July 8, 2008
Apparel, Body Care, Stores, Stuff
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Green Shopping Made Easier: Greenzer
Search and Shopping online are getting more and more highly developed, every day it seems. Local search, more niche sites and fully targeted advertising for very specific demographics are all the rage. And for the most part, it’s great for the consumer, or anything from products to information, because they are being served with such specificity that it’s like a site destination has been engineered and designed just for them.
Greenzer’s Place in the World of Green Online Stores
Along comes Greenzer, “a next-generation shopping engine designed to make environmentally conscious shopping easier,” according to the site itself. Currently in its beta stage, Greenzer is still developing, but their aim is high. They are working to build “a unique service for consumers to browse, compare and shop thousands of greener products from dozens of our carefully chosen merchant partners.”
In order to facilitate this mission, the company works to collect and organize products and details about merchants, all the while searching for the best green merchandise and products available. New features are promised, and further content is something to look forward to. Check out the site and give them some feedback! You’ve got the chance to get exactly what you need out of your green shopping experience!
March 24, 2008
Body Care, Environment, Making Money Being Green, People, Stuff
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Interview: Method Founders Talk Clean and Being Green
It’s easy being green, if you’re Adam Lowry or Eric Ryan.
These two guys are the masterminds behind the eco-friendly cleaning company Method, combined their talents to create stylish yet effective home-care products.
From the minimalist packaging, to the absence of harsh cleaning ingredients to the affordable price tag, Method has everything you could want in a cleaning product. Now, with their upcoming book Squeaky Green, the eco-duo will further solidify their status as “Who’s Who” in the eco-sphere (note: Time already bestowed them that honor in 2006). Read the rest…
March 18, 2008
Body Care, Environment, Stuff
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New Improved Packaging! Eco-Friendly Beauty Products
Every day, more eco-friendly beauty products are developed. With the market flooded with organic, paraben-free, hypoallergenic and recycled packaging, it’s time to investigate some of the best of each category. These lip products go above and beyond to ensure eco-friendly and beauty are synonymous.
Cargo Plant Love Lipstick: Five-Star Eco-Friendly
Botanical lipsticks in sheer colors made from orchids, meadowfoam seed oil, jojoba and shea butter provide long-lasting moisture without petroleum or mineral oils. Choose from celebrity colors (Evangeline Lilly is a bright coral) or from one of the other shades. Read the rest…
February 19, 2008
Environment, Stuff
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Carbon Footprint Magnets for the Car or Refrigerator?
Now — let me say this. I’m not one for advertising anything on my clothes or car or whatever, but I do subscribe to the logic that visual cues and reminders can facilitate a shift in either awareness or behavior.
So upon my doing a routine Google image search on phrases that are currently in my lexicon, I found these Carbon Footprint magnets ($2.39). I’m not going to run out and slap one on my car, but I suppose it’s not a terrible idea.
If you’re more private, maybe put one up on the ‘fridge as a gentle reminder to think daily about what you can do to leave a lighter footprint behind. If you’re more into cheerleading and vocalizing your opinions, more power to you — go ahead and stick it on your car. Maybe it will remind others around you to consider their role in taking care of the planet. Or maybe it will just spark a friendly conversation with a neighbor or stranger parking next to you at the store. And that just might end up being a rich experience.
The magnet itself is in the shape of a circle, and can be used on anything metallic. It measures 5.75″ in diameter and is made in the United States from a high quality scratch and UV resistant material.
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 17, 2008
Stuff
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Mr. Bacon vs. Monsieur Tofu: Who Wins?
According to the ad copy at the website Archie McPhee, “Mr. Bacon and Monsieur Tofu ($9.95 each) are fired up and ready to rumble, but only one can remain at the top of the food chain! Mr. Bacon stands 5-5/8″ tall and fights for everything salty, greasy and meaty. Monsieur Tofu is 3-3/8″ tall and represents all things made of coagulated soy milk. The winner gets eaten for dinner! Each vinyl figure has bendable arms and legs.” That’s pretty much all anyone needs to know.
If you’re into vinyl figurines and you’re a vegetarian, hey — why not indulge a little bit.
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…
January 14, 2008
Stuff
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SIGG: The Original Swiss Bottle
If you haven’t heard of it yet, then take a second and check it out: SIGG, “The Original Swiss Bottle” (average price is around $24-), is known the world over for uncompromising quality and the highest level of craftsmanship that comes with “nearly 100 years of heritage and experience.” The secret? the proprietary component (there’s only one!) that goes into the manufacture of these bottles is seamless and without weak points — thus the durability factor. Just you try to break one of them. Can’t do it. Relentlessly field tested by those in the field determined to find the most rock-solid of all water bottles, the SIGG has risen to the top time and time again.
December 24, 2007
Body Care, Stuff
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Dr. Hauschka Holistic Skin and Body Products: A Different Kind of Company
From the source: “Dr.Hauschka Skin Care is a different kind of company. Inspired by our vision of a culture of care, we’ve created a company not driven by greed but powered by compassion. All we do is in the interest of fostering well-being in the world, from our ecologically sound methods of growing and sourcing ingredients to our one-of-a-kind manufacturing processes and international fair trade initiatives.
We stand proudly by the products we sell, knowing that their purity and efficacy are helping people to nurture their own health and beauty and inspiring them to recognize and foster beauty and well-being in others. We’re active in our local communities and engage in projects the world over that help transform disadvantage into self-reliance and economic sustainability.”
And check out more about Dr. Hauschka’s partnership with Heifer International, the foundation once blogged about on Green Eggs: Heifer International.
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