We’re BIG fans of www.HolidayLEDs.com and of their lovely lights that save tons of energy (using 90% less than conventional lights) and don’t burn hot (so they’re safer to use around little ones, not to mention yards and homes).

We’ve recently added some of their cool purple, orange and green Halloween lights to our new marketplace and now you can grab some at a sweetly discounted rate. (But only through 10/5, so you’d better hurry!)

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Kids may not understand the connection between calories and health but they do understand fun.

So make the connection fun and educational with this interactive “Pumpkin-O-Meter” sponsored by KidsHealth.org.

What to do after the calorie counting is through? Click over to Treeswing.org for great tips and tools on staying healthy all year ’round.

Bats may seem pretty spooky – but in fact, they’re pretty spooktacular.

Whether they’re hunting insects (such as mosquitoes), pollinating plants or scattering seeds, these flying mammals are working hard as integral members of ecosystems all over the planet.

But they are in danger – and they need human help.

Enter Bat Conservation International (BCI), an organization devoted to conservation, education, and research initiatives involving bats and the ecosystems they serve. Founded in 1982, as scientists around the world became concerned that bats essential to the balance of nature and human economies were in alarming decline, the organization has achieved unprecedented progress by emphasizing sustainable uses of natural resources that benefit both bats and people.

Want to get involved?

On www.batcon.org, you can learn to build a bat house, find workshops and bat colonies, read bat poetry or even send a bat inspired e-card (perfect for green Halloween!)

Kids can get involved by clicking on the link below:

Don’t like the un-greenness of growing (and shipping) pumpkins only to use them as decor?  Try this fun, virtual pumpkin carving tool instead.

Then, share your virtual jack-o-lantern on our new community page.

Can’t wait to see what you (and your kids) come up with!