Would You Wear Soyshorts?

Super soft, cute and eco-friendly- I’d wear soyshorts. My daughter does and she loves them.
Uranus Apparel has created the newest thing in eco-undies…super cute and comfy panties, called soyshorts.

Why soyshorts? Because they are actually made from sustainable soy.

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Safe Art and Craft Supplies for Kids

Remember back in the day when opening a bottle of glue or using markers at school would give you a headache? Or at the minimum a contact buzz?

I am betting those art and craft supplies were not very safe. I am trying to keep items like those out of my little artists’ hands.

Thankfully there are places like Stubby Pencil Studio that offer safe arts and crafts supplies for kids…and their young at heart parents. I’ve already borrowed my daughter’s pencils and markers to sketch in my notepad.

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Smooth by Cosabella: Breathable Bamboo Shapewear

Ladies here’s something you are going to love, breathable shapewear made from bamboo. Yes, bamboo! Not only is it breathable it is super soft, comfortable and can smooth and firm your shape and make you look fab under your clothes. What an eco-friendly way to smooth out your silhouette.

Smooth by Cosabella has seven basic shape wear pieces that come in sizes small, medium, large and extra large.

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Eco-Friendly Reusable Gift Bags by Gift Bags Gone Green

According to Gift Bags Gone Green every year Americans spend more than $5 billion dollars on gift wrap, bags, and tissue paper of which the majority ends up in landfills.

To offer a unique and green approach to the gift wrap industry Gift Bags Gone Green have created fun and funky fabric gift bags that are washable and reusable. The bags are not only green because they are reusable but they are made from upcycled, reused, and vintage fabrics.

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GreenGourmet by Cuisinart Gets My Chef’s Seal of Approval

Say hello to eco-friendly non-stick cookware and goodbye to toxic Teflon coated pans that off-gas hazardous chemicals into the air and who knows what they put into your food.
Cuisinart has a new line of non-stick cookware that is non-stick while being PTFE and PFOA free, which means it has none of the nasty chemicals that Teflon (and similar coatings have).

The Cuisinart GreenGourmet pans are petroleum free, they have a hard anodized interior, an aluminum alloy core, and a Cuisinart Ceramica (TM) interior that makes the pan non-stick.

So what does all this mean, you may be thinking? Keep reading to find out.

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Plan Toys at Rosie Hippo

Say “bye bye” to toys made of bad plastic and covered in lead paint. Instead reach for the wood- wooden toys that is.

Plan Toys offer superior quality wood toys made with environmentally friendly kiln dried, chemical free, rubberwood. They also use E-Zero glue, water based non-toxic colors, and recycled and recyclable materials. And at Plan Toys they do everything with “green” in mind.

Rosie Hippo shares the “green” passion and sells only ethical, quality, eco-friendly toys for children.

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Get a Head Start on the Holidays with I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas

I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas: Gifts, Decorations, and Recipes that Use Less and Mean More by Anna Getty is a great book to help you get a head start on greening the winter holidays.

I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas is a fabulous book full of tips, expert advice, crafts, recipes, decorating ideas and directions and pretty much everything you need to make the holidays more eco-friendly.

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There’s Still Lead in Lipstick but the FDA Says it is OK

Rodale recently published an article about the new FDA report concerning lead in lipsticks.
What did they find? Well, the FDA scientists found lead in every brand of lipstick that they tested, but they don’t consider the toxic metal a safety concern.

OMG! Seriously. Back in 2007 the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics first blew the whistle on lead filled lipsticks finding that 61% of the 33 brands they tested contained some levels of lead. Shortly after the results were released to the public the US FDA said they’d look into it. Gee, it only took 3 years.

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Green Halloween Craftiness

Last year I made a lot of recycled, upcycled and green Halloween crafts from things that normally get tossed in the recycling bin. I made pumpkins and cats from laundry soap bottles, decorative luminaries from tin cans, and all kinds of little creatures and critters from yogurt cups and even fun and frightening favor boxes out of cardboard toilet paper rolls.

Read more: http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/09/04/are-your-ready-for-a-green-halloween/

Here’s a cute way to upcycle plastic laundry detergent bottles into fun Halloween decor.
You can use different size plastic bottles to create an assortment of black cat decorations for your green Halloween party.

Read the rest at: http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/09/11/cardboard-rolls-transformed-into-halloween-favor-boxes/

Empty cardboard toilet paper rolls are one thing that everyone seems to have.
My kids love to play with them to make binoculars and all sorts of fun playthings.
I have found several creative ways to transform toilet paper rolls. Favor boxes for special occasions and parties are one way to put them to good use.

Anyone can easily take empty rolls and turn them into fun party favors, especially for Halloween.

Read more at: http://craftingagreenworld.com/2009/09/11/cardboard-rolls-transformed-into-halloween-favor-boxes/

After all the Halloween craftiness I created from tossed trash last year I am trying to figure out new things to create this year.

I grabbed an ice pail and painted it orange and black for Halloween. I want to find some crafty Halloween paper designs to cut out to decoupage to the pail to dress it up a little more.
I was thinking about wrapping it in scrap book paper but I had no Halloween colors or styles. But I think it turned out pretty good considering it started out as a plain white pail headed for the recycling bin. I would love to make a Halloween bucket with paper like I did when I turned an ice cream pail into a flower girl basket for a wedding.

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Great Green Products I Personally LOVE

Here's a list of some of the green products and companies that I really love

Badger Balm: Organic Body Products

Better Life Green Cleaning Products

Bring It In a Bag-Stylish and Eco-Friendly Reusable Bags

Brittanie's Thyme Organic Personal Care Products

Butterfly Effects Soy Candles

Coco-Zen Organic Chocolate Bath and Body Products

Crazy Rumors Lip Balms

Eco-Artware: Everyday Artistic Products and Gifts Made From Recycled Materials

EcoDiscoveries Cleaning Products

EcoSMART: Organic Pesticides

EcoStore Products-Bath, Body, Home, Cleaning and More-I Love Them All

Eve Organics- Organic Cosmetics

greenPots Eco-Friendly Planters

Illume Candles

KINeSYS Safe Sunscreen

Little Chickie Wear

Lorain's Touch Soy Candles

Maggies Organics

Maris Naturals Bath and Body Products

Nowali Moccasins

Pin Up Lip Balms

Scandle Body Candles

Shea Terra Organic Bath and Body Products

Stubby Pencil Studio Eco-Art and Crafts Supplies

TerraCycle: Recycled and Upcycled Garden and Office Products

Vive Sana Organic Sunscreen

Zulu Grass Jewelry