Showing posts with label Eco-friendly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eco-friendly. Show all posts
5 Eco-Marketing Strategies That Will Work for Your Brand
Looking For Marketing Ideas That Work for Your Brand? Why Not Go Eco?
Incorporating green marketing strategies into your business will lighten your company’s carbon footprint while also showing your customers that you take your green commitments seriously. What’s great about integrating some eco-friendly changes into your marketing efforts is that you don’t have to make any major sweeping changes. There are a lot of simple changes you can make that are eco-friendly and will pack a big green punch.Ford Set to Divert 5 Million Plastic Bottles From Landfills In 2015...Here's How
You know I love Ford and here's just one more reason why. They walk the green talk and they are doing it again with the F-150. According to the EPA, in 2012 about 32 million tons of plastic waste was generated in the United States. Out of that, only 9 percent of it was recovered. The folks at Ford started thinking about how they could redirect plastics from landfills into sustainable materials to use in their vehicles.
Since 2012, Ford Motor Company has worked with Unifi to bring environmentally responsible, high-performance REPREVE fiber to many Ford vehicles. Now, this innovative fiber is available in the in the all-new F-150. By substituting with this recycled material, Ford will divert more than five million plastic bottles from landfills this year! Pretty impressive.
Ford is the only automaker to use REPREVE, made from 100 percent recycled materials including plastic bottles, in its vehicles. Ford is currently using REPREVE in five vehicles around the world, making it a truly global material, and it represents Ford's larger commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle as part of the company’s global sustainability strategy to lessen its environmental footprint.
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What Do You Put In Your Reusable Bag? - Vine Video
What Do You Put in Your Reusable Bag?
by Christina Sidberry, EB Intern
"Paper or plastic?" This phrase, while commonly asked of consumers in the checkout lane, is missing the third, most efficient option, "Reusable?"
When considering the Reusable Bag, it is not uncommon to think that the fastest and easiest route to go is a single use plastic bag. In order to dispel this myth, I created the Vine video "What Do You Put in Your Reusable Bag?" for Factory Direct Promos to show just how important Reusable Bags are.
What is The Best Way to Clean Fruit and Vegetables? This Is The Easiest, Safest, and Greenest Way to Clean Vegetables!
This Is The Easiest, Safest, and Greenest Way to Clean Vegetables
You know I am all about sharing great tips on how you can reduce chemicals in your life from the foods we eat to the products we buy. I am always getting great tips from friends and online and this tip came from one of my 17 year old daughter's friends. I love that our tomorrow generation is looking for ways to live greener and I had to share this tip she found from the sustainable directory, Farmers Pal.
Although I hate the smell of vinegar, this tip leaves my fruits and veggies clean and actually has helped keep my berries from molding.
Here's How to Clean Your Fruit and Vegetables Quickly and Safely On The Cheap
Just fill your sink or a large pot with water and a cup of vinegar (you can use a little less vinegar depending on the amount of fruits or vegetables you need to clean) and gently stir them around a bit. Then just let them sit in the water and vinegar for about 10 minutes, rinse, and you are all done. No more dirt, wax, or residue.
Easy peasy, lemon squeezy green tip for the week. :)
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Renault-Nissan Alliance Partners with Mitsubishi to Bring Affordable Global Electric Vehicle to Market
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| Sponsored post by The Green Insurance Company |
Consumers have to be sitting on the edge of their seats after hearing recent news that the Renault-Nissan alliance has partnered with Mitsubishi to pool technology and create a global Electric Vehicle (EV) model that could change the game for consumers.
Target Hears Our Voices and Leads the Way to Safer Products on Store Shelves
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| Me outside of Target before delivering the SCHF coalition letter and Hazardous 100+ list |
Target Takes Big First Steps for Consumers...Expect More. Get More
Who would have thought it would be Target who would shine a light on what has been an otherwise horrid week? This past week has been one of the toughest of my life as I said goodbye to one of my dearest friends and I thought nothing could make me cry anymore but Target is making me shed the happiest of tears.
