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Cleaning with Staples, “That was [eco] EASY!”

May 11, 2011 By 2 Comments

It’s about time more companies became Earth Day friendly year round. Staples is making their mark with their Sustainable Earth line.

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I have used other brands of multi-purpose and glass cleansing products and compared to the Staples Sustainable Earth, I’d say in a blind test I won’t be able to tell the difference between my typical cleaner and the Staples Sustainable Earth cleansers. My house is shiny, steak-free, and without film residues. Staples Sustainable Earth cleaning products also leaves a very fresh, clean smell not a chemical sterile smell, which is important to me because I want to live in my home not a hospital! The reason is Sustainable Earth has no harsh chemicals but offer powerful ways to clean greener … BRILLIANT!

The Staples Sustainable Earth Glass Cleaner is alcohol-free, ammonia-free, and phosphate-free. The Staples Sustainable Earth Multi-Purpose Cleaner offers a natural pH, and is also ammonia-free and phosphate-free. It is an eco-conscious cleaner that was formulated in partnership with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exclusively for Staples and meets the Green Seal environmental standard for household cleaners.

Sustainable Earth by Staples is eco easy! Not only are they stepping up with eco cleaners, but their Sustainable Earth line offers toner, paper products, school and office supplies, and cutlery and flatware. The coolest of these Sustainable Earth products including a Bamboo USB Flash Drive (made from recycled bamboo) and notebooks made from recycled sugarcane instead of paper from trees!

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So keep Earth Day in your everyday, and with the help of Staples you’ll be saying, “That was easy!”

You can keep up with Staples on their website, via Staples on Facebook and by tracking them on Twitter @StaplesTweets.

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Disclosure – A product was provided to me free of charge by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the writing of this review; however, opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation

About Summer:

Summer is the President of our Local MOMS Club chapter, she is the mother of two adorable active boys, and is always thinking of ways to help others. She is a friend, a wife, and always busy as all mommies are. She is very active on Facebook, addicted to Geocaching and very interested in organic and green living.

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Free National Park Week With Energizer and Peter Facinelli of Twilight Giveaway

April 28, 2011 By 234 Comments

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Peter Facinelii of The Twilight Series and Nurse Jackie is an outdoor enthusiast. He has joined efforts with Energizer and the National Park Foundation to help support the launch of a great public effort. Preserve American’s National Parks!

exploreTomorrow there is a live Chat on Facebook with Peter Facinelli:

Peter Facinelli fans can chat with the actor and outdoor enthusiast on Wednesday, April 20 at 1 p.m. EST.  To participate in the chat, visit the Parks tab on the Energizer Bunny Facebook page.  

National Park Week

supportNow through April 24, the country celebrates National Park Week. Of course it makes sense that National Park week coincides with Earth Week and Earth Day too right? Makes sense to me. Anyway, not only can everyone receive free admission to all national parks this week, but people can also text BUNNY to 27722 to trigger a $1 donation from Energizer to the National Park Foundation, up to $50,000. Energizer’s goal is to donate $400,000 to the National Park Foundation this spring, and the public can help them get there.

 

Product Purchase

Right now in stores specially-marked Energizer products contain a special code so when someone buys three participating products, you can go online to www.nowthatspositivenergy.com/blogs and redeem the codes for a $10 reward toward a national park adventure or elect for Energizer to donate the reward directly to the National Park Foundation.

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For those of you who prefer to get more hands-on, you can RSVP to join a now that’s positivenergy™ national park volunteer event or facebook.com/energizerbunny and clicking on the Parks tab. While there,you also have the option to select one of the park recipients through an online vote, which runs from Monday, April 18, through Friday, May 13. Each park hosting an event will receive a grant from Energizer and a donation of responsible power solutions including solar panels, chargers, batteries, solar lights and other lighting products.

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Disclosure – A product was provided to me free of charge by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the writing of this review; however, opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation.

