Use Your Email to Help a Good Cause

Everyday brings a new way to help the world we live in. Today, we can all bring awareness to the issues and causes we care about through our emails. Yes, it's that simple.

Reply for All is "a new way to support causes in a simple, practical, and sustainable way." The most simple way to use this service is to go to their site, follow the instructions, and put a link in your email signature. But you can also try to recruit more people to help the cause and use the service. The only downside, for some people, is it can only be used for email accounts on Gmail, Hotmail, or yahoo.

It's easy, it's green, and it's free! Do something green today, St. Patricks day, and bring awareness to the cause of your choice!

Rain, Rain, Go Away

It felt right to post this item today, since it has been raining in Atlanta for the last three or four days. I cleaned my home yesterday to kick off the beginning of my spring cleaning. This morning, after walking my dog, we both came inside soaking wet into my recently cleaned apartment. I was not pleased.

How to solve the problem and be green at the same time???

Mohawk's "Wipe Your Paws" recycled rubber doormat (18x10") is one solution. It is available on Target.com for $21.99 and is made of 100% Crumb Rubber.

Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval

More good news in the green cleaning world. Good Housekeeping magazine is extending their seal and certification to green products!! The Good Housekeeping seal has labeled and identified products that are of great quality, reliable, and worth your dollar for a hundred years.

Why is this good? There are many labels out there now (USDA, FSC, "natural", etc.) and there are also many companies claiming to be "green". This seal will be a great starter point for those who are beginning to get familiar with eco-friendly products or reassurance for those consumers who are already familiar.

For more information check out the Good Housekeeping web site.

We Hear Horton...Goes Organic!

I love seeing all of the big stores like, Target and Pottery Barn, carrying organic options in bedding and bath accessories. I've noticed over the last few catalogues for Pottery Barn the organic options are multiplying.

But one of my new favorites are the organic sheets Pottery Barn Kids is carrying, Dr. Seuss. Yes, they have the regular options in organic as well, trucks, and butterflies, and sailboats, and planes, but nothing beats The Cat in the Hat. Click here for the Dr. Seuss bedding and here for all organic options.

Yellow Pages for GREEN Businesses

Though the idea and practice of living green is growing and expanding everyday, sometimes it's still hard to track down what you need and when you need it. What's the closest green contractor? Where's the closest eco-friendly car rental?? Who is a green living consultant :) ? Now, there's a quick and easy online tool you can use to find the closest recycling sites, and various green businesses. What is this marvelous site you ask??? Living Green Pages. Just point, click, and search, and you're on your way to a greener way of life.

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 :)