Posts under ‘Retail’

I was looking for a unique present for someone who is very eco and health conscious, and at about the same time I received an email from Cynthia over at Healthy Kitchenware.  Great timing!  She shared with me the story behind her company and the benefits of her products.  Her company promotes reducing plastic in [...]

Think about how many plastic bottles of water you consume each week.  Now multiply that by the number of people on the planet drinking water from a plastic bottle.   The amount of plastic hitting landfills from just water bottles is staggering.   A company called Brand Image has a solution.  They have created durable bottles created [...]

I used to work in a building where the heater didn’t work.  This was obviously fine during the summer but during the winters it was excrutiatingly painful.  My whole body was cold but the one thing I noticed was it was difficult for me to type and therefore work because my hands were ice cold.  [...]

Hard core gamers can do their part for the environment by placing an order for the Reee chair.  Why?  The Reee chair is made from recycled game console casings.  The seat and back use the rubber from recycled game consoles to wrap around black powder coated steel for cool and comfortable chair.  The Reee probably [...]

Instead of just burning energy at the gym, your workout can now create energy! Green Microgym in Portland, Oregon, which opened a couple of days ago, uses the energy expended by its members to create energy to powers some of its machines.  While they will only be able to power about 20-25% of the machines [...]

Designer David Gardener used inspiration to create the ‘Packaging Lamp‘ which is a lamp made from its retail packaging.  Gardener was tired of buying products, using the product, and then throwing out the packaging. It inspired him to create the concept of incorporating the packaging in the design of the actual product.   The cardboard packaging [...]

Organic Bug Killer.  Doesn’t that sound like an oxymoron?  EcoSmart has created an organic insecticide which the company says “kills bugs and pests amazingly fast”.  This ecofriendly bug killer is made of non-toxic plant based oils which are safe around children and pets.  For those spending lots of time outdoors (camping, hiking, boating, etc) this [...]

When a certified organic pizza chain is born and spreads like lightning across the country, you know organic food has hit the pinnacle of mainstream.  Pizza Fusion is the world’s first restaurant chain to adopt organic restaurant certification.  Everything is organic.  Salads, sandwiches, soda, and of course the pizza are all organic.  The pizzas aren’t [...]

I was at my sister’s house tonight to celebrate my Mom’s 60th birthday.  Amid all the stimulating conversation, delicious food,  and chaos of a yellow lab and a three year old in the same room, I discovered something very cool!  As I awaited the birthday dinner to be prepared, I saw my brother-in-law huddled in [...]

Terracycle, a New Jersey based company, creates fertilizer using worm poop.  The worm poop is certified organic and is sold at home and garden stores, such as Home Depot, around the country.  The eco-friendliness of their product doesn’t stop there.  The bottles the fertilizer is packaged in are old soda bottles which are collected from [...]