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Ecosystem recycled notebooks

Ecosystem contacted me and asked if I’d review their notebooks that they sell through Barnes & Noble. I’m a notebook junkie, so I said yes. They sent me three notebooks – two ecosystem authors with flexible covers and one ecosystem artist with a hard cover. They also have notebooks with paper covers. What I like: I like [ READ MORE ]

Chicobag Messenger Bags

So in Monday’s post about the book Picture Yourself Going Green, I ended with the fact that I would have more on reusable bags. If you’ve been reading me for a while now, you’ll know that I’m a fan of ChicoBags. They sent me a sample over a year ago, and I have been hooked [ READ MORE ]

A couple of green bargains

I know that the greenest thing to do is to not buy things, but sometimes I buy things. Like books. And shoes. I came across two deals today that I thought I’d pass along to you in case you need books or shoes (or just want them and want to buy them a little greener). First [ READ MORE ]

New Balance 70: eco-preferred (and Robin preferred) sneakers

New Balance contacted me and asked if I’d like to sample the first in their eco-preferred line of shoes – the New Balance 70 sneaker. I’d already heard about the sneakers from my MNN colleague Shea Gunther. He’s been raving about them for months now. So when they offered to send not only me, but [ READ MORE ]

Marcal’s Small Steps paper products

I have a great job. Sometimes I get sent huge boxes of organic fruit to review. Some days I get to sit by the pool and work remotely. And sometimes I get sent free … toilet paper. Yep, toilet paper. I know there are some extreme greens who don’t use it anymore, but my family still [ READ MORE ]

Shred Stop: One of those smack your head against the walls, why didn’t I think of this ideas

I hate to shred papers. They pile up for months before I do it and then I employ my kids to do it which inevitably ends up with shredded paper all over the house by the time it’s done. And, we’ve gone through a few home shredders with burnt out motors – what a [ READ MORE ]

Daddy Van’s all natural beeswax furniture polish

Anyone who knows me knows that cleaning my home is not one of my highest priorities. I do it, occasionally, but I am certainly no neat freak. So when someone e-mails me and asks if I’d like to try a cleaning product and review it, I think twice.  I did, however, accept some furniture polish from [ READ MORE ]

Nature’s Path High Fiber Cereals Review

The people at Nature’s Path have sent me more cereal to try out and review – gotta love it when food just shows up on your doorstep. I had breakfast all last week courtesy of Nature’s Path. Here’s what they sent me: Organic Optimum Slim – Very high fiber (11g), low fat (2g) and tasted like [ READ MORE ]

Have you checked out ChicoBag lately?

I love ChicoBags. I’ve got several of them. I got my first one when they asked me to review their reusable bag for this blog, but since then they’ve created a couple of new bags that you should know about.  The original ChicoBag was a brilliant idea. A durable, washable, reusable bag that folded up into [ READ MORE ]

EcoSteal: Bringing you one eco-bargain at a time

I came across a website the other day called ecosteal. They offer “one organic, eco-friendly, or recycled steal at a time: get it before it’s gone.” Here’s the deal. They offer one product at a time at a 40-80% discount. When they are gone, they’re gone. Then they put up the next deal.  Right now the [ READ MORE ]

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