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Every Day is Earth Day Nature’s Path Cereal Giveaway

April 28, 2011 By 127 Comments

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clip_image004At Nature’s Path every day is Earth Day! What’s so earthy about Nature’s Path?

Nature’s Path offers only organic products. It’s in their logo!

When you get Nature’s Path you get No GMOs. Nature’s Path products have passed a rigorous, independent verification process and have the Non-GMO Project Verified Seal. (GMOs are genetically modified organisms.)

Nature’s Path is in the community by helping put organic gardens across the US by partnering with Organic Gardening magazine on the “Gardens for Good Grants” contest. The Grant is an effort to “plant it forward” in which deserving communities are selected to receive $25,000. In addition, Nature’s Path donations products to help fill the panties of local food banks. Last year Vallejo People’s Garden in Vallejo, CA and Damayan Garden Project in Tallahassee, FL were awarded the “Gardens for Good Grants”. If you’re in a place that could benefit from this year’s grant stay posted to the Nature’s Path site.

Nature’s Path box and bags are sustainable packaging –Eco-Pacs and EnviroBoxes. Both the boxes and bags are recyclable. Eco-Pacs, which is a number four recyclable plastic, use 66% less packaging than traditional cereal brands and use no cardboard. EnviroBoxes which reduces the packaging by 10% by sizing wrappings better to the product.

Nature’s Path is having a contact about what people do to make everyday Earth Day. Join in and win. Starting to eat organic can be your new thing … And it’s as easy as winning the Nature’s Path Organics prize pack (featured above) — a box of each the Crunchy Maple Sunrise, Love Crunch and Pumpkin-n-Spice Granola Bars — here on Mom Start.

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Crunchy Maple Sunrise delivers an organic blend of corn, rice, flax, quinoa, buckwheat and amaranth. It is a sweet and nutritious option for those avoiding gluten, but don’t worry, with yummy maple flavor, there’s plenty of great taste for everyone at the breakfast table!

Nature’s Path Love Crunch is the perfect marriage between the whole grain goodness of flax granola; the sweetness of strawberries and the tartness of raspberries; and the decadence of coconut and dark chocolate chunks. Inspired by a true-life love story and philanthropic endeavor, Love Crunch was created by Arjan Stephens, son of Nature’s Path’s founder, and his wife, Rimjhim as a wedding favor for those who helped celebrate their marriage. In lieu of wedding gifts, the two asked guests volunteer in their communities. Now a limited edition cereal sold at Whole Foods, for every box of Love Crunch sold, Nature’s Path will donate $1 – up to $25,000 – to the Whole Planet Foundation to help empower poor women around the world to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Pumpkin-n-Spice Granola Bars are a flavorful organic snack option sure to satisfy any craving with mineral-rich roasted pumpkin seeds, Omega-3 rich flaxseeds and a dash of cinnamon. Proving good things really do come in small packages; the new bars are packaged in a more sustainable box with 36% less cardboard, saving 472,000 gallons of water and 46 tons of waste yearly.

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Disclosure – Nature’s Path is continuing to fight hunger in my community. For the writing of this article Nature’s Path has graciously given my MOMS Club of Woodinville, WA chapter boxes of cereal for our “Box Out Hunger” cereal drive to end hunger for school kids not receiving school’s free or reduced meals during the summer months. The Nature’s Path donated boxes of cereal, boxes collected for the MOMS Club of Woodinville members and any boxes of cereal provided by the community will be donated to the Maltby Food Bank. However, any opinions expressed above are my own and are NOT influenced by compensation.

About Summer:

Summer is the President of our Local MOMS Club chapter, she is the mother of two adorable active boys, and is always thinking of ways to help others. She is a friend, a wife, and always busy as all mommies are. She is very active on Facebook, addicted to Geocaching and very interested in organic and green living.

