I am finally back here on Eco-Chic Green Fashion doing a bit of rearranging and fleshing out the site, so if you haven’t had a chance to check it out lately, please do.
The sidebars are a bit simpler, and the site is quickly offering green products from reliable eco-chic green vendors. You can shop on this site, or go directly to the vendors’ sites to shop.
I will be adding one shopping page for each vendor until I am done. Should be at least 30 eco-chic green vendors to browse through.
Sometimes it is hard to find green gifts at a reasonable price especially if you want to spend $25 or less. With the economy still being sluggish this year, $25 seems to be the magical price threshold that most people want to spend on family that they do not see very often or good friends.
I have been spending quite a bit of time lately exploring eBay’s World of Good. It is a growing shopping mall for green gifts, and specialty items, and really fun to browse.
I recommend that you browse eBay’s World of Good to see what they have to offer and bookmark some items for your friends and relatives. It is always good to know that you are contributing to the health and well being of your friends and family.
Here is one of my personal favorites this week:
Alex and Ani St. Christopher Bracelet
I think that I might have to get one of these for myself.
For my friends, this is a great gift:
Natural Handmade Balm for Dry Skin
To go directly to the World of Good website, click here.
The Body Shop® offers a full assortment of naturally-inspired products, including bath & body, men’s and women’s skincare, and creative gift ideas for a variety of occasions. They also offer classic and unique fragrances, home fragrances, makeup, and accessories.
Right now in anticipation of the winter holidays, The Body Shop is offering the following specials (click on any of the following links):
For those of you who love The Body Shop products, this is a great time to pick some up. This way you can check one thing off your list, and save money on shipping.
Here are a few of my favorites:
The Body Shop Nutmeg and Vanilla Bath & Shower Gel
Best if you want to: Pamper your skin and indulge your senses with fragrant skin cleansing shower gel that gently lathers on application to leave skin feeling cleansed, soft and cared for. Best for: normal skin How it works: Nutmeg extract adds a warm, nostalgic fragrance. Community Trade organic honey moisturizes and conditions skin
The Body Shop Nutmeg and Vanilla Soap
Best if you want to: Cleanse and moisturize your skin with a beautifully embossed soap that contains particles of ground nutmeg to gently exfoliate the skin as you cleanse. Best for: normal skin How it works: Nutmeg extract adds a warm, nostalgic fragrance. Community Trade organically grown soya oil, rich in essential fatty acids, helps to restore the skin’s natural moisture barrier. Derivatives of sustainable palm oil and glycerin cleanse and condition skin.
The Body Shop Mango Foaming Bath
Best if you want to: Soak in a moisture-rich bath filled with a creamy lather and fresh mango fragrance that leaves your skin soft and lightly scented. Best for: very dry skin How it works: Mango extract moisturizes the skin. An ingredient derived from Community Trade cocoa beans creates foaming, cleansing bubbles.
One of the very coolest eco-chic green wedding ideas these days is that you can do all of your wedding planning, and wedding registering online. Although there are still stores that have paper wedding registries, most stores now have an online wedding registry
The best online wedding registry that I have ever seen is the one that Amazon is using. If you follow the links I have in this post to their online wedding registry, you will find that they work with Universal online wedding registry so that you can actually just put the Universal button on your browser, and add items from any online store to your Amazon online wedding registry. This way all of your guests, and you can keep track of what has been purchased, where it is from, and have it shipped directly to you with no paper being used anywhere along the way. Just amazing. And so very easy.
Amazon has just taken a huge step forward with the convenience and adaptability factor of the Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device. The six inch reader is now available for just $20 more than its regular price for both U.S. and international wireless. This makes the Kindle much more user friendly for international travelers and international customers. Amazon is releasing this newest generation of Kindles on October 19, 2009, so if you are interested, you should pre-order now because they are first come, first serve. For more about this new device, follow this link.
To purchase the Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device for U.S. and International Wireless, or to read more about its specifications, follow this link.
Pre-order these books now, and you will get them as soon as they are published. Terrific new green living resources that will be out within the next few months. Great way to start off 2010:
Available November 2, 2009
Practically Green: Your Guide to Ecofriendly Decision-Making
Practically Green takes the guesswork out of reading labels and will show you how to make smart, healthy purchases for your family without spending tedious hours researching the pros and cons of all of the products available on the market today. Each chapter is broken down into “Buy It” and “Do It” sections. The “Buy-It” section provides key information about everyday purchasing decisions and includes clip-out checklists for you to reference while shopping. The “Do It” section gives DIY ideas for how to make things that are good for your family and good for the environment, such as simple sewing projects, non-toxic cleaning products and luxurious, homemade beauty products. Plus, the author shares some of her favorite recipes that are sure to please the entire family!
