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Envelop your little ones in the nourishing comfort of plush organic fabrics. Idyllic scenes are printed with certified organic dyes onto 300 thread count, organic cotton percale and backed with a soft and cozy fleece made from organic cotton.

The vibrantly colored designs are printed with certified organic dyes and wash beautifully in cold water with eco-friendly detergents. They will surely become an enduring favorite!

Design: A sunny meadow, humming with life and bright citrus hues, is the setting for a game of hide-and-seek between two cottontail bunnies. Who else is hiding among the petals?

Materials: Printed with non-toxic, water-based, eco-friendly dyes on 300 thread count, certified organic cotton percale.

Manufacturing: Printed domestically and sewn locally, in Los Angeles. Bedding, pillows, and canvas prints made from certified imported organic cotton.

Care: Machine wash in cold water with eco-friendly detergent to maintain vibrancy of color. Tumble dry on low. Avoid the use of chlorine bleach.

Cleaning Tip:

There are also great green products that can get the job done at a low cost as well.

Green products are becoming more powerful than ever before. Chemical solutions for cleaning have been condensed into organic cleaning products that are safe to use indoors, but are powerful enough to use outdoors. What makes these natural cleaning products so much better than your typical cleaning product off the shelf?

Natural cleaning products especially “Green” products are difficult to find. The challenge of making a product out of natural ingredients is quite difficult, but when accomplished is unbelievable. A organic cleaning product involves using ingredients such as non toxic chemicals, instead they use non bleach formulas that are not harmful to humans.

By combining the mixture of natural ingredients such as peroxide, vinegar, or other ingredients with the right amount of solvents you can develop a powerful solution that is  classified as an all natural cleaning product or “organic cleaner”.

The only thing better than a green cleaning products is a cleaning product on clearance. Shop at PropertyPerfections.net clearance cleaners and save big on powerful natural cleaning products.

BuyGreen Reusable Shopping Bag

The on going war over paper and plastic has met its match.  Paper and plastic bags stand at a tie, being both extremely inefficient.  It takes more energy to produce paper bags than plastic but making paper bags requires a lot of water and obviously trees.  Plastic bags are made from 12 million barrels of oil that could potentially make its way into large bodies of water and harm marine life.  So what’s the answer to our problem? Reusable bags of course!  They’re more durable and they’re easier to carry.  You can leave them in your car or near the door so that it is easy to grab before jetting out the door to buy groceries. Doing something as simple are using reusable bags for shopping helps our environment tremendously.  It takes as much petroleum to make 14 plastic bags as it does to drive a mile in a car.  The obvious choice is going green and it takes little to no effort at all to start to living more eco-friendly.

There are plenty of ways to lower your CO2 contributions to the environment.

1. Replace light bulbs with energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs.  This will lower your electricity bill and collectively keep a trillion pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere.
2. Unplug electronics when they are not being used.  Plugged electronics draw power even if they are not being used.  This is called a phantom load and each item draws watts of energy each day.
3. Buy products that are manufactured and packed locally.  Many transported items average 1,500 miles from the field to the supermarket.
4. Alternatives to reduce carbon footprint would be riding a bicycle, scooter, or walking.  You could also get a job closer to home. Also, choosing a more efficient car would aid our environment.  Even SUVs have hybrids.

Just remember, adjusting and adapting to a different, more eco-friendly lifestyle doesn’t have to compromise comfortability.  It does take effort but it’s well worth it and it goes a long way to better the future of our children.

What does what you put on your skin, have to do with your Health?

Did you know that your skin absorbs 64% of what you put on it, so any toxic chemicals that may be in your skin care products go directly to your bloodstream.

What does your lipstick have to do with Weight Gain?

The average woman swallows 5 pounds of indigestible lipstick in a lifetime, including ingredients that contain animal fats, coal tar dyes, and lead. All which have been strongly linked to cancer and lupus. These ingredients can only be removed through surgery.

What does your shampoo have to do with Hair Loss?

