This post is sponsored by Flipp App. Earth Day is April 22nd and it's a good time for us all to refocus and find new ways to be more eco-friendly. We all live different lifestyles and have different resources available to us. Regardless of where you are in your journey to live a greener lifestyle, remember that every little step we take adds up in big ways. Here are just a few simple ways that you may be able to go green this Earth Day... 1. Teach Our Children to Love the Earth - the biggest gift we can give to our children is the ability to love and respect the natural environment. Let your children help you recycle. Give them a small section of the garden to care for. Teach our children that the future of this planet depends on how well we care for it. 2. Buy Less - What items have you purchased recently that you could have lived without? That new purse? That new Lilly Pulitzer outfit from Target? That extra cloth diaper in the newest print? Think before you ... [ Read More ]
gDiapers Partner with 5 Gyres for Clean Beaches this Earth Day
I'm really jealous that my baby is out of diapers with this new print from gDiapers! For this Earth Day, gDiapers has partnered with 5 Gyres, a renowned environmental group known for its efforts to end plastic pollution. With the launch of two new limited edition products - the Great White gPant and Great White Tee - 5 Gyres commits to a foot of beach clean up for every item sold. To learn more about how 5 Gyres and gDiapers have partnered please read their blog post; A Future Free of Plastic Pollution. I was fortunate enough to have a beautiful baby girl (Natalia) to model the new products for us and I'm in love with how soft and comfortable the outfit is. Unlike most traditional cloth diapers, the gPants feel like a soft breathable fabric pant. With gPants you can add your favorite inserts, prefold, or flushable insert and reuse the gPant with each diaper change. By purchasing cloth diapers and gDiapers, you are helping to keep our future and our beaches free of plastic ... [ Read More ]
Upcycled Camera Strap Cover Tutorial featured on FaveCrafts
I got crafty last week in preparation for Earth Day and created an upcycled camera strap cover from one of my husbands old shirts. To see the entire project with directions head on over to the FaveCrafts blog where I am a guest blogger today; Upcycled Camera Strap Cover Tutorial. To see some of my other eco-crafting projects visit the Eco-Crafting section of my blog. ... [ Read More ]
Tips for Celebrating Earth Day with Your Children
Do your kids share the love of nature with you? How do you teach them to be good environmental stewards and take care of the gifts that have been given to us? Earth Day is a good reminder for us to teach these lessons to our children; not just one day a year but every day. Take a few minutes today and show your children some of the beautiful things that surround them and how they can preserve those treasures. Here are a few fun ways I like to celebrate Earth Day with my kids: Take a family trip to the recycling center.Don’t save this chore for the weekends or for dad; do it together as a family and show your children what happens when the recycling truck comes and hauls off your trash. Many recycling centers have community educators that are available to share how recycling benefits your local community. Start a garden. Kids love to play in the dirt and be outside. Set aside a small area in your backyard to start your own family garden with your favorite fruits and ... [ Read More ]
Love Your Mother Earth Promotion and Giveaway
In honor of Earth Day (April 22nd) I'd like to spoil my readers and fans with some gifts from a few of my sponsors. Each one of my sponsors for this giveaway has made a commitment to Love Your Mother Earth by creating eco-friendly products for you and your family. How do you enter? Visit The Eco Chic on Facebook and follow the steps. It just takes a minute. You can earn bonus entries for each "Like" that you give to my sponsors and for getting your friends to enter the giveaway. Direct link to giveaway: http://woobox.com/zrsbfg Who are the sponsors? To start with we have gDiapers, Tushie Ties cloth diapers, AXL Brand baby clothing, and Kelly's Closet. More sponsors will be added as the sweepstakes continues. Please be sure to stop by and tell them "Thanks!" What can you win? Over $100 worth of eco-friendly products from our sponsors and more prizes to be added. From gDiapers: one global love gPants ($21.99 value) and one package of biodegradable* disposable ... [ Read More ]
Life is a Picnic at Diapers.com
