One of the most difficult things about trying to live a green life is just how damned overwhelming the whole experience can be. You start out with great intentions: "I'll just begin taking my own shopping bag with me to the grocery store," you merrily say to yourself. Then, while you're there, you start thinking about the pesticides that might be on those cucumbers you're placing in your bag ... so you vow to buy only organic. Then you start to think about the toxic chemicals that might be in the cleaning products under your kitchen sink. Which, of course, leads you to think about other chemicals that might be in your house -- radon, maybe, or chlorine in your water supply. By the time you get home, you're so alarmed that all you want to do is curl up in fetal position in a corner, and rock back and forth and muttering to yourself like Rain Man.

I'm starting to have trouble breathing just thinking about it.

Luckily, however, there's a new blog in town: 90 Tips for 90 Days. This great new blog is being launched by the Children's Health Environmental Coalition, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public, specifically parents and caregivers, about environmental toxins that affect children's health. The site is designed to give daily tips to "help you reduce exposure to chemicals, toxins, and pollutants - for the benefit of your children's health, the health of your home, and the environment." I love the features so far, which provide helpful ideas on reducing toxins, without being doom-and-gloom -- and the best part? In addition to providing practical information, such as how you can keep up-to-date on environmental health, they also suggest adopting very simple practices in your own life, like taking your shoes off before you enter your home (to reduce the chance of introducing pesticides into your living areas), or decorating your home with houseplants (which help eliminate the air of certain pesticides).

Not convinced? Well, perhaps the names of some of the contributors will impress you -- none other than actors Laura Dern and Amy Brenneman, not to mention inspirational environmental-activist Erin Brockovich-Ellis.

Be sure to check the site out. At the very least, what you may learn may help you breathe a little easier.

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Contributing Editor Karen Walrond also blogs at her green shopping blog, Emerald Market, and at her personal site, Chookooloonks.