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Eco-Friendly Fashion Trends

December 12th 2009 16:36
By [Really Long Link]Bjorn Fjordnord

Being green is in from housing to now fashion, eco-friendly living is making a huge impression. Recently, companies have been making a huge effort to create eco-friendly products and an equally huge effort to market the fact that they are doing so. Thus, it is now becoming easier and easier to care about your environment, here are some fashion trends that are sure to have a low impact on your mother earth.

You would have to have lived in a cave over the past decade not to know that solar and the environment are some of the most pressing issues in our world today. Well a company called Costume National's has come out with a product that is a purse with solar panels built in. Completely self sustained the solar panels on this purse allows its user to connect their gadgets to the USB outlets attached to them making it easy to avoid electrical outlets.


Many shoe designers are also making what are known as vegan shoes or non leather to be more specific. These shoes are created from all manmade materials such as wood grain and rubber. While they may sound too earthy for you, they actually do look like leather and not cardboard.

Many companies are also taking their product lines a step further and have introduced reusable shopping bags. These bags are often made out of canvas and are roomy enough to actually grocery shop with. Many stores have also created hot designs for the front that are making them fashion accessories as well.

Another eco-friendly fashion trend that is becoming increasingly popular is bamboo cotton. While these items can be a bit on the pricey side they are softer than anything you have ever felt. Bamboo fabric is a natural textile made from the pulp of bamboo grass and is more sustainable than most other textile fabrics. It is also light, strong, is mostly antibacterial and has excellent wicking properties.


One last trend to look out for is hemp fabric. Hemp is earth's most beneficial agricultural crop and has being used to provide humans with all of their basic needs from food to clothing to shelter and medicine. Hemp clothing though has some awesome characteristics; they are warm as well as soft and reasonably priced as compared to bamboo fabric. Some say that hemp garments are style, comfort and environmental awareness all in one garment.

So whether you are looking for a purse, a hat, a t-shirt or a wedding gown there is an eco-friendly designer who has already met your needs. And make sure you are keeping your eye out because this trend is just getting started!

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Eco-Friendly Toys For Kids... And Dogs?

December 11th 2009 03:21
With an increased awareness about the state of the environment, more and more families are choosing to "go green". Making choices that are eco-friendly is an easy process; there are now lines of environmentally-friendly foods, bedding, and cleaners, to name a few. However, many people fail to realize that in addition to teaching children to reuse and recycle, they can also fill their toy boxes with eco-friendly items. Environmentally-friendly wood products are becoming increasingly common in the toy world. Wooden toys, a hit item of the past, are making a comeback. Everything from toy boxes to easel are being constructed of natural wood that will biodegrade over time.

Many eco-friendly toy manufacturers also opt to use wood that is plentiful in supply, as opposed to scarce hardwoods. Wood is often used to replace certain types of plastic, which some manufacturers fear poses a health risk to children because of the chemicals it contains. Stuffed animals, a popular addition to any child's toy collection, are constructed of organic cotton in the eco-friendly world. Organic cotton causes as little harm to the Earth as possible, eliminating overuse of pesticides and fertilizers.

This type of cotton has gained popularity over the past few years, with a production increase of more than fifty per cent in 2005. In addition to stuffed toys, organic cotton is also used in infants' and children's clothing and bedding. It is important to be aware of the increased costs associated with environmentally-friendly toys. Often somewhat more expensive than other toys, organic toys are well worth the money. They offer safe alternatives to potentially hazardous chemicals, often last much longer than regular toys, and will not harm the environment in the long run. Eco-friendly manufacturers are even producing organic pet toys.

Like children's toys, environmentally-friendly pet toys avoid the use of chemical-based plastics, instead using biodegradable materials. Many dog toys are made of hemp, best used for a game of fetch than as a regular chew toy. Even stuffed animals made for dogs are created using organic cotton, like eco-friendly child toys. They do not contain bleach and may also be stuffed with a combination of cotton and hemp. In addition, the materials used in these products are usually hypoallergenic. Some organic pet toy producers have even gone so far as to create their own materials.