Available November 6, 2009
The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights
Review
“David Gumpert has chronicled the Raw Milk War with insight and humor. He provides an important record of systematic government bias against Nature’s perfect food. Must reading for raw milk fans and government officials alike.”–Sally Fallon Morell, President, The Weston A. Price Foundation
Beginning in 2006, the agriculture departments of several large states-with backing from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-launched a major crackdown on small dairies producing raw milk. Replete with undercover agents, sting operations, surprise raids, questionable test-lab results, mysterious illnesses, propaganda blitzes, and grand jury investigations, the crackdown was designed to disrupt the supply of unpasteurized milk to growing legions of consumers demanding healthier and more flavorful food.
The Raw Milk Revolution takes readers behind the scenes of the government’s tough and occasionally brutal intimidation tactics, as seen through the eyes of milk producers, government regulators, scientists, prosecutors, and consumers. It is a disturbing story involving marginally legal police tactics and investigation techniques, with young children used as political pawns in a highly charged atmosphere of fear and retribution.
Are regulators’ claims that raw milk poses a public health threat legitimate? That turns out to be a matter of considerable debate. In assessing the threat, The Raw Milk Revolution reveals that the government’s campaign, ostensibly designed to protect consumers from pathogens like salmonella, E. coli 0157:H7, and listeria, was based in a number of cases on suspect laboratory findings and illnesses attributed to raw milk that could well have had other causes, including, in some cases, pasteurized milk.
David Gumpert dares to ask whether regulators have the public’s interest in mind or the economic interests of dairy conglomerates. He assesses how the government’s anti-raw-milk campaign fits into a troublesome pattern of expanding government efforts to sanitize the food supply-even in the face of ever-increasing rates of chronic disease like asthma, diabetes, and allergies. The Raw Milk Revolution provides an unsettling view of the future, in which nutritionally dense foods may be available largely through underground channels.
Available November 20, 2009
Green Matters for Everyday Living
Reviews:
Reading Green Matters for Everyday Living is like chatting over a cup of organic coffee with the city’s thought leaders and top tastemakers. An accessible, inspiring and enjoyable guide to the many ways you can green your Atlanta life, there’s something for every level of involvement. –Kate Yandoh, Freelance Writer (PINK, Atlanta Woman)
What can you do to make green matter? You’re already in media res of that journey simply by picking up this book. –Martin Melaver, Melaver Development
Green Matters for Everyday Living is a primer on how to live green. Learn where the housing market is headed and why and how to adopt a greener lifestyle, find money-saving green gadgets, compost, save on utility bills, avoid greenwashing, eat inexpensive organic foods, perform easy and energy-efficient home renovations, travel green, compare green-building programs and buy stylish and eco-friendly clothing and accessories for your home. Beautiful personal and professional photographs throughout the book show you what green living is all about. In-depth and frank discussions with: Laura Turner Seydel, Serenbe’s Steve Nygren, Charles Brewer (Founder of Mindspring), Cinda Boomershine (Design Expert for TBS’s Movie & a Makeover), Fine Living TV’s Stephanie Oswald (All-Girl Getaways), Nutrition Expert & Former Host of CNN’s ‘Travel Now’ Carolyn O’Neil, Cookbook Author and Cooking Show Host Nathalie Dupree, Carl Seville, Jack’s Harvest’s Heather Schoenrock and Connie Pope, Freelance Writer Kate Yandoh, Farmer D, Cici Coffee (Founder of Natural Body Spa & Shop), Jazz Musician Will Scruggs, Publicist Dean Trevelino, EcoMeme Store Owner Pam Hollis, Martin Melaver (Melaver Development), Michele Russo (McGraw-Hill Construction), Southface’s Dennis Creech, Dr. Adam Payne, Architect William Cox, Barb Shadomy (EarthCraft-certified Bed & Breakfast Owner), Realtor Cindy Wallace, Builder Pam Sessions, Lynda Fassa, Founder of Green Babies (organic-cotton baby clothes), Whole Foods Consultant, and Author of Green Babies Sage Moms
Available December 29, 2009 (just in time for the new year)
The Gorgeously Green Diet
Perfect for Earth Day: The bestselling author of Gorgeously Green returns with a simple-and budget-conscious-plan for waist management.
Green guru and ecolicious consultant Sophie Uliano has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, The View, and other national television shows; her first book, Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
Uliano offers three different lean and green eating plans-Light Green, Bright Green, and Deep Green. Each offers a cornucopia of the healthiest and most gorgeous food you’ve ever eaten as well as the secret to being healthy and staying that way. You’ll learn how to reduce your impact on the environment by following the plan and how The Gorgeously Green Diet will improve your overall health. There are money- saving tips, including how to cook a healthy organic meal for five on less than it would cost to eat at Burger King, as well as nearly one hundred recipes and a gentle exercise plan. Readers can take the pledge to become green and lean, ask questions, and get support. This is the celebration of food, the planet, and healthy bodies that Sophie’s many fans have been waiting for. For more information, follow this link.