In honor of Earth Day 2011 some of my favorite companies have joined forces with Diapers.com to bring you a great priced bundle for your little one. This limited edition "Life is a Picnic" bundle is specially priced at 25% off and all profits will go to the non-profit organization, Healthy Child, Healthy World. From April 11th-April 15th the sponsoring companies are offering a giveaway on Facebook. Simply 'Like' all of the companies and answer their special question on Facebook - one random winner on each page will win their own 'Life is a Picnic' pack. To play along 'Like' these fabulous companies: www.facebook.com/cleanwell www.facebook.com/greentoys www.facebook.com/luna http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fabkins/26781239761 www.facebook.com/plumorganics Disclosure: I was provided a 'Life is a Picnic' bundle from the companies for myself and my kids. I've shared this special with you because I support the mission of these companies. No other compensation was received. ... [ Read More ]
Happy Earth Day
Now before you start leaving me funny comments about how Earth Day was LAST week let me begin by saying that Earth Day in our house is celebrated 365 days a year. Since I was out of town on business last week I didn't get a chance to write what was on my mind about Earth Day. So today you are all going to celebrate Earth Day again...with me! When the very first Earth Day was celebrated I was still safely nestled inside an egg in my mothers body. It wasn't until a few years later that I would be welcomed onto the Earth and begin leaving my footprints on her. I remember as a child having passion for projects - the homeless, the hungry children in Africa, the stray dogs in the neighborhood - you name it, I had to be involved. As I got older this passion for projects turned into a career and I am now one of many who claim to be a protector of the planet. While I may not lead the perfect green lifestyle I do make a difference with my small changes. I am fortunate to be ... [ Read More ]
Twitter Party Reminder! #GetRealDiapers
HAPPY EARTH DAY! Don't forget that tonight (Earth Day - 4/22) is the Get Real Diapers - The Inside Poop on Cloth Diapers twitter party! If you haven't registered yet you will want to do so before the party so you can be entered to win a Flip Ultra HD video camera from Diaper Shops and many, many, many more awesome diaper packages! Be sure to use the hashtag (#GetRealDiapers) to follow along; all the details are available at Eco Mom Media! Are you joining us? Have you registered yet? Did you invite a friend (or ten)? Are you going to win one of the many prize packs? GOOD LUCK & Tweet you then! @TheEcoChic & @EcoMomMedia ... [ Read More ]
TerraCycle NOW at Wal-Mart
If you have been a reader of mine since the early days you may remember my love of TerraCycle. If not, feel free to read some of my past posts about this great company. And despite the foul associations that are sometimes given to Wal-Mart it is our closest store for those quick items that we all need. Now if you mix TerraCycle and Wal-Mart together and what do you get? Great NEW TerraCycle products that can ONLY be found at EVERY Wal-Mart in the United States ONLY in April in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day! Can you hear me screaming here people? This is fabulous! As soon as they decide to fix the water main break that happened yesterday at our local Wal-Mart (which is undergoing some MAJOR renovations to bring us a Super Center!!) I am making a trip up there and will be taking pictures of the display to share with you all! Look for it where their Easter Display use to be! I think my kids might just be getting some new TerraCycle gifts for Earth Day this ... [ Read More ]
Do You Want to Win a Flip Ultra HD Video Camera?
Yes, you can win a Flip Ultra HD video camera! How? It's simple really, just RSVP to the #GetRealDiapers party on Earth Day! (Don't register here...go to #GetRealDiapers on Eco Mom Media by clicking any of the links in this post!!) Where is this party? On Twitter...where else! This way people all around the US and Canada (yes, even our Canadian friends can party and win) can learn about #GetRealDiapers at the same time and have all their burning questions answered LIVE by the experts in the cloth diaper industry! What is the party all about? The goal of the party is to introduce cloth diapers to as many new parents as possible. This is where most of my readers can help...we need to spread the word to parents who don't already use cloth diapers. Since we are the minority you should know at least one friend or family member with a baby in disposable diapers. Or maybe you know someone who is currently expecting a baby. We will share how today's cloth diapers are easy, ... [ Read More ]