Bigelow Natural Organic Fair Trade Ceylon Black Tea
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Bigelow is the type of company that deserves more media coverage. They provide a quality product in competition with some of the large consumer goods players and still manage to compete on price, taste and more importantly corporate responsibility. Solar power, paperless offices, reduced transportation emission and recycled packaging are a few of the ways they try to make the world a better place all the while producing great tasting products.
Their all natural organic Ceylon black tea is USDA (www.usda.gov) organic certified and also Fair Trade certified. There is no excuse for buying nnon Fair Trade teas and coffees these days. There are plenty to chosen from and they are not all premium priced. Each bag is individually to maintain freshness.
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Alba Botanica Coconut Milk Facial Wash
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Alba Botanica have a range of skin products that use ingredients from the Hawaiian Islands. You can tell them fro the distinct yellow and green packaging. Being the environmentally responsible company that they are, the packaging can be recycled and their website includes details of the types of plastics in each container so you can ensure it conforms to your local recycling programs.
The Alba Botanica Coconut Milk Face Wash starts off with coconut milk and papaya fruit extract that combine to remove impurites whilst supplying natural fatty acids to help restore moisture levels. Jojoba and flax seed help provide a soothing benefit. This face wash is especially good for dry skin and can be used morning and evening and to remove makeup for all skin types.
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Beauty Without Cruelty Organic Hand and Body Lotion
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Beauty Without Cruelty dates back to 1963 when it was founded by the trustees of an animal welfare organization. Through the years it has changed, however the focus has always been on offering a line of cruelty-free products. They don’t rely on fancy branding, just a name that explains everything they believe in and follow without exception. All their hair, skin and body care products are 100% vegan/vegetarian and derived from plant based ingredients. The products with fragrances are created with 100% pure, organic Oshadhi essential oils and are free of parabens. It goes without saying that there is no animal testing either.
The BWC Organic Lavender Highland hand and body lotion is suitable for all skin types and especially those with dry skin. Jojoba oil and shea butter combine with the well known properties of lavender oil to sooth and repair the skin. It absorbs quickly and is especially useless after bathing or showering or in the case of hands, anytime after yu have washed them.
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Toms of Maine Natural Clear Body Bar
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A quick visit to the Tom’s of Maine website and you can see what their values are and how they run their business. The business practices area is large and clearly outlines their values and beliefs, environmental responsibilities and basically, how they maintain relationships with their customers, retail partners, suppliers and employees. Sometimes it is obvious that all the words are just marketing spin, however, that is definitely not the case with Tom’s. You can even help the decide which community projects they should sponsor.
Product-wise, Tom’s of Maine focuses on mouth products and also has some deodorants and soaps. One of their soaps is the Natural Clear Body Bar that comes in unscented/fragrance free and lavender. All ingredients are listed and most importantly, also the purpose and source. The latter is important for products such as glycerin which can be sourced from plant or animal. Glycerin based soaps help the skin retain its own moisture unlike other soaps.
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Bigelow Organic Green Tea
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Bigelow Tea produces some of the finest teas in the world. They manage to do this whilst keeping and eye on how they do it and not just the end product. As their website says, “it’s just the right thing to do.” Some of the things they do from a corporate prespective include 85% biodegradable or recyclable packaging (including teabags), solar panel installation at their headquarters, almost paperless office and consolidating shipping loads to reduce the number of miles travelled for deliveries.
All the above is great, however, the products also need to taste good. There is something about the green tea you get in a Japanese restaurant because it always taste better than the off the shelf versions. It’s pleasing to finaly locate a product that almost tastes the same. The Bigelow Organic Green Tea is the product.
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Alba Botanica Buriti Treatment Serum
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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
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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.
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Alba Botanica Detangling Conditioner
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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
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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.
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Adjust the temperature of your hot water service down a few degrees
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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.