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Take Marcal Small Steps For Earth Day

April 12, 2011 By 5 Comments

Earth Day is on April 22. Marcal paper products wants you to start taking small steps to making your house green for a greener Earth. Marcal has been saving trees since 1950, and you can help trees by having your family switch to ANY Small Steps® product just once a week. Since 2000, Marcal has saved over 20 million trees by using 100% premium recycled paper. Marcal paper products are made from paper recycled from home and office paper products to make their toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, and tissues. Marcal is a small company making a big difference.

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Do you know what’s in your paper products?

Marcal’s Small Steps®
Premium Recycled Paper Content 100%
New Trees Used 0%
Chlorine Bleaching for Whitening 0%
Added Fragrances or Dyes 0%
Products that are Virtually Lint Free 100%

Marcal sent me a 4-pack of double roll toilet paper and a roll of paper towel. My husband could immediately tell we’d switched brands for both products.

My husband was the first to unknowingly install and use a new toilet paper roll. We both didn’t like the firmness of the paper, at first, though it is effective in doing its job. However upon continued use we both didn’t mind the change. The toilet paper is also septic safe, which we require since our house is on a septic system. I used Marcal’s individually wrapped toilet paper in the Upper Westside’s Magnolia Bakery during a recent trip to New York City. I noticed the extra rolls before use and though I knew what I was going to be feeling, but I was surprised. I assume Magnolia orders from Marcal’s commercial line; the toilet paper was VERY soft. The paper was definitely different than the product I was sampling in my home.

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The paper towels were also less soft than our normal brand and took longer to clean up spills in comparison. With our normal paper towels we would wipe and the area would be clean, but Marcal paper towels worked best when left on the area to absorb the wet mess. Marcal paper towel, however, were very affective at wet clean-up (when you pre-wet the towel in order to clean up a solid or dried-on mess).

I would recommend trying Marcal in your home; especially because Marcal is calling for small changes. Try using their products once a week in your home or purchase them for your office. Marcal is dedicated to green$ and believes you shouldn’t have to pay more for a quality products that are good for the environment. And really, you shouldn’t! Let Marcal. Find a store near you which carriers a select or all of their green Small Step® products.

I also really love that Marcal is making more green efforts than simply making their sellable product. In the Marcal paper products which require an inner core — such as toilet paper and paper towels, the core is made from 100% recycled paper materials. Marcal plastic packaging is #4 and can be recycled with plastic bags you may acquire. See your local centers on recycling plastic bags; in my area we have to turn plastic bags into selected stores with recycling containers. Maybe one day soon Marcal will change to a biodegradable see through wrap for packaging.

You can find out more about Marcal paper products on their website. You can also keep up with Marcel daily on Facebook and by tracking them on Twitter @MarcalSmallStep.

 

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Disclosure – A product was provided to me free of charge by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the writing of this review; however, opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation

About Summer:

Summer is the President of our Local MOMS Club chapter, she is the mother of two adorable active boys, and is always thinking of ways to help others. She is a friend, a wife, and always busy as all mommies are. She is very active on Facebook, addicted to Geocaching and very interested in organic and green living.

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Hanes Green for Arbor Day Foundation Giveaway

April 12, 2010 By 173 Comments

Hanes is such a well known household name. But Hanes is much more than socks, underwear and undershirts. Hanes is a company that takes community, charity and the environment seriously. Hanes has partnered with The Arbor Day Foundation to encourage the planting of trees. For every qualifying purchase of three Hanes products with mail-in redemption and proof of purchase from April 1 through May 15, Hanes will send out a free Hanes Earth Day T-shirt and will donate a dollar to The Arbor Day Foundation. Hanes is sending me a t-shirt for this post and will send on to the winner of the giveaway at the bottom of the post.

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Hanes and Arbor Day LogoFor every qualifying redemption of Hanes product purchases, the Arbor Day Foundation, which works to replant trees in America’s national forests that have been damaged by fire, insect or disease, will plant a tree on behalf of Hanes and its consumers, up to 20,000 trees.

