UPDATE: Congratulations to Rosey, our official winner of this fabulous prize!  Thanks to everyone for participating.  (original post follows…)

In honor of Cupid and new moms, this Great Green Giveaway is sponsored by our friends at Georgia-based, Earth Lover Shopping, supporters of Fair Trade made, earth-friendly goods.

One very lucky winner will receive an absolutely gorgeous Tuttabella Mommy diaper bag made of organic cotton canvas; (as pictured, in teal).  This is no ordinary diaper bag.

Here’s the poop (haha)!  This sturdy bag easily converts from hand carry to backpack style and includes a handy matching changing pad.  (retail value $69) + free shipping to anywhere in the USA.

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Designer Daniel Moyer makes his FunkinFunctionalLongboards out of 100% repurposed, premium, local, hard wood scrap.  Daniel hand shapes these “ride on art” made to order, old school cruising longboards in Brooklyn, NY.  Boards are one of a kind, signed and archived.  Get more info @ daneilmoyerdesign shop

From Envirosax, get 20% TODAY ONLY when you order a Pouch Set – a set of five matching bags in the Graphic Series Pouch Line – La Boheme, Mikado, Planet Green, Animal Planet, Flora, Retro Graphic, Candy, Oxford, etc.  NOTE:  Discount price does NOT pertain to the Botanica series.

No restrictions apply to quantity, so order as many as you like. Sale ends at midnight tonight, (Thursday, 2/11/10) and while stocks last.  Woohoo – kick-up your style quotient at the market!

Enter BLOGLOVE in the discount coupon section for 20% discount to be applied.

USA orders placed via www.envirosax.com Website only.

Canada orders placed via  www.envirosax.ca Website only.

In the midst of the “tsunami of snow” that’s covering so much of the U.S., my mind is on the tropics.  Mostly because I’d give my left arm to be basking of the sunshine of these photos, more concerned with mosquito netting than ice scrapers.  Debating tomorrow’s activities (Zip-lining? Waterfall rappelling?) rather than tonight’s estimated snow accumulation.  Right about now Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula is looking like Nirvana.  And at its epicenter: El Remanso Lodge, a wildlife and nature haven within a 185-acre private reserve beside the famously bio-diverse Corcovado National Park.

Void of the eco-message pushing we see on most tourism site’s these days, El Remanso’s sustainability practices seem authentic and genuine, and include a healthy round up of green endeavors like running on 100 percent renewable electricity thanks to two micro-hydroelectric plants.  In addition, the property forbids the use of any pesticides, herbicides or chemicals in its gardens; uses responsible, local building materials; and employs only local staff (as well as local providers).

Of most importance, as you might imagine, is the wildlife.  And naturalist guides will knowledgeably point out to  you the more than 400 bird species–and four Costa Rican monkeys.  The luckiest hikers will spot the rarer pumas or jagarundis…while the tamer guests stretch out in the lodge’s yoga sessions.

Ready to take a break for the snow? Check out the lodge’s Wildlife Explorer Package , which includes four nights accommodations, all transfers from San Jose, as well as a zip-line breakfast, guided hiking, night hike, horseback riding and dolphin watching at the Golfo Dulce.  Current rates run $1,350 per person and include three meals a day.