Eco Friendly Light Alternatives - Sun and Moon Jars

One of the things I love to do is suggest eco-friendly products to my clients. There are so many fun green products out there! And this is one of my favs, these jars are great! I've seen the sun jar before (available at most Target stores), but today for the first time I saw the "moon jar" which gives off a cooler, blue light.

I haven't purchased one yet, but the description says it needs direct sunlight, and then it charges by day and automatically comes on at night. The only downside, the packaging does not appear to be eco-friendly, but hopefully that will be their next step!

Check out the Moon Jar

Give One Hour to Make a Difference

I know it's hard to make your Green resolutions and keep them, or find time to implement new ones (that's why I started my company, Green Girl Atlanta, to help families find ways and time to be green), but luckily we all have a specific day and time to make a difference, together!

Sign up for Earth Hour 2009 right now! Earth Hour is one hour in which people, companies, and cities (Atlanta has officially signed on!) turn off their lights to support our Earth. Earth Hour stands as a call for change on how we treat the environment and natural resources.

Earth Hour takes place on March 28, 2009 at 830pm.

I signed up yesterday, and then today overhead two women talking about it, and figured it was some cosmic sign that I had to blog about it and get everyone else to sign up :)

New Green Megastore!!!

With the Internet, shopping, trips to the mall, toy store, heck, even to the grocery store, can all be eliminated now. But sometimes we want to go to the stores, to browse the products, compare them in person, and see them firsthand.

Green shopping lovers wait no more! Green Depot has a new store open in NYC. If you live in NYC, do us all a favor and go visit them at 222 Bowery. Even better, after you visit, write us and let us know what you thought. For the rest of us, at least they have an online store to hold us over until potential future franchise opportunities!!

Green Depot Homepage

What's Your Green IQ???

What level of green are you? How green are you? GoGreenOnline.com has a fabulous Green IQ game, be sure to check it out and learn just how much you know about "green" :)

http://www.gogreenonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=130

Have a Green weekend!

Green Ideas

Do you have a cool green product people need to know about? Did you hear about a new eco-friendly clothing line? Share your thoughts with Green Girl! We are currently developing ideas and topics for our new blog and want to bring the BEST of green products here for you!

Don't Keep Your Greenness Bottled Up...well...maybe

One of my hopes for the New Year, is that the "it" Green thing of this year (the CFLs were 2006, reusable tote shopping bags 2007), will be reusable bottles and that people will start carrying their water around with them. Yes, some of these bottles are a little pricey, and yes, you have to remember to get the bottle, fill it up, and take it with you, but after a few days of doing so, it will become routine and you will no longer have to remind yourself to do it.

As for the price side of things, if you are like many people I know, you buy bottle water, at the grocery store, at Cosco, wherever. But, the cost of one Sigg, Nalgene, whatever your preference may be, bottle, will be paid back to you in probably just one visit that you don't buy bottled water. And think about how many bottles you won't be using! Just take a second now, how many bottles of water do you drink a day? Even if it is just one, that is 7 in one week, 30 in a month, 365 in a year...you get the idea.

So check out some fun alternatives today! They've got great options for kids too!
Nalgene, http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/store/index.html
Sigg for Kids, http://www.mysigg.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=26

Green Girl Atlanta enters the world of blogging

Welcome to Green Girl Atlanta’s blog! This is our first (test) post. Stay tuned for all sorts of green fun with Green Girl Atlanta (including fun green tips and product reviews)! In the meantime, please visit our web site at http://www.GreenGirlAtlanta.com.

Also putting in his two cents, will be my dog Wallace (the Green Dog Blog), who is also making his efforts to be green.