BPA Free Plastic Might Not Be Enough. Here's What You Can do to Keep Yourself and Your Family Safe. Guest Post by Lori Popkewitz Alper from Groovy Green Livin

Guest Post by: Lori Popkewitz Alper

A lot of information is floating around out there on the different types of plastics. Over the years we have learned that many plastics are known to be unsafe for use and that all plastics are a threat to our environment.
Recently the talk has been about dangers of the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA). BPA, a common component in clear plastics, has been found in our baby bottles, water bottles, food packaging, can linings and cash register receipts.

Buying, Selling or Swapping Online Made Easy. Guest Post by Debra Atlas from EnviroThink

Guest Post by: Debra Atlas

Everyone likes finding a bargain and the internet makes it easy. All sorts of websites let you swap products, offer free shipping and that let you buy or sell things you want to get rid of.

But finding all that takes time. Here are two websites that put it all together.

Newborns in United States Face Increased Risk of Learning Disabilities Because of Mercury Exposure! What You Can Do

The U.S. EPA estimates that more than 300,000 newborns every year may face an increased risk of learning disability due to mercury exposure. Take Action!

Okay folks, we have another call to action to answer from Earthjustice.  It is unbelievable that companies knowingly pollute our planet but they do.  In fact, they spend millions of dollars paying lobbyists to push back against laws enacted to protect our health and the health of our environment. We won't let it happen anymore.  Together, we are far more powerful than any high paid lobbyist or legislator on Capitol Hill right?  

20% off Discount Code for Two Leaves and a Bud Organic Earl Grey Tea

20% off Discount Code: Two leaves and a bud Organic Earl Grey Tea

A long, long time ago, legend has it that Earl Charles Grey was shipping black tea and bergamot oranges in the same cargo.  When the Earl’s ship finally arrived at port, it was found that the black tea had absorbed the essence of bergamot into a perfectly balanced black tea with light citrus notes.  Earl Grey was born.

I have told you before how much I love Two Leaves and  Bud and their Organic Earl Grey black tea is one of the best Earl Grey’s found in a whole leaf tea sachet. Rather than use a blend of low quality black tea, two leaves and a bud’s Organic Earl Grey uses big, black leaves from the Ceylon region of India. A hint of natural organic bergamot oil (derived from bergamot oranges) is layered on top of the tea to give Organic Earl Grey its classic flavor.

We Have a Winner for the 2011 Great Green Earth Day Giveaway!!

Well after three fabulous weeks, almost 1,000 entries and almost 600 comments, we have a winner for the 2011 Great Green Earth Day Giveaway! And the winner is...drum roll please...

4 Ways to Live Earth Day 2011 Everyday! Take Earth Day Out of Your Planner and Put Green Into Your Heart 24/7/365

Happy Earth Day 2011!

Hi all and let me wish you and yours a very happy Earth Day 2011.  Now let's make it the truth and not a cliche when we say, "Let's make Earth Day every day!"

More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. Imagine what would happen if we all took Earth Day out of our planners and put green into our hearts 24/7/365.  In keeping with that vision of living green, I wanted to give you 4 ways to live Earth Day 2011 everyday. 

Via Live Webcast on Environmental Booty, Mazda Unveils Revolutionary SKYACTIV Green Technologies at New York International Auto Show - Cars more Fuel Efficient and Eco-Friendly

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What: Mazda Unveils Revolutionary SKYACTIV Technologies at New York International Auto Show

Date: April 21st, 2011

Time: 11:15 am EST

Run Time: 10-15 Minutes with additional content before and after event

Via live webcast on Environmental Booty, Mazda will debut their SKYACTIV green fuel-saving technologies at the New York International Auto show. SKYACTIV technologies were developed with the aim of making cars more fuel efficient and eco-friendly.  Additionally, the MINAGI Concept Car will be making its North American debut while the newly redesigned 2012 Mazda 3 will be unveiled in the United States for the first time, both of which will feature the new SKYACTIV green suite of technologies.

Baby Harmony Makes Cleaning Child's Play! Safe, Non-Toxic, Effective Green Cleaning for Your Baby, Pet and Family. Say Yes to the Power of Nature!

Sponsored by Baby Harmony

Say Yes to the Power of Nature!
Oh how I wish I would have had the Baby Harmony product line of safe, non-toxic and effective green cleaning supplies when my girls were babies.  It would have taken so much worry out of my life and using the plant based, all natural green cleaners just might have kept two of my little ones from developing asthma.  When I think of how I  doused their toys in bleach and cleaned their high chairs with toxic cleaners it makes me wish I would have taken the time to have been better informed.

