Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Green Products for a Cause


Kiehl's has been around since 1951 making bath and body products. They have come out with an Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser in partnership with Brad Pitt and all proceeds will go to benefit green initiatives around the world.

  • First 100% Biodegradable formula and fragrance for Kiehl's
  • First Beauty Product with Cradle to Cradle Certification
  • Provides refreshing and gentle cleansing
  • Formulated without parabens, SLS and Dyes
  • 100% Post Consumer Recycled (PCR) Bottle

A liquid body cleanser, made from 100% biodegradable ingredients. All of Kiehl's net profits from the sale of this product will support the work of JPF ECO SYSTEMS, a charitable partnership created by Kiehl’s and Brad Pitt to maximize awareness of environmental sustainability.

"Kiehl's formulated this product to minimize the impact we have on our environment. All proceeds will go to benefit green initiatives around the globe."
- Brad Pitt

Learn more about our partnership with Brad Pitt.

























Saturday, September 6, 2008

Wee Green Playhouse



Today we went to Project Playhouse 2008 at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. They had some amazing little houses that will be auctioned off on Oct 11 and the proceeds go to Home Aid. My favorite house was the Wee Green Playhouse which was created by W Custom Homes and building partners as a retreat for children to enjoy and celebrate their natural environment. They combined modern design and Green building methods to showcase the importance of Eco-responsibility in future building. W Custom Homes goes into extensive detail on their website, so please go check it out. The following is my list of some highlights...
The Green Roof which is covered partially or completely in vegetation. The benefits are numerous from insulating better to absorbing air pollutants and recycling rainwater.
Xeriscape Garden consists of water conserving landscape and this garden was beautiful and unthirsty.
IPE Brazillian Hardwood was used for the siding and wood decking. It is naturally resistant to rot, insects, fire, mold and is twice as strong as oak! Wow!

All the 8 playhouses (including the Lyon Homes USC Frat House) were amazing and we enjoyed ducking inside of them. They are on display until Oct 11 and you can even buy an opportunity ticket for their drawing. They will raffle off the Wahoo Fish Taco House, which came with a flat screen tv, X Box, mini microwave and fridge. How cool would that be if they called us on Oct 13 to tell us our house is on its way and to start planning our block party. Whoo hoo...oh wait its Wahoo!!!

Project Playhouse 2008

Friday, September 5, 2008

My Bag and Me


I heard about this book today called My Bag and Me, By Karen Farmer





Book Description on Amazon.....

Help save the planet one bag at a time! Teach your child to be eco-friendly and conserve the earths precious resources! Its never too early to learn the importance of reusing, reducing and recycling. My Bag & Me follows a child and his reusable shopping bag on a trip to the grocery store. By the end of the story, your child will say Paper and plastic no more!Includes a FREE reusable Tyvek shopping bag! Children can tote on their next shopping trip to show-off their eco-awareness!

I love this....I might have to write a story and put a greengirl bag with the book.

Im off to the bookstore tomorrow to check it out. I was just thinking about expanding our horizons beyond Thomas and Friends.


Fall is almost here!

The summer flew by....and now it is September.
There are lots of reminders that the season is changing and fall is coming.

Back to School is everywhere you look
Talk of Halloween and what to go as
Sister booking her flights to come down for the holidays
Apple Season...love apples
It always get hot and windy here in California in September
I start to notice the days getting shorter

Thinking about how to be "green" this Halloween!

Monday, September 1, 2008

Favorite Beer is So Green


New Belgium Brewing Company is home to some of our favorite beers. I went on their site to look up this delicious beer that we have been drinking this summer and I found that they are run by green power. They use mostly wind energy with 10 % coming from the production process. New Belgium actually captures the methane released by bacteria that clean the brewery's water. They have a pretty cool story, not to mention world class beers and they are environmentally conscious.....they are an all around winner in my book. If you haven't tried their beers....ride your bike to the local store and get some Fat Tire or Mothership Wit. You wont be disappointed, I promise!

Green Words




Green
A philosophy of creating eco-friendly products, using sustanable technologies that will not deplete our planet of its remaining resources.

Eco-friendly

Having minimal to no harmful or threatening impact on the environment.

Renewable Energy
Energy that is generated from regenerative resources; or energythat canot be exhausted, such as wind, water and sunlight.

Recycled
Manufactured from used or waste materials that have been reprocesed for further use.

Sustainable Material
Materials that are generated from resources that are managed in a way that they are, for al practical purposes, sustainable over an extended period of time (i.e. the resource is not depleted.)

Carbon Footprint
A measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide".[1] It is meant to be useful for individuals, nations and organizations to conceptualize their personal (or organizational) impact in contributing to global warming.

Recycle symbol
The chasing arrow symbol used to show that a product or package can be recycled. The three arrows on the symbol represent different components of the recycling process. The top arrow represents the collection of recyclable materials. The second arrow (bottom right) represents the recyclables being processed into recycled products and the third arrow on the bottom left represents when the consumer actually buys a product with recycled content.