Review: I recently received a complimentary bamboo duvet cover from Green Earth Bamboo for the purposes of this review. After a month of use, here’s what I think: it’s beautiful. To give it a good test, I’ve washed it twice … it’s nice and soft, smooth and maintained its pretty color. Even the hub thinks it’s cool. The material is 100% viscose from bamboo, the bamboo is certified USDA organic and the company is approved by Green America. Softer than cashmere, cotton or silk, the fabric is truly amazing. It’s available in an array of solids and prints, I chose Green Tea.
UPDATE: It’s official – our lucky winner is Nik, Congratulations! Thanks to everyone for participating…stay tuned to enter our next contest. (original post follows…)
Giveaway: One lucky winner will receive a $50 Green Earth Bamboo Gift Certificate for ANY product (gifts & essentials for the entire family made from renewable, antibacterial bamboo — bedding, bath, clothing, accessories or baby products). Winner must reside in USA.
to enter:
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Architecture graduate students Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta were asked to design a product to assist post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, they pondered the dangerous nighttime conditions in the tent cities and turned their attention to developing an affordable, off-grid lighting source. The process led them to design LuminAID: a solar-rechargeable, inflatable lamp that packs flat and inflates to create a lightweight, waterproof lantern.
The eco-friendly lamp is safe, sustainable and portable. The light can provide up to six hours of LED light not only for disaster relief situations, but also camping, first aid kits and everyday use. The lamp won first prize in the Columbia Venture Competition and the 2011 Echoing Green Fellowship, among others.
Today, November 1st, LuminAID Lab is launching the “Give Light, Get Light” campaign on IndieGoGo.com. The goal: Distribute lights to community projects through a forty day pledge-drive ending December 3rd. Visitors to the site will be able to purchase LuminAIDs for personal use, donate lights to community projects, or both, giving the gift of light to rural schools, homes, and small-business owners in need.
Pledge packages range from $10 to $1,000 (to receive 5 personal lights and outfit an orphanage with lights donated in the name of the buyer or his/her company or organization, custom printed with the logo of choice).
For more info visit IndieGoGo.com
With Halloween behind us, it’s nearly time to pack away the festive fall décor to make space for the merrier holiday gear. What to do with the pumpkin that sat on your porch stoop? While the thrifty bakers among us will likely turn it into a Thanksgiving pie, the beauty hounds can do one better and whip up an easy mask that will keep your pre-winter dry skin glowing. (more…)
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