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Recycled Note Of The Week: Smock Paper

Written on December 17, 2008 by SusanC

This week’s Recycled Note Of The Week was found in SmockPaper’s Etsy shop.

Meet Ellie, the sustainably letterpressed “petite card”:

This particular listing is for a set of 8 blank letterpress petite note cards with hand-lined envelopes, which the seller notes are perfect as gift tags or place cards.

Each wee note is sustainably letterpressed on bamboo paper is 2-1/2 x 3-7/16 folded.

But, wait, there’s more.

As if adorable elephants on bamboo paper isn’t great enough, SmockPaper is also a wind-powered business that donates 1% of sales to environmental causes via 1% For the Planet.

Each set of cards comes packaged from Syracuse, New York in a clear sleeve that is “petroleum-free, tree-free, and certified biodegradable by the Biodegradable Products Institute.”

in Conservation, Eco-Friends, For The Home, For The Office, Great Green Finds, Green Holidays, Recycled Note Of The Week, Reduce Reuse Recycle, The Green Consumer

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Green Glue

Written on December 16, 2008 by Guest Contributor

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Despite being sick for three days now, I have been expending all my energy to prepare for my big event this week.

You could say I am hosting an eco-friendly cocktail party and tour of my home to educate friends and family about going green, but my mission focuses just as much on community as it does on conservation.

Once I started seeking out everything eco-friendly in the city, I couldn’t help but talk, talk, talk; you know how it is when you are excited about a new adventure. My energy overshadowed my fear that the green community was so tight that I would be an outsider looking for help.

in Activism, All About Us, Conservation, Eco-Friends, Green Outreach, Green Thoughts

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Don’t Let Handmade Toys Become Extinct

Written on December 15, 2008 by SusanC

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There has been buzz all around the handmade corners of the internet about the recently approved Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), passed in August of this year in large part because the United States Congress rightly recognized that the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lacked the authority and staffing to prevent dangerous toys from being imported into the US.

Among other things, the CPSIA bans lead and phthalates in toys, mandates third-party testing and certification for all toys, and requires toy makers to permanently label each toy with a date and batch number.

All of these changes are great for children and will be fairly easy for large, multinational toy manufacturers to comply with.

in Activism, Eco-Friends, For The Home, Green Parenting, The Green Consumer

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Around The Greenosphere: Weekly Link Roundup

Written on December 12, 2008 by SusanC

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It’s been a busy week around the greenosphere!

Here are some highlights to get you through the blustery* weekend ahead:

CNN’s award-winning documentary Planet in Peril is back! Watch “Planet in Peril: Battle Lines” in HDTV on CNN at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, hosted by Anderson Cooper, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Oprah Winfrey Show correspondent and National Geographic host Lisa Ling. This year the series examines the environmental conflicts between growing populations and natural resources. Don’t forget to tune in for the series’ regular night and time, Thursday nights at 9pm EST on CNN, or subscribe to the video podcasts.

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The Home Depot Programmable Thermostat Winner!

Written on December 8, 2008 by SusanC

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Congratulations! to Therese, commenter #41.

Thanks to everyone for participating, and remember, for more product details about The Home Depot’s green line of programmable thermostats, visit the original giveaway post, and don’t forget to check out The Home Depot’s Eco Options available online and in stores now.

Happy! Monday.

in Eco-Friends, For The Home, Great Green Finds, Green Giveaways, The Green Consumer

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Around The Greenosphere: Weekly Link Roundup

Written on December 5, 2008 by SusanC

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First things first! Don’t forget that you still have until 7pm EST on Sunday (December 7th) to enter the Home Depot Programmable Thermostat Giveway if you haven’t already. Don’t miss out!

It’s definitely the Giveway Season and Michelle has a handy-dandy way for you to stay a leg up on all the giveaway goodness with her Giveway Message Board, where there are myriad green products being offered for the winning.

One of the giveaways showcased on the aforementioned message board features clothing items for Wildlife Works, a San Francisco based company committed to animal conservation:

Founded in San Francisco in 1997, we are the world’s first business designed from the ground up around a consumer brand that stands for wildlife conservation.

in Activism, Around the Greenosphere, Blog, Conservation, Eco-Friends, Green Giveaways, The Green Consumer

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Happy! Thanksgiving

Written on November 27, 2008 by SusanC

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Have a safe and green Thanksgiving everyone!

And don’t forget to tell your family and friends about our great Programmable Thermostat Giveaway which runs until December 7th!

in Blog, Eco-Friends

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