Celebrate Earth Day in a Most Meaningful Way. Be a Green Super Hero

It's not every day that you have the chance to be a true super hero so you better take the chance today!  Read themessage below from Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and then take action to be a green super hero with me and other concerned consumers...

Now Available...Susan Freinkel's Newest Book! Plastic: A Toxic Love Story is an Empowering Must Read to Add to Your Green Reading List

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub Date: 04/18/2011
Retail Value $27
Buy it Now for just $17.30!
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story 

I just finished reading the Introduction to Susan Freinkel's newest book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and I feel empowered.  Susan Freinkel's new book, Plastic, is a must read to add to your green reading list.  Let me rephrase that, Susan Freinkel's newest book is a must read to add to ANY reading list!  No matter where you are on your walk on the path to green living, just starting out or already far along on your adventure, you can feel empowered to create change too.

two leaves and a bud is the Best Organic Herbal Tea I Have Ever Tried! Review

I cannot say enough about how delicious and beneficial two leaves and a bud organic herbal teas are so I'll let a picture tell the story...

FDA to Follow Europe's Lead and Place Warning Labels on Products Containing Artificial Food Dyes Derived from Petroleum and Laced with Lead, Mercury and Arsenic?

March FDA Hearings on Artificial Food Dye Warning Labels

On March 30 and 31, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing in response to a petition submitted by Dr. Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in 2008. The petition called for the banning of the eight artificial dyes now used in our food, and requested that while these steps were taking place the agency should require warning labels on products that have these dyes. This is currently being done in Europe.

Go Green and Enter to Win for Earth Day a Free Geogenex Pro B. Joe Probiotic Non-Toxic Hand Sanitizing Gel! No Triclosan and This Gel Even Kills MRSA!

Enter HERE to Win for Earth Day a Free Geogenex Pro B. Probiotic Non-Toxic Hand Gel and Over $1350 Worth of Eco-Swag in Our Great Green Earth Day Giveaway!

Retail Value $14.95
Geogenex Pro B. Joe Probiotic Hand Gel

Geogenex, a Better Life Provider, offers world-changing green probiotic personal care and household/industrial cleaning products.  A big thanks to Grace Veloso for partnering with us this Earth Day and adding this great, green, non-toxic pro-biotic hand sanitizing gel to our winning prize package.  The folks at Geogenex a so passionate about helping people to go green with products that clean, sanitize and protect families and homes using live good bacteria natural to the body and the environment.

GROUPS TO SEEK FULL “THREE MILE ISLAND STYLE” REVIEW OF FUKUSHIMA DISASTER IMPLICATIONS - Call for NRC Licensing Suspension In Keeping with Response to Less Severe TMI Accident in 1979

Organizations from across the U.S. will announce Thursday at 11 a.m. EDT that they are formally petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to suspend, on an emergency basis, all pending U.S. nuclear reactor licensing decisions.  

Go Green and Win for Earth Day and Beyond...Enter to Win a Lasting Lip Gloss from NYR Organics for Your Pretty Pout!

Enter HERE to Enter to Win for Earth Day Over $1,000 in Eco-Swag Including NYR Organic Lip Gloss!

Retail Value $16 

• Rich lasting color 
• Enriched with skin-nourishing Organic Beauty Oil
• Subtle-tasting organic sweet orange essential oil
• Antioxidant white tea
• USDA certified organic castor seed oil
• No parabens, No silicones, No carmine

I don't know about you, but I am very particular about what goes on my kisser!  No parabens ever! Well now you have the chance to win an organic lip gloss for your pretty pout in our 2011 Great Green Earth Day Giveaway!  This year for Earth Day, EnvironmentalBooty.com is making it easy for you to go green with over $1,000 in green swag!  I promised to share with you the passion for green living that our Environmental Booty Earth Day Partners have and today I am pleased to introduce to you NYR Organics and Michelle Halle.

PBS Kids Go!'s Arthur Goes Green for Earth Day with 5 Brand New Eco-Episodes and an Online Go Green Challenge

I have written in the past about how much I love PBS Kids.  I grew up with PBS and I am pleased that my daughters have had the chance to grow up watching educational television disguised as fun.  Of course you never want to allow your kids to stay glued to the TV for too long right?  Okay so not that there haven't been days in my house where a kid or two have been allowed to remain transfixed to the boob tube for far too long.  Still, you know what I am sayin' right?  I really love it when PBS provides kids with green living messages geared toward them.  Well get your little greenies ready on Earth Day April 22 for some eco-friendly fun on TV and online. I just got word that PBS Kids Go!'s Arthur is going green for Earth Day with eco-episodes and an online Go Green Challenge.

