.)

I have read in several sources that each baby contributes over two tones of polluting waste to landfills if fully diapered in disposables.

I'll bet you'd like to know how to reduce THAT number for your baby.

The effects on the environment of all the waste was a concern of mine, and luckily I learnt about EC in time and discovered I could learn to gradually reduce the number of diapers we used on our newborn son over two or three months until they were something we used only part time - when we went out or to the movies or friends houses.

Did EC reduce the 'carbon impact' or 'carbon footprint' of our baby?

Within months we were using diapers part time, casually, often not at all at home. Really - if I can do it, so can you.

Within a few months we were only using washable EC undies (like training pants but better) and these were only wet, so went in the regular washing load. Yes, EC is not a perfect process, there will be accidents, but they can be minimized in terms of environmental impact too.

Modern Cloth Diapers are an amazing new tool, and the EC versions of diapers are just the BEST for combining diapers and EC with convenience, ease of potty breaks, maximum awareness benefits for parent and baby, and protection as well.

ANY reduction in the number of diapers you need to buy, use and dispose of (or wash) is a wonderful gift to our planet Earth, and you will smile every time.

Across a city, with even some parents using less diapers - it is a good thing. Across the world, imagine if everyone used just ONE less diaper a week? A day?

What are some of the environmental benefits of learning to practice your EC skills so that your baby is diaper free part time?

• Less pollution from chemicals in diapers, the manufacturing process, packaging, transportation, disposal etc

• Less exposure of live viruses such as the Polio vaccine in landfills which can contaminate the environment.

• Less time in diapers means - less chemical exposure, waste load on the environment

• Less exposure to waste by-products urea and ammonia that are a main cause of diaper rash.

• less exposure to chemicals in wipes, creams etc that baby may be sensitive to.

• Less exposure of baby to chemicals in creams, medicated diaper rash lotions and antibiotics for severe diaper rashes.

• Less exposure to powders that may exacerbate breathing in sensitive babies.

• Less impact of cloth washing, less detergents, less water use.

• Less energy to purchase, transport and dispose of diapers.

• Less energy to wash cloth diapers (though they use 2.5 times less than disposables anyway)

• less time in a diaper = less packaging, bulk in bins, diaper bags etc.

• Confidence for mum in meeting baby's needs - empowering to make other green choices?

Have you joined up to receive my free mini-course introducing you to the concept of EC, or Elimination Communication? I hope you'll consider signing up in a moment, just read on...

You will receive "The 7 Secrets to Developing Your Diaper-Free Confidence", which is about building your confidence, (something that is at the core of learning something new), building your knowledge and preparing you so that becoming part time diaper-free is something you just add to your baby care routine like it is something you have always done. You'll use diapers as a tool, not a necessity.

NB: This three week mini course in EC is completely FREE.

It's not about some amazing 3 or 7 step plan to diaper freedom, it will introduce you to another way of looking at diapers and toilet learning. A way that is gradual, holistic and grows with you and your child, so that independence comes naturally and the transition empowers you as a parent, rather than stressing you out as the time for 'toilet training' starts approaching.

Elimination Communication is something you start at home.

You ease into the practice part time with your baby leading the way, using diapers as full-time backup at first. You offer a potty break at diaper changes, particularly if your baby has a dry diaper when you happen to check it, and then, Hooray. You 'catch' your first wee, start skipping the odd diaper, and begin doing your little bit for the future environment your baby will live in.

Did you know, that in North America alone, the diaper industry is worth an estimated 7 BILLION dollars a year? That's a lot of diaper changing, that's a lot of manufacturing, packaging, transportation, advertising and that's a lot of waste.

Diaper companies, who used to make products for toddlers up to two years of age, are now making products for children up to five and seven, and now 8-10 year olds. GOOD LORD!

How's this as a way to create an ongoing market for diapers?

"The person will stop wearing diapers when he chooses and not due to ages or being forced."

"Youth Diaper Size 7 and 8:
We asked the kids what they wanted to make diapers better they wanted plastic backing and a thicker diaper. Some kids also found that the diapers where getting too tight and some kids where overweight and could not fit properly. The new improved Youth size 7 and 8 and full plastic backing with same designs on the front and we have increased the thickness of the diaper so it is twice the thickness.
Youth Diaper Size 7 Ages 5-7
Youth Diaper Size 8 Ages 8-10." Visit Source

Children are now in diapers longer than ever before in history in the 'developed' countries, while children in the rest of the world are largely out of diapers around their first birthdays, at least knowing how to use a potty place on cue, and using any diapers in a casual way, rather than 24 hours a day.

You can learn to use diapers more casually by developing your confidence in practicing EC, in becoming part time diaper free.

Even a generation ago, the majority of toddlers were beginning to move out of diapers at eighteen months. Now, the majority of children don't do this until they are nearly three. Something is out of balance.

In my 7 Secrets you will see how common this knowledge was even a generation ago. It has been largely lost, but can now be regained. I can help you to do this.

You'll receive your first "Secret" today... there is no waiting.

Just a taste of my 7 FREE lessons reveal...

• 'Of Course.' tips that will make your diaper use choices greener for the environment that you can begin using as soon as you read them. Just your diaper choices will make a difference, whether you do EC or not; advances are happening all the time.

• Easy everyday techniques for enhancing your intuitive connection with your baby - to KNOW when they need to go.

• Powerful approaches that will help you develop your 'diaper free' confidence as you learn to adapt EC principles to your modern lifestyle.

• Simple, supportive advice to make practicing Elimination Communication easier than full time diaper use, saving you money, saving the environment too.

• Tips to get started.

It's helpful to learn about EC in little bits of information, as most of this instinctual knowledge has been lost from the community with the widespread use of the convenient disposable diaper. Just as we like to learn about lots of little ways we can help the environment, gradually adjusting our lifestyles, we can learn about EC like that too, and that's what my free guide is all about - gradually building your awareness of what it is like to do infant or baby pottying. Seeing what little parts of it suit you for now... and growing from there...

In the 7 Secrets you will learn how your daily diaper-free time is an avenue to learning about EC with your baby - an easy way to start building your diaper-free confidence.

How do you boost your confidence in having your baby diaper-free more often so that you can significantly reduce your household baby related carbon impact?

To see what else is being done regarding 'Global Warming', explore some of these resources with more information and research about global warming and protecting the environment.

A wide variety of ideas have been included.

The Kyoto Protocol Essential Reading The Kyoto Protocol information at the United Nations

Scorecard.org - The Pollution Information Site

Transition Culture.org - Transition culture - an exploration of Energy Descent