Just Say NO to signle use bags!
Posted on January 20th, 2012, by buygreen
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Fighting Chapped Lips Safely
Posted on December 5th, 2011, by buygreen
Thousands of people apply some kind of lip product every day often reapplying as the balm, gloss or lipstick wears off hours later. And many people do so without considering what, exactly
, is in all that goop, or why it even matters.
While lip products can seem to just disappear as the day goes on, it actually rubs off when you eat, speak or wet your lips – the evidence plainly visible in the constant smudge of Plum Kiss on your morning coffee cup. It even migrates in a simple kiss. And all of these roads lead to one place: your stomach. According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, the average woman ingests 4 pounds of lip products over her lifetime, leading to concern over the cumulative effects of the ingredients in these products.
A number of lip products are made using ingredients listed among the dirty dozen, including parabens (preservative and antibacterial), petrolatum (softens skin; makes lipstick shine by creating a barrier on skin), propylene glycol (penetration enhancer; keeps products from melting or freezing), diazolidinyl urea (formaldehyde-releasing, anti-microbial preservative) and butylated hydroxytoluene (antioxidant, slows down rate of product ingredients’ color change) ingredients indicted for a range of health concerns: eye and skin irritation, potentially altering hormone levels, or that they may be contaminated with impurities and linked to cancer. And testing of 33 lipsticks made (and sold) in the United States revealed that 61 percent contained detectable levels of lead, a proven neurotoxin (one that accumulates in the body over time, rather than breaking down). One third of the samples contained levels higher than the U.S. limit for lead in candy, but none of them listed lead as an ingredient.
Tags: balm, buygreen.com, chapstick, cosmetics, healthy, lip, safe
Poop Never Looked So Good
Posted on July 17th, 2011, by sydneyr
Have you ever heard of Ellie Pooh Paper? Now, I know what you’re thinking, Pooh paper? Is that what I think you are saying? Yes it is, paper made from pooh or poo
p! Whoa! Well, let me explain. Ellie Pooh Paper is paper made from recycled elephant dung. Don’t worry, the poop is boiled, filtered and cleaned plenty of times before it becomes paper. Did you know that elephants essentially just eat grass? And, though most people check first, the actual paper does not smell like poop.
There are many different items and I really like three styles of Ellie Pooh Paper:
• Paper Cube- sticky note pad without the sticky
• Heart Box-a heart box that contains heart shaped pieces of paper
• Square Box-a heart box, but in the shape of a square
The elephant paper comes in a lot of different great and bright colors and each one has an elephant design on the cover. After being filtered many times and the cleaning of this paper, it forms a unique texture which also adds to its character. I think that Ellie Pooh Paper makes a great gift to a teacher and I can tell you I have experience with that. Ellie Pooh makes a great gift for anyone. Who wouldn’t love some poop?
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hile researching this fascinating product, I read the story behind it. In Sri Lanka, an estimated tenth of the 40,000 Asian elephants live there, but sadly are killed because of interference with farming. This conflict has no easy solution, so some people came up with a plan. They think that if they show that elephants have more economic value alive then dead, then people will stop killing elephants. Only time will tell. I hope they are right and they sell a lot of Ellie Pooh items.
So just like many other people, when I first heard of Ellie Pooh Paper, I was disgusted yet interested. I think the concept of using a natural “resource” to make paper in an eco-friendly way is great. And Ellie Pooh is made from not just any material. What a great product. Good for both the environment and make a very unique gift. Hopefully it is just the start of creating everyday products that are healthy for our Earth, and will hopefully revolutionize our way of living.
Tags: buygreen.com, elephant dung, Ellie Pooh paper, gift ideas, recycle, sri lanka, sustainability
Voltaic Spark Tablet Case
Posted on July 2nd, 2011, by buygreen
You can buy your Voltaic Spark Tablet Case on BuyGreen.com – Free Shipping!
If you own an iPad, you need this Solar Powered iPad Charger. Go anywhere and don’t worry about having to plug in.
Tags: buygreen.com, charger, ipad, solar, voltaic
A Great New Movie – Bag It
Posted on February 24th, 2011, by buygreen
Bag It Intro from Suzan Beraza on Vimeo.
Tags: bag it, documentary, garbage, movie, plastic, reusable products, waste
Wool Dryer Balls
Posted on December 29th, 2010, by Daniel
Organic Wool Dryer Balls from BuyGreen.com
Once upon a time a farmer accidentally made a ball of wool and because it was wet along with his cloths, he wanted to know what would happen if you put them in the dryer. So he put his cloths and the wool balls in the dryer. When he took his cloths out of the dryer, they were completely dry and softer than before. Thus the birth of dryer balls.
