Green Fashion Giveaway Winner! Indigenous Designs Fair Trade Clothing for the Whole Family

Congratulations Sherri B. for winning our Green Fashion Giveaway: Indigenous Designs Fair Trade Clothing for the Whole Family! We hope you enjoy your kid's fair trade organic Daisy Dress. Thank you to Indigenous Designs for partnering with Really Natural on this green fashion giveaway!

Green Beauty Giveaway: Winner of Sustainable Youth Total Immune Performance Regimen

We have a winner of the Sustainable Youth Total Immune Performance Regimen! Congratulations Erma Hurtt! Erma's answers to the Sustainable Youth scavenger hunt:

1. Alasta™ is and anti-aging compund that helps to improve the skin's elasticity and firmness through its ability to boost machrophage activation, the immune system's first line of defense.
2. inner cheek enhancement, crows feet reduction, arm lift
3. They believe that Beauty can and should be achieved from the Inside Out
4. Anti-aging
5. All the case studies and proven effects of using their unique products.

Green Fashion Giveaway: Indigenous Designs Fair Trade Clothing for the Whole Family

I love clothes, especially fair trade, organic pieces. Recently, I discovered Indigenous Designs. Since 1994, Indigenous Designs has been making fair trade clothing, and you have a chance to win apparel from this eco-friendly line!

Together, Scotty and Matt have helped form a scalable artisan network through the Indigenous clothing line that reflects a commitment to sustainability and socially responsible actions. This global collaboration weaves together the employees of Indigenous, the artisans from around the world, and most importantly you, our customers.

We are committed to:

• Supporting and preserving fair trade wages and artisan cooperatives


• Investing in natural and organic fibers and environmentally-friendly dyes


• Spreading the beauty of handmade, eco fashion

One of my favorite pieces in the women's line is the double layer skirt. This skirt is made from 100% organic cotton jersey material, low impact dyes, and is so comfortable! Of course, it is fair trade (not free trade) from Peru.  I will be living in this skirt this summer, and you could win one too!

Green Fashion Indigenous Designs Giveaway!
To enter:

• Visit the Indigenous Designs website


• Pick a piece you love


• Return to Really Natural and leave a comment to this post about the piece.

Entries must be dated before Monday, June 15 at 11:59 PM. Good luck!

Green Beauty Giveaway: Win Sustainable Youth Total Immune Performance Regimen

In May, we reviewed Sustainable Youth's Total Immune Performance Regimen. Now it's your turn to win a complete package of these great anti-aging products!

Find the Keys to Sustainable Youth Treasure Hunt Contest

To enter:

1.  Visit www.sustainableyouthproducts.com
2.  Find the answers to the following four questions:

• a. What is Alasta T?
• b. List three areas where Sustainable Youth Products are most helpful (e.g eyelift Fold) (hint, view Case Studies).
• What is Sustainable Youth's Philosophy?
  
• Fill in the blank to complete the connection: Immune Performance, Anti- Inflammation, and _________
  
• Bonus: In your opinion, what is most unique about Sustainable Youth Products?

3.  Return to Really Natural and leave a comment to this post with your answers.

Contest Rules:

• You must be at least 18 years of age to enter.
  
• Open to U.S. residents only.
• One entry per person.
• Contest closes Friday, June 12, 2009 at 12:00 am.

Good luck!

Annoucing the Winner of Our Great Green Beauty Giveaway: Kiss My Face Potent & Pure Complete Organic Facial Care System

Valerie is the lucky winner of Great Green Beauty Giveaway: Kiss My Face Potent & Pure Complete Organic Facial Care System Kiersten was randomly selected and left the following green beauty tip:

Lemon water as a toner works great & it's cheap too!

  Kiersten won:

• Night Creme
• Day Creme
• Under Age - Ultra Hydrating Moisturizer
• Pore Shrink Deep Pore Cleansing Mask
• Break Out Botanical Acne Gel
• Balancing Antioxidant Toner
• Organic Shea Soy Facial Cleansing Bar
• C The Change Ester C Serum
• Organic Clean for a Day Creamy Face Cleanser
• Start Up Exfoliating Face Wash
• Organics Eyewitness Eye Repair Creme
• Cell Mate 15 - (Face Creme & Sunscreen)

Thank you to everyone for entering this contest, and thank you to Kiss My Face. If you didn't win, I hope you will check out their great Potent & Pure Line.

