Lust List
Date: January 10, 2010 | Category: Art, Featured, The Home
- buddha-candle
- Biodegradable Herb Planter Set:
- Forest Ethics Boxer Briefs
In Bed with Goldilocks!
Date: November 26, 2008 | Category: Featured, Home Furnishings, The Home
It’s no wonder Goldilocks wanted to try out all the beds in the three bears’ home. She was trying to find the best sheets!!
With the release of Goldie Home, a new line of eco-luxury bedding, sophisticated design meets sustainability. Using only third-party certified organic cotton, you can rest assured that your zz’s will be enjoyed pesticide-free. The dyes are not vegetable-based but do adhere to strict European standards, and Goldie Home makes the commitment to switch to more ecologically-sound dyes in the future. (more…)
Don’t Be a Turkey: Entertain Greenly this Holiday Season
Date: November 20, 2008 | Category: Food & Drink, Holiday & Gift, Kitchen, Lifestyle
Chekhov once famously wrote, “People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.” It isn’t that entertaining isn’t enjoyable, just that hosting holiday celebrations can be stressful, especially if you are trying to make more eco-friendly choices around the house.
But preparing an organic meal and decorating with an eye towards sustainability needn’t be nerve-racking since there have never been more green products on the market. You just need to know where to look. This year, ecofabulous has done the shopping for you (OK, you still have to purchase the bits you want, but we make it easy!). (more…)
A Staycation in Bed
Date: November 19, 2008 | Category: Home Furnishings, The Home
It is beginning to get a little chilly to lay in a field of flowers (OK, LA, we know…) So to do your part to reduce your travel footprint and to save your pretty pennies, try turning your bed into a retreat. The Bloom organic cotton duvet from Wildflower Organics can help create an escape. (more…)
Dirty Dog
Date: November 12, 2008 | Category: Pets, The Home
Dirty Dog Organics fur freshener is strong enough for a man, but made for his best friend.
From the founders of The Grapeseed Company, this 100 percent paraben, sulfate and phthalate free spritzer is a non-greasy solution to every pet owner’s problem of DO (that’s Doggy Odor, folks). While mainstream chemical-filled pet care products often leave canines suffering with skin irritation, Dirty Dog Organics fur freshener is made with pure essential oils and organic aloe for a quick pick-me-up that doesn’t weigh fur down. With sweet hints of lavender, rosemary and mint, pups can put a fresh foot forward, or paw as the case may be.
Reverse World - Gardens that Eat Insects!
Date: November 12, 2008 | Category: Cleaning, Featured, Kitchen, The Home
Managing pests like flies in the kitchen has been a challenge for more than one eco-minded housekeeper. If you have a fruit bowl, at some point you will likely have fruit flies buzzing around your kitchen. The flies are harmless but, frankly, watching them land on your beautiful farmer’s market finds can be a minor bummer.
The Insect Eating Garden from Gifts that Bloom is a Venus fly trap that makes a meal out of the little buggers. For just $12.99 it is about the same price as bug spray but without any harmful chemicals. Just add water and sunshine and at least one problem will be history. (more…)
Giving Water a Voice
Date: November 6, 2008 | Category: Events, Food & Drink, Kitchen, Lifestyle, Stores & Resources
Water’s been getting a bad rap lately due to its connection with the wasteful plastic bottle industry. Last week, ecofabulous attended an event in New York where PŪR gave water a voice by inviting a panel of experts to discuss the effects of the water bottling industry and release breakthrough technology in the field of water filtration.
While many of us have adopted the recycling regime, an astonishing 38 billion plastic water bottles are still thrown away each year. Even if we reach the point where we are recycling 100% of the plastic bottles, the production process still requires a huge amount of energy. The U.S. requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil each year in order to meet the bottle-making demands of Americans – that’s enough to fuel 100,000 U.S. cars for a year. (more…)
Green Eggs and Pan
Date: November 6, 2008 | Category: Kitchen, The Home
Hate to ruin your appetite, but unfortunately for all of us, the non-stick cookware that made your eggs slide so easily onto your plate likely contained PTFE, which is toxic at high temperatures. And PFOA, a chemical involved in non-stick production, has been deemed “likely carcinogenic” by the EPA.
Enter Green Pan, a Belgium-based company that has developed a line of cookware that’s PTFE-Free and PFOA-Free in manufacturing. As a plus, the company is able to forge the pans using half the energy required to produce a pan with a PTFE coating. Coining the term “constainable,” they are developing products that blend convenience with sustainability.
Rejoice, eggs are back on the table!
Art for Little Whiskers
Date: November 5, 2008 | Category: Pets, The Home
Think of it as fine art china for your cat. The Whisker-Wide Bowl for cats is handcrafted in the USA, using 100 percent recycled glass. The bowls are shallow and wide, so they won’t disrupt your kitty’s whiskers while she is eating, and they are attractive enough that they won’t disturb your décor when she isn’t (if that is your look).
The bowls are made by Big Shrimpy, a company that emphasizes manufacturing products that reduce the amount of natural resources withdrawn from the Earth. Big Shrimpy also uses sustainable practices in the company’s day-to-day activities and donates a portion of its annual product sales to a non-profit organization that works to encourage environmentally-friendly business practices.
The dish’s outer dimensions measure 5″x7” and the bowls retail for only $24 each. Is your feline elegant enough to appreciate this gift?
Finally, Good News from the Stalk Market
Date: October 30, 2008 | Category: Food & Drink, Kitchen, Lifestyle
If the only thing more depressing than reading about the state of the economy while you eat your lunch is the plastic cutlery you’re using to chow down with, check out these 100 percent compostable knives, forks and spoons by StalkMarket.
StalkMarket is a line of tableware and packaging made from sugarcane waste recovered from sugar refineries. The crushed stalks, which are normally disposed of by burning, are taken to a processing plant where they are converted into paperboard that is completely safe for your food.
The lines includes a wide array of plates, bowls, serving trays, to-go containers, sandwich boxes and cups all made of the sweet material. All of the products are said to be microwave safe and can handle boiling liquid.
StalkMarket can be purchased by the case at Branch Home or in stores nationwide. So while the news from Wall Street may not bring a smile to your face, maybe your lunch will.