Why dryer balls? Well, if you have ever used dryer sheets, they contain an unbelievable amount of chemicals. Take a good look at what is really in those dryer sheets. Here is a short list of some of the harmful chemicals often found in traditional dryer sheets: Benzyl Acetate linked to pancreatic cancer, Benzyl Alcohol linked tou pper respiratory tract illness and, Ethanol which you can find on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Hazardous Waste list and can cause central nervous system disorders to name a few. And where do those chemicals go? They go right into your cloths. You then where the clothes all day and them chemical get absorbed by your skin. These chemicals also start to clog up the spaces between the threads of your cloths. This means that your clothes can’t breath and that means you will be uneccessarily uncomfortable.
Wool Dryer Balls are a surprisingly good alternative and much better for you, your family, your wallet and the planet. These balls contain no chemicals, are very effective, won’t damage your dryer like some other dryer balls, and they last forever. Wool Dryer Balls will change your perspective on drying.
I have personally used these dryer balls and from use, I can personally say that they work well. It is almost like magic. I loved how soft my cloths were. It was as if they were brand new again. Maybe most importanly it is nice to know I am not draping chemicals all over myself – I am of course using Mountain Green laundry detergent to ensure my clothes are chemical free. These dryer balls are made from a farm that makes organic wool in Burlington, North Carolina. Even though I just started using my balls, I am told the Stoney Mountain Wool dryer balls can last up to five years. Wow! Nice to know I won’t have to spend money on toxic dryer sheets for quite a while. I really love when a green product helps me save some green! And on top of it, my trash cans will be a little lighter and I won’t have to worry about sending something to landfill that will take forever to break down in our landfills.
My experience with these wool dryer balls was outstanding. I must confess I was very skeptical and did not think that they would work. I was wrong. If I had a complaint, it is that the balls tend to get lost in your cloths so you some time need to track them down. I look at it like a search and rescue mission. This makes a chore a little more entertaining.
Again, Wool Dryer Balls are a surprisingly good alternative and much better for you, your family, your wallet and the planet. I found these wool balls to be extremely valuable. BuyGreen.com’s Organic Wool Dryer Balls is one of those products that when you purchase and use them, everybody wins.
Tags: chemical free, dryer sheets, organic wool, reuse, safe laundry alternative, save money, toxic, wool dryer balls
Green Toys are fun and safe
Posted on December 12th, 2010, by Daniel
How many toys will be purchased this holiday season? A whole bunch, but if we were really to take a look at it, my guess is every child in the US will get at least three toys. I would also take a guess that the toy eligible population in the US is about fifty million (50,000,000) as I am thinking that one in six Americans is a child. I should probably go to the census website
and get a real number, but I am going with my fifty million guess for now. So witth three gifts per child, that would be 150 million toys.
Wow! That is probably is a small mountain, quite literally, of new virgin materials to make all those presents. Just imagine what the quantity of resources and carbon will be expended to get these gifts to your favorite retailer? Further, I once read that for every pound of new product delivered to the marketplace, 19 pounds of waste is created. Even if it were half of that, we are looking at a really large number!
How can we deliver that Christmas morning smile and leap of joy for millions of households across the US without sinking deeper into our consumption, resource depleting lifestyle? One way is to give your child a Green Toy. There are quite a few ’green toys’ now available - see BuyGreen.com – but certainly not nearly enough. However, I am not talking about ‘green toys’ in general. I am talking specifically about the company Green Toys.
Green Toys are environmentally friendly and safe alternative to traditional plastic toys. They have trucks, jump ropes, cook sets, tea set,a garden kit and tool box to name a few! Each toy has two notable characteristics. First, all their products are made from 100% recycled plastic. Not just any plastic, but the plastic from the millions of milk jugs that get tossed every day. Milk jugs are a good source because they are made from high density polyethylene which allow for a very durable product. The second characteristic of Green Toys, and maybe most important characteristic, is these products are safe! Milk jugs contain no phthalates or BPA. Further, the products require no external paints. And if you have been reading the paper lately, you know that 
a number of toy products have been recalled for BPA, phthalates and lead paint to name just a few safety hazards!
Green Toys is well aware of the many safety issue for kid’s toys and won’t settle for anything unless they know that when they give their products to their own kids, they know its going to be safe. And that should give you some comfort when you give them to your kids.
I wonder however, that by putting a Green Toy under your tree, you may be giving your child a second gift? I would suggest maybe a significantly more important gift. Maybe after you tell the story of Green Toys, your son will look at his dump truck and your daughter will look at her tea set a little differently. Maybe you are actually giving your child the gift of being a better steward of our planet!
Here are some interesting facts about Green Toy products: proudly made in the USA, their packing is not an ordinary box, it is all 100% made from post-consumer waste, you will find that they don’t use any paint on their products, all products are dish washer safe, for every pound of recycled plastic used, the energy savings is equivalent to the usage of 3,000 AA batteries enough energy to power a TV set for three whole weeks, or a laptop for a whole month!
Tags: BPA, buygreen.com, green toys, holiday gifts, pthalates, recycle, safe
Plastic State of Mind – Parody with Purpose
Posted on November 18th, 2010, by buygreen
A musical and lighthearted message about a serious issue!
