Here’s a rundown on some of the biggest names in the biz who are doing their part to better the environment.
- Google offers organic and local food to their employees in the Google food courts. For 2008 their goal is to go carbon neutral, and they’re taking the necessary steps to accomplish this like installing solar panels.
- Aveda (my personal favorite hair care line) uses the “Cradle to Cradle” ideal when it comes to packaging their hair and skin care products.
http://www.aveda.com/whatsnew/whatsnew.tmpl?cm_mmc=
Google-_-Branded-_-Brand-_-aveda&psid=true#
- Method has supplied mega stores like Target with their green cleaning products, which are biodegradable and chemical-free.
http://www.methodhome.com/
- Nike has made an effort to offer more oganic cotton apparel.
http://niketown.nike.com/niketown/home.jsp?catalogId=1
- Patagonia has given its cotton line a green makeover, the entire line is now organic cotton. They’ve also promised that by 2010 all of their goods will be 100 percent recycled!
Here are some sale products in Patagonia’s organic and recycled material line!
http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/search/esearch.jsp?Ntt
=recycled&psDrilldown=true&search.x=0&slc=en_US%26S
ct%3DUS%26Src%3Dpkw&N=0&OPTION=ESEARCH_DD&
search.y=0&psPageNumber=all&tsPageNumber=
- Wal-Mart has vouched to reduce its solid waste by 25 percent. FYI: Wal-Mart is surprisingly the number one purchaser of organic cotton!
Wal-Mart recently launched an earth-friendly line, it includes items like organic baby food and energy-efficient appliances.
http://www.walmart.com/earth?redirect_query=organic
GET INTO IT
Why not?
Don’t want to run to the nearest store to grab some of Method’s green cleaning products? Then learn how to whip up your own cleaning concoction using every day items such as vinegar and lemons with this article; http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/Health/2006-03-01
/BE-WELL.aspx
Bring it
A 2002 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOUND CHEMICALS IN 80 PERCENT OF SAMPLED STREAMS: 69 PERCENT CONTAINED DETERGENT RESIDUES AND 66 PERCENT CONTAINED DISINFECTANTS.
So here are some more green cleaning products’ to keep your home (and the local streams) safely clean.
http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/2008-05-01/
Spring-Cleaning.aspx
Not so guilty pleasure
Patagonia organic cotton tank top
http://www.earthmoment.com/product/19830997/
Patagonia-Simply-Organic-Tank-Womens