Great Green Beauty Giveaway: Kiss My Face Potent & Pure Complete Organic Facial Care System

Kiss My Face has graciously given Really Natural a complete set of their new Potent & Pure Line to give away to one of our lucky readers! Potent & Pure is a complete organic facial care system.

The Kiss My Face Potent and Pure facial care system is formulated with the highest quality and most effective ingredients that nature has to offer. We've used only the most potent and pure extracts and organic or wildcrafted botanicals in abundant concentrations, so you'll see the results you expect and more.

This system was created by combining the latest scientific research with beneficial botanicals, vitamins, extracts and minerals that are time tested and true. These are among the cleanest products available, great for sensitive skin and free of ingredients that clog pores. No parabens, phthalates, SLS, artificial colors and fragrances, and not tested on animals.

To enter our Great Green Beauty Giveaway, simply leave a comment to this post that includes your favorite green beauty secret. On, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, a winner will be selected from random from the comments section of this post. One lucky winner will receive a complete set of the Kiss My Face Pure & Potent line including:

• Night Creme
• Day Creme
• Under Age - Ultra Hydrating Moisturizer
• Pore Shrink Deep Pore Cleansing Mask
• Break Out Botanical Acne Gel
• Balancing Antioxidant Toner
• Organic Shea Soy Facial Cleansing Bar
• C The Change Ester C Serum
• Organic Clean for a Day Creamy Face Cleanser
• Start Up Exfoliating Face Wash
• Organics Eyewitness Eye Repair Creme
• Cell Mate 15 - (Face Creme & Sunscreen)

Good luck! This is an incredible set of organic facial care!

Green Back-to-School Supplies at Office Depot

We're sad to say it, but summer is nearly over. If you're heading back to school, you may want to think about purchasing green and eco-friendlier school supplies this year.

A number of major retailers (including Home Depot, Wal-Mart, and Amazon) have started stocking "green" merchandise for customers who prefer eco-friendly purchasing options.
Office Depot is no exception, with a whole section of their website devoted to a green buying guide.

The green school supplies buying guide includes tips on what products are out there, and ways in which you can minimize the environmental impact of your purchases. Suggestions include notebooks made from recycled and post-consumer recycled paper, alternative fiber paper products made from sugarcane and banana fiber, and certified AP non-toxic pencils, crayons and paints and solar powered calculators.

The Buy Green site includes a description of the criteria Office Depot utilizes for selecting greener products and a a detailed FAQ that breaks down terminology for different levels of recycled content, labeling, and certifications.

Check out Office Depot's Green School Supplies Buying Guide.

Sustainable Harvest International - Stonyfield Yogurt Promotion

Looking for ways to support sustainable farming and rainforest conservation -- all before you've even finished your breakfast? Really Natural reader (and Sustainable Harvest International summer intern Jessica Schessler just wrote in about a promotion from Stonyfield Farm and Sustainable Harvest International that will allow you to do just that.

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is a nonprofit organization that works with farmers in Central America to teach alternatives to slash and burn farming.

Since 1997, SHI has worked with nearly 1,000 families and 900 students in Honduras, Panama, Belize and Nicaragua to

* Plant more than 2,000,000 trees.
* Convert 6,000 acres to sustainable uses, thereby saving 30,000 acres from slash-and-burn destruction.
* Improve nutrition through the establishment of more than 200 organic vegetable gardens.
* Increase farm income up to 800%.
* Build165 wood-conserving stoves (saving 1,650 trees per year)

SHI's work saves rainforests; it also leaves the farmers and their families with enough organic crops to feed themselves and sell extra crops for income.

This summer, SHI has joined with Stonyfield Farm yogurt to raise money for their work. Through Stonyfield Farm's Bid with Your Lid program, SHI will receive $20,000 in donations, plus up to $40,000 more based on yogurt-eaters' votes. You can go to the Stonyfield Farm website and receive a coupon for a free yogurt, and at the same time cast a vote for Sustainable Harvest International. You can also redeem yogurt tops and cast one vote for each top you redeem (e.g. 10 tops equals 10 votes, 20 tops equals 20 votes, etc.)