Also, for every virtual tree you send, up to 3 per facebook user,  the Arbor Day Foundation will plant a real tree, up to 50,000, on Hanes behalf. Become a fan of Hanes on Facebook and go send a virtual tree.

Hanes has also introduced a new consumer Web site Hanes Green (www.hanesgreen.com) There you can learn more about the brand’s environmental responsibility effort and watch the "For Future Generations" ad.  The Hanes green Web site will also offer information and ideas for how you can take small steps toward making more responsible environmental decisions.

The commercial is pretty cute; with kids giving Pete dirty looks from all over the mall because he isn’t eco-friendly. I know it’s important for us to start thinking about our carbon footprint and how much we consume and Hanes is ready to help us by providing eco smart clothing lines with products made from recycled materials.

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Here is a great way to spend the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. Plant a tree wearing your very own Hanes Earth Day t-shirt. (t-shirt in your size is the prize)

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Download BBC Earth Free 4/12 through 4/26

April 11, 2010 By 4 Comments

I love BBC! I’m always watching something new from BBC, but there are some things that are just classics and can be watched over and over. We have a copy of BBC Earth that we purchased a few years ago. It’s actually a series and there is more to the story than what we own. What’s exciting is that starting tomorrow, you can download a few episodes free in iTunes.

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In celebration of Earth Day’s 40th anniversary, the beloved and award-winning BBC Earth series Planet Earth is now available on iTunes with a special, one-time free episode download (“Pole to Pole”) from April 12 – 26, 2010.

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This jaw-dropping, 11-part series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit presents the epic story of life on Earth. Series producer Alastair Fothergill and his team spent four years in production, over 2000 days in the field, using 71 cameramen filming across 204 locations in 62 countries to capture the ultimate portrait of our planet. It has garnered legions of fans and universal critical acclaim with Oprah Magazine saying “It is the most beautiful, wondrous and truly majestic series – the best thing I’ve ever seen on TV.” Using a budget of unprecedented proportions and captured on HD cameras, Planet Earth is among the highest rated and best selling HD programs ever made. It offers stunning visuals perfect for any HD television or HD handheld device like the Apple iPad which launched on April 3rd.


The BBC Natural History Unit has been producing extraordinary programming for over 50 years, and continues to take viewers to new and exciting parts of our Earth. Planet Earth, a BBC/Discovery co-production, aired on the Discovery Channel in 2007. It is the must-see precursor to the highly anticipated BBC nature series Life, currently airing on the Discovery Channel and releasing on DVD June 1, 2010 from BBC Video.

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GET THE WHOLE SERIES
Want more Planet Earth? The whole series is available for instant download on iTunes.

  • Standard Definition – $1.99/episode; $20.99 Series Pass
  • High-Definition – $2.99/episode; $31.99 Series Pass

 

GO BEHIND-THE-SCENES
Go behind-the scenes with the all-new playlist, The Planet Earth Diaries ($4.99/Playlist; 99¢/episode). Here you’ll find a total of 110 minutes (eleven 10-minute episodes) of footage detailing what the crew had to endure in order to capture some of the most enthralling moments of the series.

CAN’T GET ENOUGH?
Complement Planet Earth with other BBC Earth series such as Blue Planet , and Yellowstone and Galapagos, both available in HD.

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Join the conversation on Twitter using the #planetearth hashtag!

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Walgreens Earth Day Special

April 21, 2009 By 2 Comments

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Go Green. Save Green. In stores Earth Day, April 22 only!

 

You can click on the photo to get your coupon or click Walgreens Coupon don’t forget your free tote.

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Tucker Bags Giveaway

April 15, 2009 By 243 Comments

 

http://shop.tuckerbags.com/images/1231480122215-407408541.jpgEarth day is coming up, it is next Wednesday. I can not believe that we are midway through April already. That means I’m late again in sending out my MOMS Club Newsletters. I need an automatic printer you know. It just prints things once a month. I can do the rest. Anyway, Tucker Bags, are environmentally friendly reusable bags. I think they have the best name out of all the bags out there.