Most mainstream shampoos contain harmful chemicals like Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (aka SLS, a common industrial floor cleaner) and PEG, which cause hair loss and has been linked to eye impairment, kidney and liver problems, cancer and skin irritation.

What does your nail polish have to do with Birth Defects?

Toxic chemicals found in mainstream nail polishes, including formaldehyde and phthalates, have been strongly linked to cancer, birth defects and asthma.

What does your skin care have to do with Cancer?

Most mainstream skin care, including products used on babies, contain toxic chemicals such as PEG, DEA, phthalates, and parabens- all of which have been very strongly linked to cancer, skin irritation, asthma and birth defects in both male and female reproductive systems.

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Once you have found your eco-friendly gift, all that is left is to wrap your gift without waste.  A thoughtful and unique technique is using magazines or scraps around the house.  For example, if you have a gardener friend recipient, find a Home and Garden magazine lying around and decorate your gift with different clippings of flowers.  If you have an old subway map being unused, cut it down to size and wrap up anything (I find it perfect for shoe boxes).  Creative, thoughtful, and fun, while reducing your carbon footprint at the same time.

Don’t read magazines or use the subway?  Not a problem; Dunwoody Both Packaging has a variety  of boxes, bags, tissue, ribbons, labels and so much more earth-friendly products for any occasion.  Your friends and family will automatically know to use these lovely bags to show it off because they’re that loveable.

Dunwoody Booth Recycled Gift Wrap-100% PCW

Dunwoody Both Packaging supplies paper products, such as shopping bags, gift boxes, tags, gift card holders, tissue, and gift wrap that are either 80-90% recycled, carbon neutralized, or made from treeless paper. Their plastic bag line is made of oxo-biodegradable plastic. Their ribbon line consists of many made in the USA, and 100% cotton products. Last but not least, their printed labels offers 100% recycled paper stock, water based inks, and non-bleached liners.  Everything needed to at the finishing touches to the perfect eco-friendly gift.

Honda came out with the hybrid Insight, the best selling car in Japan today. It is the first hybrid to top the charts with a combination of fuel efficiency and great pricing. The Japanese couldn’t keep their hands off. It is the most affordable hybrid yet, at the starting price of $19,800. This eco-friendly vehicle has a 40/43 MPG rating with revolutionary technology to enhance fuel efficiency. Honda doesn’t stop there in their environmental movement in perfecting transportation, as we know it. As you may know, the hybrid has a part gas powered engine and an electric motor. This emits less carbon into the air and betters the world we live in.
Honda is coming out with two more hybrid models; the sporty CR-Z in February of next year and the Fit Hybrid in late 2010. In their continuing efforts to reduce CO2 emission, Honda is in the process of developing new technologies which improves fuel-efficiency and making it more accessible to all people. These new hybrid cars will be able to be enjoyed by people everywhere, while reducing the vehicle’s environmental footprint.

Finding a fuel-efficient car is important, but knowing how to utilize your vehicle as well as any car, is more important. The following are a few tips on how to drive the Eco-friendly way.
1. Do not warm up the engine frequently after it is started. Prolonged idling wastes fuel and pollutes the air. Idling uses more fuel and produces more CO2 compared to restarting your engine.
2. Accelerate slowly and gradually increase speeds through gears is ideal.
3. Be comfortable when driving so that your leg is lighter on the gas pedal as to not accelerate a lot, there by saving fuel.
4. Sticking to one lane saves on fuel because when switching lanes, it is necessary to accelerate.
5. Avoid speeding or aggressive driving because that increases fuel consumption.
6. Park your car in shady areas instead of going through drive-thru windows. Idling time dumps unnecessary emissions into the atmosphere. Shady areas will help you save fuel by keeping your vehicle cooler, which is less air conditioner and helps decrease the amount of fuel lost to evaporation. Gasoline even escapes from a closed tank, and the plus the whole process is sped up by high temperatures.
7. Carpooling saves on tolls, fuel and gas emissions. It can even aid traffic.
8. Lighten your carload. Roof and ski racks and heavy trunk items decrease vehicle aerodynamics as well as more burned fuel.