These new compounds offer alternatives to plastic and rubber without any toxic additives. According to dog owner reviews, pets appear to enjoy the new products just as much as the old, tried-and-true versions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Victor Epand is an expert consultant about kids toys, stuffed animals, and dolls. You will find the best marketplace for kids toys, stuffed animals, and dolls at these sites for eco-friendly toys, stuffed animals, and dolls.
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Businesses are now taking environmental issues much more seriously than they used to. It is no longer cool to give products away that are just going to be added to our already overstretched landfills. This is why a lot of promotional products are being manufactured out of raw materials that are sustainable, recyclable, biodegradable and/or run off solar, dynamo or water power. When considering promotional gifts for your clients, it is important to try to find products that serve a purpose so that they will be used and kept for a long time. Do you see the added bonus here? Gifts that are kept for a long time also promote your business for a long time.

It is worth noting that tying the gifts in somehow with what you do will help your customers remember you and your brand. Following are five product types you might like to consider for your top clients. Although they may not all be 'eco friendly' there is a better chance that they will remain in your customers' possession than a lot of the 'eco friendly' gifts on the market.

Organic Clothing: The promotional gift industry follows trends. Many of the products that are available for promoting your business were popular on the high street first. There is a lot of certified organic clothing on the market for promotion. These garments look trendy which means your customers are much more likely to wear them. Look around and you will find everything for attractive pullovers to top quality organic cotton jackets.

Promotional Tools: OK, it will be difficult to find an eco friendly tool but tools are normally kept and used for a long time. By tools, I mean anything from a high quality screwdriver set to a wine set: products that are a means to an end. When purchasing good quality tools, think to yourself, will my customer be using this next year or is it too gimmicky? Remember, 'kept' is good, landfill is bad!

Alternative Energy Products: These are products that are charged by water, sunlight or a crank of some sort. Alternative energy products are the in thing right now. People love to show off a clock that runs on water or an MP4 player that is solar powered. There are hundreds of such gifts available so have fun finding the best ones. Order early as the most popular are likely to sell out early.

Eco Desktop Products: Whatever your budget, you should be able to find an eco friendly desk tidy or pen pot. Again, just because a product is being sold as eco friendly does not mean it won't find its way to your customer's bin. Look for useful products you know they will like and keep.

Promotional Bags: Jute shopper bags are the bag of the moment. They are inexpensive and a good eco friendly way of carrying the Christmas groceries. But did you know there are also a lot of other eco friendly bags on the market that might be more appropriate depending on the business you are in? There are good quality conference bags, laptop bags, suitcases etc that are manufactured in biodegradable and also organic materials. Give your customers a quality bag and they will use it regularly.

Now I would like to invite you to visit my promotional gifts website. The site is packed with a large range of eco friendly promotional gifts. You may also be interested in visiting my promotional pens website which features hundreds popular eco friendly pens.

Dan Toombs is Managing Director of CompuGift Limited. Established in 1997, CompuGift was the first internet based promotional gift supplier in the UK.
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Green Christmas Trees

September 29th 2009 01:26
Eco-friendly is popular. Eco-friendly is cool. Eco-friendly helps to save the earth. During the Christmas season people like YOU and ME tend to throw away more recyclable materials than any other time of year. This is not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Christmas trees that end rotting in landfills.

This Christmas Season, why not choose an eco-friendly solution for your Christmas tree


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Clean Green and Keep Cancer At Bay

August 27th 2009 17:57
There is no better way to GREEN your life than to rid it of harmful cleaning chemicals. Cleaning chemicals are not only harmful to the environment, but to the body as well. Not one cleaning chemical provides a list of ingredients on the label, these undisclosed ingredients can often be caustic or cancer causing. The best cleaning products to choose for a GREEN lifestyle are natural, Earth provided cleaning solutions.