How to Feed Kids Healthy Food on a Budget
A couple of years ago I was introduced to a better way of shopping for organic, nonGMO foods and it has literally been a blessing to my family. The Green PolkaDot Box is not only a great way to get healthy and safe foods, personal care products, items for baby, natural remedies, pet care products, garden, and home goods for your family, it is also a fun and easy way to shop at up to 60% off of what you would pay at your local health food store or Whole Foods.
You can shop anytime day or night that is convenient for you and because it is all done online and your purchase comes right to your front door in a fun, Green PolkaDot Box (free shipping on orders over$75) that my kids cannot wait to rip open and grab all of their favorite things from inside.
Soon we will even be able to get nonGMO, organic fruits and veggies year round grown hydroponically in Living Produce Growing Centers!!
What are you waiting for? Go check it out now HERE! :)
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How Can We Bring the World to Net Zero? This Infographic Will Tell You
No matter your thoughts on whether human's carbon emissions are the only contributing factor to climate change, I know one thing, businesses must take the lead in reducing their emissions and consumers must follow. Offsets are one way to help but until businesses get serious about doing their part, we will not make the progress we need to slow climate change and protect our health.
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Top 10 Countries Using Solar: Where Does the US Rank? - Infographic
Top 10 Countries Using Solar - How Does the US Rank?
Although Solyndra may have left a bad taste
on the mouths of many American taxpayers, the fact is that solar prices
have dropped and technology has improved to the point where countries
are taking full advantage of the energy of the sun.
Here's how they stack up!
Live a Little - Educate Yourself on Green: Why Reuse a Cup Infographic
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| My Lex and HJ on their first day of 2012-13 school yr |
All three of my girls are back to school and I, along with millions of other moms and dads out there, am breathing a collective sigh of relief. If you listen you can hear it. It is the sound of structure for the kids and a home office for me free of Barbies and dancing and hula-hoop hooping and noisy iPad apps that miraculously generate their own charges on my iTunes account. It is the sound of silence and I am loving it.
I also love that just because we aren't kids in school anymore, that doesn't mean that we can't keep learning and educating ourselves. Right?
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| My Reece after her first day of 2012-13 school year not wanting me to take her picture. LOL |
What Are Your Reasons To Continue Your Education
There aren't too many days that go by when we don't learn something new just in the normal day to day people we encounter and the experiences we have. And I, for one, hope I never stop learning and educating myself on everything I can possibly expose myself to. I never want to become one of those people who thinks they know it all or worse yet, are too busy, tired or depressed to care about learning anything new.
Here's a Little Green Education for Your Takeaway Today
Obviously I am into educating folks on how to be green and today I am going to teach green in graphics. I am CMO for Factory Direct Promos and I really love working with them because we work together to spread the green message. Factory Direct Promos creates customized, eco-friendly solutions to the traditional promotional products which can harm the planet.
Factory Direct Promos makes reusable bags from recycled plastic bottles, memorable seed business cards that sprout into wildflowers, eco drinkware and many other innovative, eco-friendly promotional items businesses, associations, non-profits and schools should use. Their client list includes Home Depot, The Salvation Army and Marriott among many others.
Take a look below and tell me if you don't feel smarter about how to be green with just a two minute, eco-friendly Infograohic lesson called "Why Reuse a Cup?" Share on Facebook and Twitter and click the image and you can help us spread the green ed by copying the code onto your company or personal blog or website! I want the fast food restaurants of the world to hear this message because it is pathetic that they are contributing to this mess when they could be leading the way to a more sustainable tomorrow!
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Why Reuse a Cup? via Reusable Bags - Factory Direct Promos
Each week I link up in the Live a Little Monday with my friend Katja and her Skimbaco community. We offer up ideas on finding fulfillment in life, right now,
through the little things and not so little things to make the most out of each and every day. It's just one of the fun ways we celebrate finding the treasure in self, people and planet here at EB each week.
