Saturday, December 25, 2010

Recycle, Reuse

 Check out this article from the NY TIMES:

Junkyard Architecture

Published: December 16, 2010 
Laura Dante Photography
A shipping container is lowered to the roof of 25 Carroll Street in Brooklyn.
How about a bay window made of an old truck body, or a closet made of red wine barrels? Or even a home framed in steel from melted-down submarines. That time may be fast approaching.

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Holiday Sales

Loomstate is one of my favorite eco fashion labels, so I'm always scanning the web for sales! I just found a few bargains on Yoox.com. They have both men's and women's Loomstate tees and jeans on sale. YEA!! Click on photo for link.



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Be Fancy, Be Clean

EO Products All Purpose Soap is one of my favorite green products from 2010! I use it for everything, every day! Click on photo for link.



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Eco Apps

Want to stay in touch with green news?  Download eco apps for your iPhone!

Eco App by AT & T - has info on recycling and eco events.

iGreenpeace - is a free app that features information on global warming and links to news feeds from Greenpeace.

Ecosnoop - is an environtmental awareness tool that helps users learn more about energy efficiency.

I don't have an iPhone, so I haven't sampled these apps.  If you have, please contact us and tell us what you think of them.

Click for: Top free apps on the App Store


Click for: Top paid apps on the App Store

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Solar Power in Africa

Check out this article from The NY Times on solar power:

African Huts Far From the Grid Glow With Renewable Power

IPTUSURI, Kenya — For Sara Ruto, the desperate yearning for electricity began last year with the purchase of her first cellphone, a lifeline for receiving small money transfers, contacting relatives in the city or checking chicken prices at the nearest market.

Charging the phone was no simple matter in this farming village far from Kenya’s electric grid. Every week, Ms. Ruto walked two miles to hire a motorcycle taxi for the three-hour ride to Mogotio, the nearest town with electricity. There, she dropped off her cellphone at a store that recharges phones for 30 cents. Yet the service was in such demand that she had to leave it behind for three full days before returning.

That wearying routine ended in February when the family sold some animals to buy a small Chinese-made solar power system for about $80. Now balanced precariously atop their tin roof, a lone solar panel provides enough electricity to charge the phone and run four bright overhead lights with switches.

“My main motivation was the phone, but this has changed so many other things,” Ms. Ruto said on a recent evening as she relaxed on a bench in the mud-walled shack she shares with her husband and six children.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

New Products by Juice Beauty

We just received this press release from one of our favorite natural cosmetic companies, Juice Beauty. Read about their new products!


Juice Beauty, the Organic Solutions Company known for offering high efficacy, yet authentically organic beauty products, is proud to introduce two new products that provide the perfect union between high tech science and nature. With a proprietary blend of fruit stem cells to complement the authentically organic juice base, Stem Cellular Repair Moisturizer and Stem Cellular Repair Eye Treatment work at the cellular level to repair DNA damage and to increase cellular proliferation resulting in less wrinkles and younger looking skin.

Three years in development, Juice Beauty’s scientists utilized a proprietary blend of Fruit Stem Cells and fat soluble Vitamin C to produce the Stem Cellular Repair Moisturizer and Stem Cellular Repair Eye Treatment providing remarkable results for customers interested in ultimate age defying technology.  Beauty experts and the press have long recognized Juice Beauty for leadership in their Green Apple Peels and Tinted SPF moisturizers….now beauty professionals can look to Juice Beauty for cutting edge Age Defying solutions. 

Focus Group studies (4 weeks) were conducted and the results were astounding:
- 96% of participants saw noticeable improvement in fine lines and
wrinkles by using the Stem Cellular Repair Eye Treatment.

- 88% of participants saw significant improvement in skin tone, firming and texture by using Stem Cellular Repair Facial Moisturizer.

 “With our own proprietary blend of organic fruit stem cells injected into our clinically validated antioxidant rich organic juice base infused with Vitamin C, Stem Cellular Repair Moisturizer & Eye Treatment will help decrease DNA damage and accelerate cellular proliferation to help repair, renew and protect your skin. “ says Gerard Camme, COO and Karen Behnke, Founding Partner, Juice Beauty.

Both formulations are protected from environmental contamination with high tech airtight pump jars.  The Stem Cellular Repair Eye Treatment’s applicator allows for a gentle massage to help stimulate circulation.

Juice Beauty’s Stem Cellular Repair Moisturizer (1.7 oz US $65.00, Canada $70.00) is a rich

formulation that absorbs quickly and the Stem Cellular Eye Treatment (0.5 oz US $45.00, Canada $48.00) has a gel like consistency one can feel working the moment it is applied.  Both products are perfect for day and night moisturizing treatment. 

Three years in the works—Stem Cellular Repair Duo is the result. 
Advanced Age Defying, luxuriously rich and authentically organic.

Stem Cellular Repair Products launch on December 13th at The Shopping Channel (exclusive launch in Canada).  In January, they will be available in the U.S. at Juicebeauty.com, Sephora, and Blue Mercury; and extensively throughout Asia at Sephora, Lane Crawford, Isetan, Siam Paragon, and Harvey Nichols, reinforcing Juice Beauty’s commitment to bring powerful, effective and pleasurable organic beauty solutions to the world.

Juice Beauty…The Organic Solution.
For More Information:  www.juicebeauty.com






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