Reusable Snack Bag

Looking for an eco-minded, cost-friendly, product that supports a great cause? Check out the "Carter Snack Bag" from the Lucky Butterfly. Carter is a 2 yr old boy undergoing treatment at St Jude Hospital in Memphis for an inoperable brain tumor. All proceeds from the sales of this bag go to help with Carter's medical expenses. The bags are $7 each.
Each reusable snack bag measures approximately 4x6.5 inches. The exterior is 100% cotton, with a water resistant, 100% nylon interior. The bag closes with a generous piece of hook and loop velcro. Each bag is handmade, and can be machine washed, and hung dry. 
To purchase one, or a dozen, of these little bags visit the Lucky Butterfly Carter Snack Bag. 

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High Tech Toilets Needed

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will be investing more than $42 million in the development of new toilets that are designed to turn waste into energy. Call it productive poop, alternative energy, waste not want not, or really giving back to the Earth, but scientists researching alternative energy believe there is great potential in the reuse of human waste. However, little has been done in the way of developing a system that could convert bodily functions into usable energy.

10 Eco-friendly Accessories

Staple-less Stapler

From clever trash bins to reusable cutlery to designer paper clips, these objects will add some environmentally-friendly credentials to your office, and hopefully inspire you to go a little greener as well!


10 Eco-friendly Accessories

Ethical Superstore

Are you more interested in getting the cheapest possible price? Or in making sure that the product you bought is a high quality product that makes a positive impact to people and/or the planet? The Ethical Superstore wants to help the ethical consumer find it and buy it – anything from Fairtrade and organic grocery shopping, to energy efficient gadgets, to unique ethical gifts that give back to the people that made them.
The Ethical Superstore sells products from leading ethical brands as well as supporting products from independent traders and producers, including products sourced from fair trade suppliers in over 40 countries. 

Make your home eco-friendly

Tips on "green mortgages," green living, and making your home healthier!

Eco-farming could double food production

A UN Report says that food production in developing countries could double, if farmers move away from chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Among examples given for moving to eco-farming include insect-trapping plants in Kenya, and ducks that eat weeds in Bangladeshi rice paddies. 
"Agriculture is at a crossroads," says the study by Olivier de Schutter, the UN special reporter on the right to food, in an effort to lower high food prices and avoid the costly oil-dependent model of industrial farming.
According to the report, eco-farming projects in 57 nations showed an average crop yield gains of 80%  by tapping natural methods for enhancing soil and protecting against pests.
It is suggested that "agro-ecology" could make farms more resilient to extreme weather conditions, including floods, droughts and a rise in sea levels.
Benefits would be greatest in "regions where too few efforts have been put in to agriculture, particularly sub-Saharan Africa," he said. "There are also a number of very promising experiences in parts of Latin America and parts of Asia.
Examples of successful "agro-ecology" in Africa include the thousands of Kenyan farmers who planted insect-repelling desmodium or tick clover, used as animal fodder, within corn fields to keep damaging insects away and sowed small plots of napier grass nearby that excretes a sticky gum to trap pests.
For the full story visit commondreams.org

Warren Buffet Hearts Wind Energy

Money mogul, business man, smart guy, and philanthropist Warren Buffett loves wind energy. And not surprisingly, he owns the #1 wind utility in the United States.
Buffett holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, has made significant investments in wind power. From the annual shareholder letter- 
MidAmerican will have 2,909 megawatts of wind generation in operation by the end of 2011, more than any other regulated electric utility in the country. The total amount that MidAmerican has invested or committed to wind is a staggering $5.4 billion. We can make this sort of investment because MidAmerican retains all of its earnings, unlike other utilities that generally pay out most of what they earn.


Source: Treehugger.com

Eco-minded first ladies

Every first lady has her special cause that she works to help. Nancy Reagan had the war on drugs, Laura Bush championed literacy, and Michelle Obama cares about childhood obesity. But many of the firsts were also concerned about the environment.  Here is a look at five American first ladies — Helen Taft, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon — who brought a little green to their official roles as White House hostesses!

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Eco friendly Valentine ideas

Are you looking for that perfect eco-friendly and economically friendly Valentine's Day gift?
Here are a few suggestions to help you on your way-

Eco Jewelry - for instance this beautiful vintage smoky pendant prism would make just about any girl happy!

Check out the Global Exchange Store for fair trade gifts, including chocolate, flowers, and diamonds. 

Consider staying at home and making an affordable organic meal, instead of eating out.

And before you buy your green Valentine flowers this year, make sure you get them from Organic Bouquet! Fair trade, no pesticides, and organically grown roses!

Green Weddings and Events

Looking to plan a wedding or formal event? Check out these great blogs!

Dream Green Wedding Blog
Eco-Beautiful Weddings
Earth Friendly Weddings