Do you have a blog? We would love to have you link up and join us in this Live a Little weekly blog
hop. It's really easy. Sometime this week, write a post with tips about how you Live a Little then
link up using the Linky below and get the code yourself to put on your blog. If you would like to add a Live a Little banner, you can find those here.
Brooklyn Startup Bitponics Launches the Next Great, Green Innovation for Urban Gardening in the Cloud
Bitponics Personal Gardening Assistant System Automates Hydroponic Growing to Improve and Simplify Urban Gardening for the Masses
Who would have thought that two computer geeks transplanted from California to Brooklyn, New York would come together to create the next great, green innovation for urban gardening in the cloud? Well that is exactly what happened when Amit Kumar teamed up with Michael Zick Doherty to create Bitponics, a base station monitoring device and an online dashboard and website that work synergistically in the cloud to simplify hydroponic gardening for everyone.
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| Amit (left) has been a software engineer for 7 years and a plant lover for 20. He's delivered code for companies including Nike, Verizon, and Barnes & Noble. Michael (right) is a recent graduate of ITP, and is currently active in several urban agriculture initiatives in NYC and teaches physical computing, software programming, and alternative methods for growing in urban environments. Watch Amit and Michael explain Bitponics |
Plug in and logon to Bitponics, the first ever integrated cloud based hydroponic automation growing system. Designed to be an add-on to any existing hydroponics system, Bitponics will simplify and automate the urban home garden by managing the plants' needs, incorporating a crowdsourced online database for best practices and sending even the most inexperienced, urban hydroponics gardener, friendly and convenient reminders.
Take Advantage of Wholesale Pricing on My Favorite Line of Natural Beeswax, Aromatherapy Candles and Make Your Event Sparkle
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| Candles add something special at home or the most |
Planning a Green Wedding, Throwing a Fabulous Party or Hosting an Eco-Friendly Event?
You Will Love My Favorite Line of Aromatherapy Botanical Candles - and I Have Them for You at Wholesale PricingIf you are soon to be a bride, are planning a fabulous party or are hosting an eco-friendly event, you will want to take advantage of wholesale pricing on my favorite Made in the USA, natural beeswax, aromatherapy candles from Big Dipper Wax Works. You know how special candles make even an ordinary night at home, but when you use them to set the stage for a romantic wedding or a fabulous party, they really make your event sparkle.
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| Click HERE for more information Adorable 100% pure beeswax Song Birds will add charm to any setting. Perfect for a wedding reception, baby shower or a whimsical gift. Hand-casted and molded, they sit 3" tall by 4" wide. Another reason why I love these candles, each candle will burn for over 20 hours. |
Build-A-Bear Workshop Goes Green and Heads to the Farmer's Market
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| Too cute and the reusable tote is a great way to get kids involved in living green! |
“Our products adhere to the highest standards of toy safety and will
never be made in factories employing underage child labor.” - Build-A- Bear Website
Okay so my daughters LOVE Build-A-Bear. And I don't want to embarrass anyone, but I also know a certain teenager - who shall remain nameless - who was a pretty good sport about building a bear at his sister's birthday party.
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| There is something about Build-A-Bear that brings out the kid in us |
Enter to Win the EB Fan Springtime, Green Your Ride Giveaway from Washdrops
Do you know that washing your car with a hose can use up to 10 gallons of water per minute? That is just crazy in this day of water conservation isn't it? I say it is time to spring into action and green your ride with our EB Fan Springtime, Green Your Ride Giveaway. How about winning a prize pack from Washdrops that includes everything you need to easily give your car an eco-friendly shine with just one gallon of water and one ounce of Washdrops? A perfect gift for yourself or for Father's Day!