Available January 1, 2010
Green Restorations: Sustainable Building and Historic Homes
Some 40 percent of North Americans live in homes built prior to 1940, and when it comes time to remodel or restore our older homes, homeowners and contractors can find themselves lost in a morass of wildly divergent information and opinion. With Green Restorations, author Aaron Lubeck brings his expertise as a restoration contractor and preservation consultant to this first-of-its-kind guide, leading the reader through the steps for restoring historic buildings using sustainable practices and green building techniques.
Available January 5, 2010
New Green Homes: The Latest in Sustainable Living
New Green Homes presents the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and design. Projects include ‘green’ houses, apartments, lofts, and cabins, and explore various aspects of environmentally-friendly design from its ecological and economical benefits to the factors that need to be considered when choosing materials, such as the amount of energy that went into manufacturing the product; its sustainability; the life-expectency of its materials; and, the question of if the materials used can be recycled or safely disposed of if they break down over time. Specific topics covered include climate regulation, drainage systems, and regional planning. Each project contains photographs, floor and aerial plans, as well as detailed drawings that illustrate certain sustainable features revealing how much the parameters of ecological design have expanded in just a few short years. For the environmentally and aesthetically conscious, “New Green Homes” is as poignant as it is refreshing. It’s the perfect resource for homeowners, designers, architects, and all clients interested in creating warm and inviting homes that cause only a fraction of the environmental impact of those created using conventional building methods.
Socktopus – $ 22.50
From: BuyGreen.com
The long lost cousin of the famous Sock Monkey. The eight-legged creatures are made from traditional red heel socks and button eyes. This Socktopus is handmade by Friends of Socktopus. These delightful cephalopods are made from recycled wool sweaters. Their wooly covering allows them to live comfortably on land, especially indoors. They are excellent companions for children of all ages, and add a splash of color to any room.
One of the best places to shop for green gifts is BuyGreen.com. BuyGreen.com is essentially a Eco-Chic Green Shopping Mall. All of the products on their site are green, eco-friendly and healthy products. They have products in several different types of product lines including skin care, household cleaners, clothing, and accessories. I am just going to highlight a few items here that are under $25 and would make great green gifts, but if you click through the links you will find loads more to explore. I love the Socktopus above. Here are some more:
Affirmatif
With DMAE and pearl powder to tighten, tone and nourish your skin.
This is part of Marie-Veronique’s therapeutic line of skin care, designed to care for your skin through all stages of life. These products protect, nourish and repair in an age-appropriate manner. The Therapy line is for everyone who wants healthy and radiant skin. You can also supplement the basic skin care routine with products that address special concerns such as aging and rosacea.
UV Natural has just been ranked #1 by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). UV Natural ranked as the safest and most effective sunscreen sold in the US and the World! Beating nearly 800 other brands, UV natural is recognized as offering uncompromising safety and efficacy in sun protection. The entire range of UV Natural sunscreens protect against the full spectrum of UV light – UV A1, A2, B and C.
For the most precious members of your family, UV Natural Baby is gentle in its action so you can reduce the risk of sunburn to your baby’s soft and sensitive skin. In addition to its SPF 30 block-out properties, UV Natural Baby formulation strengthens and maintains healthy skin cell growth. Apply UV Natural Baby daily for a skin routine that nurtures healthy glowing skin for life as sun damage is cumulative and must be taken seriously from the earliest age. UV Natural Baby comes in two perfect sizes – small (1.76 oz)- for the diaper bag, purse, handbag or glove box in the car, and the large (5.29 oz) for the home, the diaper bag or to share with friends. UV Natural Baby provides a nourishing, health conscious sunscreen solution.
These charming creatures are made from recycled sweaters. They are soft and squeezable, and have child-safe eyes. They are 12″ tall. They come in the following colors: Green-Blue, Red-Yellow-Orange, or Pink-Purple.
This flashlight offers innovative Hybrid Solar Technology – it generates renewable power from sunlight or room light and stores it for later use. No shaking, no cranking – it’s ready to go when you need it! This flashlight can hold a single charge for over 3 years with 1-Watt 2X Super Bright LED.
Comes in three colors: Black, Camouflage and Yellow
Environmentally friendly – Solar technology generates renewable power from sun or room light. 8 hours charge in sunlight or room light will provide up to 16 hours of continuous light – can be charged over and over again. Holds a single charge for over 3 years and comes fully charged.
Does not need to be stored in the sun – throw it in your glove box or drawer and three years later, just turn it on! Back up battery has a 7 year shelf life.
For more green gift ideas under $25, follow this link
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