Archive for October, 2008
Improving Your Giftprint
Date: October 2, 2008 | Category: Featured, Food & Drink, Holiday & Gift, Lifestyle, Stores & Resources
At ecofabulous, we love presents. But gifts should be thoughtful, right? Thoughtful of the recipient and thoughtful of our little planet.
So TREAD Light Gifts gets our thumbs up. From the Tiny Tikes Snack Kit to the Welcome Home Kit, the Get Clean Kit and the Ultimate Happy Hour assortment, TREAD Light has pulled together some excellent combinations to construct packages for all of your friends and family - from the mildest to the wildest.
Everything is either organic, all-natural (yes, this one is always the most ambiguous), recycled, sustainably produced, fair-trade or manufactured by companies who contribute back to the earth and or their communities. In addition, their kits are packaged in 100% organic cotton totes and come with a no-waste, plantable gift tag that will bear beautiful wildflowers (think of the tag as a little bonus). Time to think inside the box, or bag in this case.
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Elsewhere on the Ecosphere
Date: October 2, 2008 | Category: Lifestyle, Media
Here are today’s picks for what’s wow in green (the ecosphere has never been so green!). Enjoy!
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Keep the Water in and the Chemicals out!
Date: October 2, 2008 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home
Finding vintage furniture and green building supplies is getting easier by the second, but I seriously couldn’t find a decent shower curtain. Bamboo towels? Check. Recycled toilet paper? Check. But what about the ubiquitous curtain? West Elm to the rescue! With an ever expanding offering of eco-goods, West Elm has the solution for keeping precious water inside the stall instead of on the floor.
West Elm and its sister company Pottery Barn have been introducing more and more organic and sustainable items recently, which means that everyone will now have access to beautiful, affordable and environmentally friendly design.
Available in three bold, earthy colors for Fall, and in other prints, the shower curtains retail for $49 and are machine washable.
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DuraBantastic!
Date: October 2, 2008 | Category: Cleaning, The Home
It’s one of the less fabulous facts of life: Sharing an office bathroom can sometimes be a little bit gross. We here at ecofabulous are very neat, naturally, but with a whole staff using one bathroom we felt that a little something extra was in order to keep germs and mildew at bay. But what is a green gal to use?
Now there is a new eco-conscious solution for preventing a microbe invasion. DuraBan’s line of antibacterial sprays and laundry rinse create a protective barrier that lasts for months and the product is said to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria. In addition, the products annihilate common viruses, like Salmonella, Staph, E-Coli and the flu virus.
We have sprayed down the office bathroom and let DuraBan go to work. The spray is odorless and doesn’t leave a sticky residue. But, more importantly, our bathroom feels cleaner than ever, which is actually pretty darn fabulous.
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Elsewhere on the Ecosphere
Date: October 1, 2008 | Category: Lifestyle, Media
Here are today’s picks for what’s wow in green. Enjoy! …
A rating system for keeping green hotels honest.
Dozens of ‘eco town’ plans lodged.
Eco event offers practical tips for a green world.
Beyond the supermarket: Herbs and spices.
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Green Goes with Everything
Date: October 1, 2008 | Category: Cleaning, Garden, Green Building, Home Furnishings, Kitchen, Office, Pets, The Home
For any person who is interested in creating a more pure environment for his or her family, a new book has hit stores that offers some solid guidance for achieving your eco goals.
“Green Goes With Everything,” by Sloan Barnett, is seven chapters packed with information and tips aimed at helping you clean up your act and your environment.
Like me, Sloan’s environmental quest was fueled by the desire to find a cure for her children’s asthma. And amazingly, like me, she was able to cure it by eliminating the toxins in her house and by switching to natural cleaning supplies. Makes you wonder how many people have had a comparable experience. My guess is that there are many of us out there with similar stories. But if you are a parent of a child still suffering from asthma, you might need this framework.
Sloan is the Green Editor for KNTV in San Francisco and she knows her stuff; the book provides simple, well-researched solutions to creating a safe environment for you and your family. It is available in stores and online now. I only wish this was out when I was embarking upon my initial environmental journey!
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Some Juicy Gossip
Date: October 1, 2008 | Category: Food, Food & Drink, Kids
Here’s the scoop: I try to buy fresh ingredients as often as possible but juicing an apple isn’t quite my speed. So reading labels is essential, and I have grown accustomed to wading through long lists of ingredients to make sure drinks are pure enough for my family. That’s why I love Nana Mae’s Organic Apple Juice.
“Ingredients: Pure pasteurized unfiltered juice from select ripe apples, organically grown and organically produced.” Period.
Though I prefer my kids to get their fruit in whole form, occasionally we indulge them in a little juice (I like to make popsicles with various flavors). It is sweet enough to appeal to kids but has a beautifully earthy apple taste that feels very grown up. There are two “flavors,” Mid-Season Heirloom Varietal and Gravenstein Apple Juice. No tricks, just a taste treat. Wow, I’m getting thirsty!
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Reducing Your Carbon Paw Print
Date: October 1, 2008 | Category: Featured, Pets, The Home
Is Fido is the only family member who hasn’t gone eco? If that’s the case, then it is high time for a canine makeover.
The Good Dog Company offers a great line of organic cotton and hemp collars for dogs and cats, as well as leashes, harnesses and dog toys. The line comes in a variety of cute prints in hemp canvas, or solids in a hemp corduroy.
The Good Dog Company’s mission revolves around the belief that we humans have a responsibility to promote awareness of sustainable products and practices, right down to our pets’ apparel. In support of this effort the company manufactures its goods using hemp and other natural fibers so that they are sustainable, safe and durable. It employs a local workforce and emphasizes American craftsmanship and sweatshop free labor and has reduced its manufacturing waste through careful consumption and recycling.
In addition, the Golden, Colo.-based company donates a portion of its profits to environmental and social causes, both nationally and locally. Recipients of the company’s donations include Leave No Trace, EnvironmentColorado, the Denver Dumb Friends League and The Humane Society.
Our ecofabulous mascot Koala is sporting the bone collar and feeling good about his carbon paw print.
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