Green Your Skincare...Literally! Direct from the Rainforest and Amazon Herb Company, Troy Casey The Certified Health Nut Offers Nature's Ultimate Recipe for Youthful. Glowing Skin

I cannot get enough of The Certified Health Nut, Troy Casey, and his energy, passion and determination to create a world with clean air, water and soil.  I am so excited that the Troy decided to partner with EnvironmentalBooty.com on our 2011 Great Green Earth Day Giveaway and offer not just one, but three of his amazing products direct from the Rainforest and Amazon Herb Company.  But do not worry if you missed the giveaway, Troy Casey is making it possible for you to have Lluvia™, nature's ultimate recipe for youthful, glowing skin.

Help Children Go Green and Celebrate Earth Day! Share the Wonders of Nature...Buy 3 Earth's Best Sesame Street Organics and Receive a Free Plant a Tree for Me Book!

Click the picture above or visit HERE for more info on this Earth's Best, Sesame Street and Earth Day kids deal. 

I saw this and totally flipped!  This is a great way to help children go green and celebrate April's Earth Month and Earth Day on April 22, 2011.  Buy 3 Earth's Best Sesame Street Organics and you'll receive a free Plant a Tree for Me Book!  See this is just another reason why I adore Earth's Best - great products and great promotions and offers.  Even though my kids are older now and don't eat their organic offerings, I think Sesame Street and Earth's Best organics are a winning combination for kids.  Now I know that some of the other green moms, who are perhaps a bit farther along on their path to green than I am, will say that these types of foods are still processed and therefore not good for kids.

Wondering what to do with Your Old Cell Phones? SellCell.com makes it Easy to Go Green, Recycle and Get Paid for Selling Your Old Cell Phones

Sponsor: SellCell.com

Do you have a few old cell phones around your house in junk drawers just taking up space?  Are you wondering what in the world to do with them now that you’re done using them?  You know they must be worth something, but you just aren’t sure how to go about getting the best price.  Well I have been introduced to an amazingly clever online service which will help you to go green, recycle your old cell phones for cash and save our planet all at the same time!   Meet SellCell.com, the only source you need to easily recycle that stash of old cell phones responsibly while greening up your life and your budget.  SellCell.com makes it easy to go green, recycle and get paid for selling your old cell phones.

Win a Free Professional Home Energy Audit from Pro Energy to Celebrate Earth Day 2011

Click HERE to Win a Free Professional Home Energy Audit from Pro Energy
to Celebrate Earth Day 2011!

“The very first step for solving a home’s comfort issues and high utility bills is to always start with a home energy audit. It removes all the guesswork,” says Pro Energy Consultants Chief Technical Officer Mark Cannella, who has personally performed more than 10,000 energy audits since 1995.

Let Your Voice Be Heard! Tell Julie Brewer at The USDA That You Support Healthier School Lunches for Kids and The USDA Should Too!

   
More than 23 million kids and teens in this country are overweight or obese. It's an epidemic, and we can't sit idly by and let the situation get worse. Now I can already hear some of you from the far right saying, "Keep the government out of my kid's life!"  and I can totally agree.  Okay well, I guess I kind of lied there because how in God's name can demanding that our public school lunches be full of healthy choices be a bad thing?  We already know that obesity leads to increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. Our nation's children deserve a healthy future and, right now, YOU have a chance to help them.

It's HERE! Win Over $1,000 in Green Living Treasure in The 2011 Great Green Earth Day Giveaway from EnvironmentalBooty.com and Our Eco-Partners! Enter to Win 4 Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day 2011!!!
It's Time to Win Over $1000 in 
Green Living Treasure 

Earth Day is April 22 and this year EnvironmentalBooty.com and our Eco-partners are making it easy and fun to find the green living treasure in self, people and planet!  Our 2011 Great Green Earth Day Giveaway is giving you the chance to win a mind blowing prize package of some of the hottest environmental treasure worth over $1350!

Meet our 2011 Great Green Earth Day Giveaway Eco-Partners below and check out the green living goodies that one lucky winner will take home for Earth Day 2011! 

To enter, after you check out our Eco-partners and their green living treasures below, leave a comment along with your email (name [at] email [dot] com) telling us which product you are lovin' and why! Then find out below how you can enter to win...over and over and over again!!!!

Naya "Sister" from the Criss Cross Collection

Retail Value $120

The Naya brand was created for women who want beautiful, comfortable shoes that leave a softer footprint on our earth. Whenever possible, the Naya collection includes:

• vegetable-tanned leathers and lining
• natural or recycled content fabrics
• foot beds and outsoles containing natural cork
• water-based cements
• boxes made with 80% recycled paper pulp,
• soy-based inks and water-based glue
• reusable shoe bags and shoe forms made with recycled PET

The Sister is available at hsn.com