Our next Great Green Giveaway is sponsored by Fuji EnviroMAX.

Here’s your chance to win a bundle of eco minded, high performance household batteries.  2 lucky winners will each receive Super Alkaline AA, AAA, C and D batteries and Digital Alkaline AA & AAA batteries (photos above) — mercury, lithium, cadmium and PVC-free, making them landfill safe at the end of their life.  Keep your digital camera, camcorder, mp3 player, pda, remote control, flashlights and other electronic gear powered-up in eco style.  Available in your local Target, beginning July 26.

Each prize also includes free shipping to anywhere in the USA.

How to enter:

• Visit greenfuji.com
• Then comment on this post by answering the following question:  What’s the greenest thing you’ve done this week?
• In order to receive our email prize notification, be sure to add this to your email address book: m at AlternativeConsumer.com. (*one entry per person – see below)

Entries must be received by 11:59pm, EST on Friday July 31, 2009. Two winners will be selected in our Random Drawing, and notified by email. Winners have 48 hours to claim their prize, or offer is null and void. Winners’ names will also be included in this post.

*EXTRA CREDIT
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You can also receive additional entries 4 more ways: sign up for our RSS feed via email/Feedburner (see right side bar), follow us on Twitter or become a friend on FaceBook. (If you’re already signed up, just enter a comment to let us know.)   Good luck!

Here’s a tasty treat for all my vegan canine buddies out there.  Pegetables dog treats are available in 3 veggie flavors: carrot, corn and celery.  The chewable treats are fortified with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, protein, fiber, calcium and vitamins A, B, C, D & E.  The carrots can help you maintain the vision and energy needed for chasing the neighbor’s cat in a dark backyard at midnight.  The corn helps provide a shiny coat for socializing in the dog run and strengthens the immune system, while celery helps maintain healthy joints and detoxifies one’s liver.

Pegetables are designed in organic shapes to promote consumption and use real vegetables throughout the (more…)

• Now this is a wall I can get behind…Wall ‘Could Stop Desert Spread’ – bbc
• Alternative energy making a difference…pass the pretzels…Kid Rock’s American Badass Beer Powered by Biodiesel – ecorazzi
• Come on soccer moms – more electric bikes, fewer SUV’s…Electric Bicycles Ride Green Demand in Japan – reuters
• My back hurts…Study: Money Relieves Pain – livescience
• Just because you want to ride your pointless man-toy somewhere doesn’t mean you should. Cap on Yellowstone Snowmobiles in Works - msnbc
• Today’s interesting assortment of words…Reprogrammed Mouse Fibroblasts Can Make a Whole Mouse – sciencedaily

The USDA Forest Service has created an interactive Website and a series of PSA’s intended to inspire tweens (kids 8-12) to re-connect with nature by getting out from in front of the tv and game console and experiencing our national parks and outdoor spaces. The campaign, entitled ‘Where the Other Your Lives’ (created with the help of the non-profit Ad Council) targets a generation that spends 50% less time outdoors than their parents did, just 20 years ago.  It’s hoped that the campaign and Website will facilitate more tweens experience firsthand the beauty and diversity of their natural surroundings, and in the process, develop an appreciation for the pressing need to preserve our wild and natural spaces.

For all you parents, do your kids a favor and get them out of your family room and into the great outdoors.  The interactive Discover the Forest Website will help you find forests, parks, and outdoor recreational facilities – while providing you with lots of ideas for things to do when you get there.

Tired of displaying your cell phone or iPod from a belt-mounted or plastic gadget protector that just screams the wrong kind of geeky?  Maybe you should consider nestling your phone or gadget in one of these handmade pouches created with artistry and vision from recycled, upcycled and vintage materials.  You’ll be making a much cooler statement about where you’re really coming from.

prices range from around $17 to $22 @ radical threads esty shop

Sexy eco-furniture maker, PIE studio, is running “Summer Garage Sale 09″  — a limited time offer with limited amounts of furniture; sold in US and Canada only. The sale runs through midnight August 31, 2009.

This once a year summer sale offers select items at prices marked down 25%-50% off retail value.  Sales are final — no returns, refunds or exchanges.  This special summer sale applies only to items purchased directly from PIE studio Website via their SALE page.

There’s a new Website out there to help you extend the life, and create other uses of all the everyday stuff in your home. “Whether it’s using hairspray to remove ink stains, vodka to clean your eyeglasses, or coffee grounds to fertilize your garden, AltUse taps into the planet’s collective wisdom so you can keep more in your wallet and send less to the landfill!”

AltUse.com lets registered users upload ideas and product info to be entered into the database and onto the site (upon approval). Registered users can also vote for items they think are the most helpful.  You can search by Use or by Product.  Pretty cool.

Solo has developed its Bare line of ecofriendly cups and tableware for those picnics and events that make it impractical to lug-along your everyday plates and glasses. The line is manufactured by using renewable plant resources wherever possible to reduce the use of harmful petrochemicals.

The Bare line includes compostable plates made from sugar-cane, recyclable clear plastic cups made of 20% post consumer recycled plastic and 14oz oatmeal colored cups made from bio-based plastic that are compostable at commercial composting facilities.  They also make dinner plates from renewable bamboo which are microwavable, cut resistant and re-usable.  Find out more at the Bare website.

• Eco travel…Massive New Zealand Quake Moves Country West – myway
• If you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em…Dirty Coal Giant Offers Cash for Biggest Clean Rival – enn/thestar
• Lesson: Don’t bring a 6-foot long shark on the metro…Dead Shark Left in Miami Street after Failed Sale – aol news
• Sometimes Change Actually Costs Something…U.S. Business Warns Congress of Green Trade War – reuters
• It’s tough being king…NYC Mayor Restricts Car Idling, Just Not His – msnbc
• Room at the Motel for Runaway Bull – ananova