Reusable bags have become very popular with environmentally conscious individuals, but in a busy family, keeping up with eco-friendly bags can be challenging. While an individual may only need a couple of bags to hold grocery purchases, the bustling household usually requires many bags. Inevitably, the bags are left in the vehicle, forgotten until the point of unloading a cart of groceries at a check stand. An organizer would make it so much easier to remember.

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I was so excited when I was given the opportunity to design my own branded SIGG Water Bottle because both of my kids have had a SIGG water bottle for 2+ years and I haven’t! It’s my turn now and mine is bigger than theirs! Childish.. I know.  Sebastian has a ninja inspired SIGG water bottle while Madelyn has a glow in the dark space SIGG water bottle.

Now, through Cafe Press, you can design and order your very own personalized SIGG water bottle. Type whatever you want such as “World’s Greatest Mom”, “Best Dad Ever”, or your brand name which is what I did and you will instantly see what it will look like on the SIGG design of your choice.  I chose the Leaves design (left) and had “The Mommy Insider” printed on my 1 liter SIGG water bottle.  You can choose from 7 special edition designs.  Stop wasting plastic water bottles and design your own SIGG water bottle that you will have for many many years.  These SIGG water bottles can be washed in the dishwasher.  Attach a caribeener to the SIGG top and then attach your SIGG to your backpack or diaper bag and you’ve got easy access to it all of the time!

The custom-designed bottles are available for $27.99 on CafePress’ SIGG section here..

Learn about SIGG on their website here.
GIVEAWAY!
We have (1) 1 liter SIGG water bottle to give to a lucky reader. The 1 liter bottle is exactly like what you see pictured here with “The Mommy Insider” printed on it.  Leave a comment below related to SIGG, water bottles, and/or being ‘green’ and you are entered to win.  Contest ends July 15th, 2009.

We will be giving away the same SIGG water bottle on TheFind.com and MomLogic.com!  Subscribe to our email updates (green bar at top of the page) to find out when the other contests begin.

Design your SIGG bottle at CafePress!

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My husband was very proud of himself when he came home with a 100% recycled product from Home Depot today. He’s on the ‘Green’ bandwagon and now I have something else to tell him about. Fair Trade. Fair Trade supports sustainable community development by ensuring that the artisans making the products are paid fair living wages.
Greenheart is an eco-fair trade non-profit shop, carrying both fair trade and eco friendly products including handbags, wallets, lotion, and cookbooks. Greenheart believes consumers have the power to affect positive World change by supporting sustainable and fair business practices in their purchasing choices.

What is Eco-Fair Trade? Greenheart follows the guiding principles of “Fair Trade”. “Eco” signifies that our products are made using the most sustainable materials and methods whenever possible. At Greenheart, we are both “Fair to producers, and good to the Earth”.

The product and giveaway featured here is Greenheart’s fair trade wallet measuring a practical 8.5″ x 5″ x 1″. The wallet has a three-side zip closure, four section accordion dividers, a zip coin pocket, and credit card slips and I found that there is plenty of left over room for my phone.

Want to know more about socially and environmentally friendly shopping? Check out this handy guide available at Greenheart.

GIVEAWAY!
We are giving a red screen printed fair trade wallet away to one lucky subscriber! Simply subscribe to our newsletter and then tell us what your favorite item at Greenheart is (besides the wallet) in the comments below. Use the email address you used when subscribing, when leaving your comment.

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Little Tikes is known for making colorful, fun, and educational toys for kids.  Sebastian, now 9 years old, had a Little Tikes picnic table, toddler bed, an outdoor play house, and little climber with a slide.  Our house and yard could have been a Little Tikes advertisement!  

You can't go wrong with Little Tikes which recently came out with a line of Green toys including the Bamboo 3-D Memory Matching Game,  Bamboo Tangram Game, Travel Flash Card Assortment: Numbers, Toddler Words, Subtractions, and Card Games: Old Maid, Go Fish and Slap Jack.

Madelyn loves the Little Tikes Bamboo 3-D Memory Matching Game.  The wood tiles are easy to pickup and hold and the cute character pictures on the tiles are colorful and easy for little eyes to remember and recongnize.

Besides being fun and educational, toys in Little Tikes' new line of Green toys are made from real babmoo (a renewable, sustainable, natural material), soy based ink, 100% reclylced paper and come in cases made from a biodegradable material called CBR (Corn Based Resin).

Little Tikes Rated Green educational toys and games are available at the Little Tikes online store, here.

Giveaway: Enter to win a set of Little Tikes Rated Green products!

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Sebastian and I are hooked on two games right now.  One is Xeko: Mission China.  Mission China is the newest Xeko mission.  Xeko games are eco-conscious collectible, educational card games.  The object of this game
is to build the strongest Xeko-system that balances resources and
species. In order to become a Xeko Master, your child must learn how to balance the eco-system.  A player wins by running out of cards in her draw pile AND also must have the highest number of eco-points indicating that she knows how to balance the Xeko-system.  Conserving cards is important too though, so like I said the game is all about balance.  Sebastian and I were playing like pro’s within a couple of hours and it is so much fun to play! 
Players must play a Species card on each turn or pass.  Species cards must be linked together whether it be to your own Species card already in the field or your oponent’s species card.

Sebastian loves to go on the Xeko website to learn more about his Xeko species cards and play games.  Add more fun to the game with booster packs.  Booster packs come with 9 cards from a random selection of 150
cards. All Xeko collections are playable with one another, and players
can mix and match to build custom decks. 

Your child
will learn interesting facts about endangered animals and their
habitats while playing Xeko!
Visit the Xeko website for a store near you or buy at Amazon.com.

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