Alba Botanica Buriti Treatment Serum
Alba Botanica don’t just pay lip service to being an environmentally conscious business, they actively engage in preserving the places they source their ingredients. For example, the andiroba and brazil nut oils are sourced from rainforests which are a rapidly disappearing resource. Alba only selects these ingredients from RainForest Alliance certified sources. They even go as far as doing the same with their paper cartons. Other rainforest ingredients in their products include acai, andiroba oil, buriti, copaiba resin, cupuacu butter, passionfruit oil and tiger nut oil. So you can see the rainforests are very important to their business and they make point of helping to protect something that provides them with so many ingredients.
The Alba Botanica Buriti Treatment Serum is part of the rainforest line and the main ingredient is cupuacu butter, an emollient that has a high capacity for water absorption and thus aids with restoring the skins natural humidty and moisture levels. Combine this with Buriti, an antioxidant, to fight against the damaging free radicals. If is perfect for all skin types and can be used morning and night.
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Maggies Organics 100% organic printed scarves
Maggies Organics works with numerous partners to produce a range of fashionable organic clothing and accessories. They operate under the Fair Trade principle and require their partners to full disclose working conditions, they make on-site visits, support the worker owned co-op model and generally seek to partner with people rather than just buy their products as the cheapest rate possible. The feel it is not possible to separate the environmental concerns from the social impacts with respect to garment manufacturing.
The Maggies Organics 100% organic cotton scarves come is a variety of colours and prints. Some with socially conscious messages and others with images and all printed with water-based inks. The 100% certified cotton is lightweight so it can be used for more than just the coldest days of the year. The scarves are about 15″ by 87″ in size.
Buy Maggies Organics products online from Mother Nature
Alba Botanica Detangling Conditioner
Alba Botanica is another label from the Avalon Natural Products family and since 1979 they have been utilising essential oils, pure botanicals, vitamins and minerals to create body care products catering for all skin types and requirements. Corporate responsiblity is also high on the agenda and they back this up by using fair trade ingredients. Parts of their range are focused on rainforest inspired ingredients and others on ingredients sources from the Hawaiian Islands.
The Abla Botanica Detangling Conditioner is an everyday conditoner that is a perfect complement to the Alba Botanica Daily Shampoo. It is made from jojoba oil, known for conditioning qualities, chamomile and green tea extract. As you are probably aware, the green tea extract provides antioxidants to defend against sun and other environmental damage. This conditioner is best for normal to oily hair and natural or colored.
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Seventh Generation Dishwashing Liquid
Seventh Generation products have featured here for a while now and they are a company committed to caring for the environment whilst producing household products that work. As part of their commmitment, they have teamed with Justmeans (www.justmeans.com) to help spread the word about corporate responsibility and consumer awareness when buying products. They also do this with their products by clearing showing all ingredients on both the packaging and the product detail pages at their website.
The Seventh Generation Dishwashing liquid is a non-toxic, hypoallergenic and biodegradable cleaner. It is phosphate free and the cleaning agents are plant derived which are just as effective at removing though grease from items. Of course there is no animal testing and can be used with septic systems. Seventh Generation also think about the packaging and the containers are made from 90% post consumer recycled plastic.
Buy the Seventh Generation Dishwashing Liquid online from Mother Nature or Drugstore.
Adjust the temperature of your hot water service down a few degrees
If you have a hot water system that relies on keeping a store of water hot rather than one of the newer heat on demand units, then try adjusting the temperature of the hot water down a few degrees. It is not really necessary to have boiling water coming out of you hot tap because it is dangerous and you usually end up mixing in some cold water anyway. For those rare occasions when you need boiling water, just pop the kettle on and you will have some in a few minutes.
Famous Timmy Curran Surf Traction Pad
Famous Surf Accessories make some great eco-friendly surf accessories and are probably known more for their wax than any of their other products. For this one they have teamed up with Timmy Curran, one of their sponsored surfers, to produce the Eco Timmy Curran Model traction pad. Made from 40% recycled EVA foam, it it available in three checkered color patterns. It is a three piece design with the all important contoured arch. The 27mm kick tail will help you bust those huge airs too.
This product is part of the Project Blue initiative so you know part of the proceeds are going towards making the water and beaches clean and safe fo eveyone to enjoy.
Buy online from Killer Dana.
Alba Botanica Green Tea 30+ Sunscreen
The benefits of green tea are becoming widely known these days and as an ingredient it can be found in a number of food and body care products. The Alba Botanica Green Tea Sunscreen uses a two pronged approach by protecting against sun damage in the first place and then using the antioxidants found in green tea extract to fight the damage caused by free radicals. Combined with the soothly qualities of the certified organic aloe vera and it is a product worthly of the Alba name.
The all natural hypo-allergenic suncreen is SPF 30 and can be used daily. It is a non-greasy formula and lasts for around two hours before reapplying. Like all Alba Botanica products, there is no animal testing, it uses 100% vegetarian ingredients and where possible contains certified organic ingredients.
Buy Alba Botanica products online from Drugstore or Mother Nature
Save energy costs by turning computers and peripherals off rather than leaving them on standby
Another tip that involves turning electronic equipment off rather than leaving it on standby. After you have shutdown the computer, most likely it is still using a small amount of power. For example, whilst you monitor appears to have turned off, is there still a small light glowing? If so then the monitor is not really off and is still using power. Of course, shutting down your computer when you are not using it is still better than leaving it on all the time as this draws even more power. Don’t be lazy, don’t think you are too important to spend the couple of minutes waiting for it to shutdown before pulling the plug.
Billabong Rasta’s Stand boardshorts
Rasta’s Stand recycled boardshorts”>Billabong continue to release great looking boardshorts made from 100% Eco supreme suede which is made from recycled PET bottles. Far too many PET bottles are used for things like bottled water and finally people are finding a use for them. Billabong now make a pretty decent range of boardshorts from this material.
David Rastovich is a well known activist for causes such as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and imagines such as these are on the shorts. these are also seamless so the print continues around the shorts without interruption.
Pick up a pair of Rasta’s Stand boardshorts by Billabong.
Seventh Generation Chlorine Free Baby Wipes
Baby products are catered for by Seventh Generation who also produce a range of household cleaning and similar products. Seventh Generation is a company that focuses on corporate responsibility and the desire to manufacture and sell products that are not only superior in quality, they also don’t harm the environment. Part of their philosophy is to disclose all ingredients so you can be sure what you are buying. This is especially important for baby products.
The Seventh Generation Chlorine Free Baby Wipes are hypoallergenic and obviously chlorine free. They are also unscented and alcohol free which are two things definitely not needed in baby wipes. The cleaning agents are plant derived rather than petroleum based. You can buy them in the hard dispensing container initially, and then just buy the refills and use the same container. The refills use 90% less packaging than the hard container so as well as being good for your baby, you are helping to reduce the number of items than go into landfill.
Buy Seventh Generation Baby Wipes online from Mother Nature or Drugstore.