We're big fans of Stonyfield Farm organic yogurt for breakfast -- with homemade granola and wheat germ or mixed into a smoothie. And we think Sustainable Harvest International is an organization worth supporting. So it's win-win.

Get your coupon for a free Stonyfield Farmyogurt and cast your vote for SHI.

Learn more about Sustainable Harvest International.

$10 off Annie's Homegrown at Amazon

Are you as big a fan of Annie's Homegrown Mac and Cheese as we are? Well, it's your lucky day.

Now through April 30th, Amazon is offering $10 off purchases of $39 or more from Annie's Homegrown and Annie's Naturals. Stock up on Annie's Homegrown Shells and White Cheddar. Load up on Annie's Cheddar Bunnies.

Here's the Annie's Homegrown $10 off coupon. Be sure to enter the promotional code ANNIES77 at checkout.

Free Sweater Stone - All Natural Way to Remove Fabric Pills

Your favorite sweater. It's there for you all winter -- your trusty companion through thick and thin. And suddenly, you pull it on one morning and realize it's got more pills than a medicine cabinet.

Don't despair! Instead, introduce your old buddy to the Sweater Stone, an all natural way to get rid of sweater pills. And thanks to the folks at Sweater Stone, you can do it for free (well, actually $4.99 for the shipping and handling).

(Via Daily Candy.)

Continue reading: "Free Sweater Stone - All Natural Way to Remove Fabric Pills"

Ecopad, Meet Ecopod (and Get 10% Off, Courtesy of Grist)

Our friends at Single Serve Coffee have blogged about Ecopad, a refillable coffee filter for the Senseo. The refillable pod allows you to enjoy your single serve coffee maker, without worrying about the waste of disposable coffee pods.

Well, move over, Ecopad. And meet Ecopod, the next generation in trash compaction. Or the first generation in recyclable compaction. Or a really cool gadget for your kitchen. Whatever you call it, it does look pretty cool.

Produced by the unusual partnership of BMW DesignworksUSA, Williams-Sonoma, dwell magazine and musician Jack Johnson, Ecopod has removable storage containers for paper, plastic bags, glass bottles and other recyclables. Insert aluminum cans and plastic bottles and step on the pedal to hear what the website calls "the sweet sound of compaction" as they're flattened into a portable pod for curbside collection.

Enter the coupon code GOGRIST in the Promotion Box and receive 10% when you order online.

Via Grist.

Fall Foliage Without the Raking: Eleni's Cookies

Okay, this is stretching the limits of "natural, wholesome and organic" but there are some things we just can't resist. Like these cute little squirrel cookies, sitting on a pile of autumn leaves and acorns. Yep. They are irresistable.

Eleni's of New York City offers these "Fall Foliage" cookies in two varieties - ginger spice and sugar. Squirrels, acorns, and bright colored leaves you don't have to rake. What more could you ask?

Eleni's uses all natural ingredients - you know, sugar, butter, flour. So while the cookies aren't "organic," they should at least get points for "wholesomeness." And after all that raking outside, don't you deserve a little treat?

Eleni's is currently offering a 10% discount on all web orders delivered by October 12th. Enter promotion code FALLFOLIAGE06 at check out. And save us a squirrel!

Available at Eleni's.

Timberland Revisited: 20% Off Online Orders

Hey Folks,

Last week we blogged about Timberland's new "nutrition label" on all shoes. Well, if you're itching to pick up a pair and see for yourself, now through October 11th, they're offering 20% off and free shipping on all online orders. Enter Promotion Code DMOCT20 at checkout.

At Timberland.

Timberland "Pacific Grove" Mary Janes at Half Price

Speaking of Timberland, the company's Pacific Grove Mary Janes, a shoe we can highly recommend, is currently on sale at Amazon for $34.90, more than half off the original price.

Sort of a sneaker, sort of a shoe. Just the right blend of feminine and fabulous, especially in the acid yellow-green color they've got featured. Kick ass, sustainably, in these sweethearts. Get 'em while they're hot.

Buy Timberland Mary Janes.