Remind me next year not to leave for vacation right after I get back from BlogHer!! I had so much fun at my annual blogging conference but then had no time at all to write about it. Now I’m finally home and my boys are off in Wisconsin watching the Green Bay Packers (yes, it’s football season already!), so I’ve got a few minutes to tell you about my trip.
As usual, the true highlight of the trip was hanging with my green blogging peeps. My roomie Lori from Groovy Green Livin and I were pretty much joined at the hip – attending most of the same events. We started out with a summit of sorts hosted by Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, talking about gearing up our activism efforts to get better chemical legislation passed. Check out our power team:
Penelope from Toxic Baby, Kathy from Safe Mama, Lindsay from Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, me, Lori from GroovyGreenLivin and Anne from Flour Sack Mama.
Next we headed over to the gorgeous Hotel Allegro for a blogger networking event with Healthy Child Healthy World. Lori and I were co-hosts along with actress and environmental activist Mariel Hemingway!
What a treat to have all these amazing bloggers and activists in one place!
photo via lindsaydahl.com
Call me crazy but I got up super early the next morning to do yoga in Millennium Park. How could I resist?
Next it was off to breakfast at Nana with Stonyfield Organic where we gorged ourselves on incredible, organic food while learning about organic farming and the connection between genetics and environment and how it relates to pesticides exposure. Love this group shot of the Yo-Getters team!
Later that evening we landed at the EcoFab50 party. In case you were wondering, it is possible to throw a rockin party at a yoga studio with no alcohol! Check out Lori, Kathy (Safe Mama) and myself sporting our Better Life cleaning products t-shirts!
Just to top if off, I had the chance to meet Sheryl Sandberg – COO of Facebook and author of the best-selling book Lean In. I was truly inspired by her message that women can create opportunities for themselves and achieve their goals and that this doesn’t have to be a “man’s world”. There is so much we need to do to get women on equal footing in this country and I’m grateful that she is encouraging this conversation.
After the conference, I had a day to wander around Chicago and of course I had to visit The Bean! Can you see me?
A super-huge thank you to my BlogHer sponsors: Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Better Life and MightyNest who helped make this trip possible!
Emily @RandomRecycling says
Great to hear about such a positive trip. Glad to see so many Eco activists coming together around Blogher.
Micaela says
Thanks Emily! Maybe we’ll see you there next year?
Kimberly @ Red Shutters says
Lovely to meet you (briefly) at the Safer Chemicals Healthy Healthy Families event, Michaela, and I am enjoying your blog! The sushi post has me inspired to try making it with my kids!
Micaela says
Lovely to meet you too Kimberly! Try the sushi – it’s such a fun cooking project with kids – and healthy too!
Susan Michael Barrett says
Micaela, I was so excited to hear you went to BlogHer and hooked up with your same-minded friends. As always, thank you for your work. I care so very much about safer chemicals for our children and grandchildren and theirs. (I think I told you that my oncologist believes the cancer I have is a result of exposure to pesticides). PS. Love that picture of you with Mariel Hemingway!