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Planet Forward Top 5 Eco-friendly Gifts for Mom this Mother’s Day
Posted by: | CommentsWith Mother’s Day around the corner we have compiled a list of our top 5 gifts for the earth friendly mom on your list and they won’t break your budget – especially now. In fact, all Planet Forward eco-friendly gift suggestions cost under $15 and some under $10 – now that’s an affordable way to cherish your mom this Mother’s Day. Plus, everything is eco-friendly, reusable, ethically-made, practical for everyday use, and sustainable.
Our top 5 green Mother’s Day gifts are:
Our Basket-on-the-Go is a full size, easy to carry basket that effortlessly folds down when not in use. Black cotton canvas over an aluminum frame creates a fashionable, functional and sturdy shopping companion. Regular price $24.99 NOW $13.75 with special Mother’s Day discount.
Organic Cotton/Spandex Tops from Planet Forward are beyond compare – it will truly be love at first touch. They are super soft, retain their shape and are excellent for both fashion and work out wear. They are available in black and come in both long or short sleeve as well as with or without our cool eco-vibe “A Good Planet is Hard to Find” design. Regular $19.99-$24.99 NOW $10.99-$13.75 with special Mother’s Day discount.
Stainless Steel Bottles with Neoprene Carrier are the perfect solution for the busy mom on the go to help her stay hydrated. Our 18/8 food grade stainless steel bottles come in 4 different sizes, 10 different colours and 6 different lids so you are sure to find one to satisfy the mom on your list. Our bottles can be used for any cool beverage including water, juice, smoothies and our Neoprene Carriers ensure those beverages stay cool for hours. Plus they protect the bottles from wear and tear and come with either a shoulder strap, wrist strap or carabiner to help carry them around. Out Bottles are regular $13.99-$20.99 NOW $7.70-$11.54 with special Mother’s Day discount. Our Neoprene Carriers are regular $5.99-$7.50 NOW $3.29-$4.13 with special Mother’s Day discount.
100% certified Organic Cotton Carry All in “A Good Planet is Hard to Find” eco-vibe design is a fashionable, durable bag with a should strap that makes choosing sustainability easy. Any mom would be thrilled to use our 
Carry All for shopping, the gym or work. Regular $9.99 NOW $5.49 with special Mother’s Day discount.
MIY Green Home Cleaning Kits gives mom all the tools she needs to make hundreds of her own household cleaners to eliminate toxins found in conventional cleaners and air fresheners. All recipes included in the kit use common ingredients and can be made in minutes and then passed on for use by the cleaner in the house. Regular $24.99 NOW $13.75 with special Mother’s Day discount.
There you have it – 5 great and affordable gifts sure to please any tree-hugging mom, grandmother, aunt, sister or friend you want to honour this year. They even make great birthday and hostess gifts! For a limited time, Planet Forward is offering a 45% discount on all green gifts for the earth conscious mom. Simply use our special Mother’s Day discount coupon code 4MOMS45 during checkout and 45% will be deducted from your total purchase. Plus take advantage of $6.50 flat rate shipping with free shipping (North American wide) on orders over $50.00.
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Posted by: | CommentsAs previously reported in our Green Gazette (issue 4), London-based ‘People Tree’ has collaborated with Emma Watson to create a line of hand-made eco-friendly clothes. Well, the line has officially launched and already some of the items are sold out! Most products in the line named ‘Love from Emma’ are made with organic Fair Trade certified cotton and kudos to People Tree for establishing such a positive partnership with the very popular, socially responsible, eco-minded, Harry Potter film star.
People Tree offers other organic clothing for kids, teens and adults, and their sense of ecology is admirable: “The people we work with have some of the smallest environmental footprints in the world. They live and work in communities without most essentials of modern life – including electricity. They buy few consumer goods, eat locally produced food and use hand production methods to earn their living.” They go on to describe their simple earth-friendly policy:
Emma Watson modeling her own People Tree line
People Tree Eco Policy – in a nutshell
- To promote natural and organic farming
- To avoid polluting substances
- To protect water supplies
- To use biodegradable substances where possible
- To recycle materials where possible
According to our friends at ecorazzi, The People Tree line called ‘Love from Emma’ includes designs sketched by Emma Watson while she was filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In a new catalog celebrating the launch, Emma wrote about how she juggled the demanding filming schedule for Harry Potter 7 with her People Tree project:
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Unless you have been hiding under a rock you have probably heard about Apple’s latest product the iPad. The excitement tends to revolve not around the new tablet but the fact that Apple unveiled the new A4 chip as the main processor that has pushed out both of the market leaders Qualcomm Inc. and Intel Corp. Many believe that this chip will make itself invaluable to Apple, as it may soon be found in other products like the iPhone or iPod touch. Apple has also continued their commitment to being an earth friendly business. How have they done this?
Apple has designed the iPad with many of the features Apple has been known for which reduce their environmental impact and cement themselves as an earth friendly business like arsenic-free display glass. Apple has also made the iPad both free of brominated flame retardants (BFR) and Polyvinyl chloride (PVC). As with many of their other popular products the iPad also boasts a Mercury-free LCD display. Beyond that they have branched off the success of the recyclable body of the MacBook and have created the iPad with a recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure.
Being an earth friendly business shows their commitment to remaining enviro-socially aware. Having an environmental policy that brings about a better product will always increase the bottom line and in recent years no one could say that Apple is not a thriving business. Moreover the creation of the A4 chip, which completely incapacitated their need for their former partners turned competition shows the shrewd business savvy of Apple head genius Steve Jobs.
Innovation has been what has allowed Apple to sore to the heights they have reached in recent years, and being an earth friendly business industry leader has been part of that. In every aspect of their business Apple has been a leader in their field overhauling the MP3 players, cell phones, computers and also setting a standard when it came to being socially and environmentally responsible. When the iPad goes on sale in March 2010 it is likely to be another strong seller in a tight economy. Here is hoping that as their success continues Apple constantly strives to find new ways to develop on the earth friendly business they have built.
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