February 8, 2008
Environment, Home, Stuff
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Mrs. Meyer’s Basil Collection Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Products
Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day says: “With all the chores that need doing, a bit of extra energy is certainly nice. Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day BASIL COLLECTION has top notes of basil, apricot leaves, parsley, and eucalyptus, making the newest scent cool and crisp. The basil herb is known for its uncanny ability to ease the nerves and perk up the senses — what a handy combination! Don’t you just love an herb that works as hard as you do?”
January 15, 2008
Apparel, Body Care, Cars and Transport, Environment, Home, Stores, Stuff
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Shopping Green Made Easy!
Finally, something like an online mall of highly evaluated, all green products for the savvy and eco-conscious shopper. According to EVO, the new website dedicated to providing shoppers with green-rated products ready for consumption, they “only feature products that have a minimum of one Green Attribute.” Intended as a guide for shopping, the Green Attributes might include things like solar options, sweatshop- or cruelty-free manufacturing processes, bamboo materials, ecologically friendly packaging, energy-star rating or biodiesel fuel inclusion.
The inherent greenness of a product is judged by how it’s made, the materials that it consists of, the travel distance from manufacturing to consumer or marketplace and the quality of the energy that is used to power it. From these factors, then, EVO has generated a rating system — next to each item they feature on the site, Read the rest…
December 21, 2007
Green Building, Home, Stuff
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Teragren Bamboo Products
Teragren manufactures bamboo products using safe, renewable building materials. All of their products, from flooring to panels and veneers, are “made with environmentally safe materials from rapidly renewable Optimum 5.5™ Moso bamboo.”
Further, their “bamboo flooring, bamboo panels and bamboo veneer surpass stringent international and U.S. environmental standards and contribute to two U.S. Green Building Council LEED® credits.”
Products like their formaldehyde-free, food-safe bamboo parquet butcher block panels are eco-friendly pieces ideal for countertops, islands or tabletops in the environmentally-conscious dwelling.
To contact Teragren, visit their website, where you can order a brochure and samples.
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