Tucker – because you tuck it into itself and it becomes a pouch that you can just toss in your purse or keep on your key chain.

G-3 Frogs Grocery BagThis is one of the products I saw at the Green Festival in Seattle. What a wonderful experience that was to meet all these venders and get to learn more about what impacts our planet and little ways to help it be better.

Tucker bags sell for 7.95 a piece or at a fair you can get them for about 5 dollars. I should have purchased some, I just spent all my money on kids clothing. You can get a set of 5 for 31.95.

They have a very large selection in designs. I like the way they feel too and you can fit so much into them. I hear the grocery store checker’s don’t like them because they don’t think they should put very much in them. The moms I know say they have to tell the checker to keep filling the bag fuller. TuckerBags

They have offered one bag to one of my readers.

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Visit Tucker Bags and pick out the design you would like.

 

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Earth Day Ideas

March 22, 2009 By 2 Comments

Thank you Holly for visiting my post about the green in me. You are way more green than I am. You use hybrid diapers from another planet. I’m so impressed.

In the upcoming months there will be many great opportunities to teach kids about saving energy and the environment. Earth Day is coming up I wonder what my MOMS Club will be doing? Here are a few ideas for everyone.

  • On Saturday, March 28th at 8:30 p.m., during the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour, hundred of millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour in a vote for action on the climate crisis.
  • Then on April 22nd more than 500 million people and national governments in 175 countries will celebrate Earth Day.

On March 27, at special “Stepping Up for the Environment” events across 320-plus Goddard Schools nationwide, more than 40,000 youngsters will help spread the message that even very young children – toddlers and preschoolers – can make a positive impact toward a sustainable future. Education experts at Goddard, the country’s leading child care franchise company, offer the following fun projects that you can do at home to teach your kids about the environment:

  1. Create the Earth. Eco-friendly coffee filters make great miniature earths.  In two separate cups, use food coloring to make blue and green colored water. Then allow the children to use eyedroppers to drop the colors on their Earth (coffee filter). When the colored water is dropped on the filter it spreads a bit and the children can create land and water shapes on their “little earths.”
  2. Lights Out, Flashlights On. Play “I Spy” in the dark.  Have the children use flashlights to locate objects they can use to become more “green,” such as a light switch or recycle bins.
  3. Go for a Nature Walk. Place tape, sticky side out, on the children’s wrists and take them outside to collect things in nature. You could also decorate a sack and go around the neighborhood picking up litter.
  4. Dress It Up! Hold a fashion show using old newspapers as the runway. Create vests by using grocery sacks decorated with recycled supplies such as used yogurt cups, etc. Glue recycled materials to the vests and decorate with paint. Then let your kids show off the “beauty of recyclables” while learning what items can be recycled.
  5. Make Rainsticks. Recycle old paper towel rolls by making rainsticks. Have the children close the bottom of the stick with paper and tape. Then fill with beans or rice. You can also crumple up some aluminum foil to make a louder sound. Let the children decorate the rainsticks with construction paper. Use this activity to talk about the importance of clean water and water conservation.
  6. Find a great cause to support. Hold a fundraiser and collect drink containers. Turn the containers into the recycler and collect the money from them. Take pictures; explain how you promoted the fundraiser and how you used the money to help your cause. Contact the newspaper and get them to write about your fundraiser. Use a copy of the story in your display.
  7. Decorate a recycling collection container in a way that gets attention.
  8. Perform a scientific study to see whether your decorated container or a regular (plain) recycling container collected more drink bottles at your school.

You can also visit World Wildlife Fund. World Wildlife Fund has created a website, www.EarthHourKids.org which features lesson-plans, games and songs children can download.  There is also a section for parents to email their state and federal representatives.

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