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| Win a Washdrops Eco-Wow No Rinse Car Wash Shine Solution Gift Pack in the EB Fan Springtime Spruce Up Your Ride Giveaway! Psst...makes a great gift for Father's Day |
- Washdrops 16 Washes & Shines 16 oz. bottle – Valued at $ 8.99
- Washdrops 4 Washes & Shines 4 oz. bottle – Valued at $ 2.99
- Large Waffle Weave Drying Towel – Valued at $ 7.99
- Microfiber 2 in 1 Chenille / Bug Scrubber Sponge - Valued at $5.99
- Long Handle, Hub Cap brush – Valued at $6.99
- Microfiber towels 3-pack – Valued at $5.99
- 3-Gallon bucket – Valued at $1.99
I have been a fan of Washdrops for years
It's easy to enter to win! Just leave a comment below giving us your best tip to conserve water or otherwise go green for spring and earn 10 entries. Then check out the Rafflecopter entry form below to find out how you can easily earn extra entries to increase your chances to win.
Have Fun, Go Green and Good Luck - Shane
P.S. This would make a great Father's Day gift right??
How to Bring The Spring Runway Looks Into Your Green Living Home
New York’s 2012 Spring Fashion Week is over and a couple of looks really took the runways by storm. Some of the hottest trends you will soon be seeing everywhere are touchable fabrics and patchwork with a “rustic modernism'' look. Just check out Michael Kors and Burberry on the runway above for eco inspiration. Both infused the hottest trends in their spring runway looks.
Now, the challenge ahead for green living, eco-friendly home design brands is implementing these fashion forward looks into the hottest eco styles for your home. Coyuchi, the first company to bring organic cotton to the US, is making updating your home with up to the minute style a lot easier than it might seem. With a variety of cotton and linen bedding essentials that follow the spring fashion rules, Coyuchi can help you create a sustainable living space within your home.
Below are a few suggested off the runway looks for your green living home from Coyuchi.
Survey Says Consumers Want Eco-Style...If They Could Find It
Recently released survey results from the Winter 2012 Ryan Partnership® Chicago/Mambo Sprouts® Marketing Styling Sustainability consumer apparel reinforce findings in the 2011 white paper One Green Score for One Earth. Consumers want an easy way to understand the sustainability impact of their purchases including apparel. And guess what, even in this economy, consumers will vote with their wallets for the brands that are able to convey that meaningful message while providing stylish, eco-friendly apparel.
5 Hilarious Environmental Videos to Tickle Your Eco-Friendly Funny Bone, Give You the Green Giggles and Change The World
5 Hilarious Environmental Videos to Tickle Your Eco-Friendly Funny Bone, Give You the Green Giggles and Change the World
Where are the answers to the most pressing social, economic and environmental concerns of our time?Perhaps the answers are quite simple. Perhaps the changes we desire to create on a large, worldwide scale could begin with a smile. Take a few minutes to put down the stress, unpack your worries and laugh a little with me. Just press play, giggle a little and then pass your smile on. Find as many ways as you possibly can to create a happier, better corner of your world. Who knows, it might be contagious enough to catch on and create not only a better you, but a better me too.
Now go get your smile on...
Go Green with NewGrass! My Review of the Best Eco-friendly, Synthetic Grass and Turf Lawn Product Made
Go Green with NewGrass®!
My Review of the Best Eco-friendly, Synthetic Grass and
Turf Lawn Product Made
NewGrass® … From a Company Built on Experience
I have known the eco-friendly folks at NewGrass® for about a year and one thing that has always impressed me is their reliability. If ever I have a question, they reply quickly and have an endearing way of making me feel that they really care about what I need. Maybe it's because these green living folks are old school.
16 US Colleges Receive Highest Green Rating ...Did Your Favorite School Make the List?
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| Harvard made the Princeton Review 2012 Green Rating Honor Roll. Did your favorite school make the list? |
Did your favorite school make the green list?
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