When scrubbing and abrasive cleaning is need, baking soda will do the job right. From bathrooms to kitchens, baking soda is mild enough to clean any surface yet safe enough to use as a toothpaste. Baking soda mixed with a little water makes a great cleaning paste. Clean GREEN with baking soda


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X Rated Fun Goes Green

July 14th 2009 12:24
According to Yahoo News, the prostitutes in Berlin are thinking about the environment and trying their best to reduce the carbon footprint of the "Johns" that visit their business.
$7 Discount for Biking Johns
$7 Discount for Biking Johns


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We tend to think that our yard and garden are already green and eco friendly, but there is always room for improvement and leaving a smaller foot print in our environment.

One eco friendly way to go green in your yard and garden is to stop using chemical weed killers. Remove weeds from your lawn and garden the old fashioned way, pull the weeds up by the roots. While this is labor intensive, the weeds won't return and less chemicals will enter our water sources. Chemical products, like Weed and Feed for lawns are carried into our water supplies by rain run-off, not too mention that any chemical weed killer you put on your lawn can kill any landscape shrubs, since shrub roots usually extend under your lawn


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Living a life that is eco-friendly can be deceiving and tricky. There are a million "eco-friendly" products on the market today that claim to help you live a life that is friendly for the earth. But just how eco-friendly are these products really?
Growing Vegetables is Eco-Friendly
Growing Vegetables is Eco-Friendly

All of the products you purchase in the store, no matter how "green" the product is supposed to be, originated somewhere other than the store shelf where it now resides. There are trucks, gas and CO2 dispersed into the atmosphere along the path from manufacturer to the store shelf. That is not to mention the carbon footprint on the earth the actual factory has on Mother earth


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How do you feel about compost?

November 26th 2008 00:07
We moved house recently, and had a compost bin. Obviously we weren't going to haul the dirt to the new house so we emptied it and mulched it up.

Got me thinking though, is composting a good idea if you don't grow food in your garden? It's taking good organic material out of landfill which would mean it would be far harder for less organic material to actually decompose


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Carbon Neutral Beer Anyone?

February 4th 2008 02:12
The Agincourt Hotel is Australia's first carbon neutral Pub, and is tackling global warming - 1 drink at a time!

Licensee of Sydney’s Agincourt Hotel Matthew Jones is passionate about making a difference. He saw a business opportunity in making his pub carbon neutral and also wanted to pass down a better environment to his three children


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Give the Environment a Hand-cut

November 13th 2007 23:29
Feel like a celebrity in sexy, one-off designs that won't blow the budget and help the environment at the same time.

Tucked away in the heart of Crows Nest lies a diamond in the rough. Handcut is a fabulous clothing store which stocks innovative, one-of-a-kind designs for women & men


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Eco Car rentals

April 9th 2007 07:54
There are now companies that rent hybrid cars or cars that run on natural gas or biodiesel.
In America one company is called EV Rentals and has locations in California, Arizona, and Nevada. In my home town of Maui, Hawaii, we have Bio Beetle car rental
They get the same Bio diesel I use in my VW Jetta from Pacific Biodiesel, and they are also in Los Angeles as well as soon to be on the big island of Hawaii


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Eco Car rentals

April 9th 2007 07:51
There are now companies that rent hybrid cars or cars that run on natural gas or biodiesel.
In America one company is called EV Rentals and has locations in California, Arizona, and Nevada. In my home town of Maui, Hawaii, we have" target="_blank">Bio beetle car rental
They get the same Bio diesel I use in my VW Jetta from Pacific Biodiesel, and they are also in Los Angeles as well as soon to be on the big island of Hawaii.
Check around on the internet for one in your favorite destination. Happy Travels


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Good searching

April 4th 2007 07:20
Just found this cool new search engine called GOODSEARCH
They donate a penny to your charity of choice each time you search! There is a bar where you can add your charity and verify if it's in their database, then search away!
I change my charity about every month because I have so many favorite causes


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