Our Summer Newsletter
May 27, 2008
Dear CLEAN SOLUTIONS Customers,We just returned from the beauty of Lake Tahoe and I am reminded of how precious nature is. We enjoyed the water, the trees and the incredible sunsets. It renews my commitment to doing as much as I can to keep that earth healthy. A few things new things I’ve tried in t…
Happy New Year 2008!
May 27, 2008
Happy New Year. I hope you are all well and moving into the new year with hope. May the new year bring even more awareness to the envinroment and healing for our earth. There are so many positive things happening in the green “movement” right now. We had a wonderful experience in early December, goi…
Blog– My Green Sonoma
May 27, 2008
I just found that great blog for My Green Sonoma from CINDY BRANDON, Broker Associate with Sotheby’s. Her blog has wonderful knowledge about green homes, green updates and info in Sonoma County. From her blog:”In that era of rising energy costs and conservation-mindedness, home buyers and sellers c…
Arizona Goes Green
May 27, 2008
ARIZONA JEANSWhen I went to check out S(ECO)ND, the eco-friendly offshoot of mega- material- istic clothing crapfest M.A.G.I.C. in Vegas a couple of months ago, I came back feeling happy about the great clothes coming from all the small designers like By Meadow, Emily Katz, and PartyBots, but pretty…
Is It Green Or Green-Washed?
May 26, 2008
Green is the new black, or so they say. And manufacturers are scrambling to meet all of that new demand by making eco-savvy products that are good for the planet. But buyer beware; not all products are as eco-friendly as you are led to believe. Many products are actually just “greenwashed,” me…
TGP on TV!
May 26, 2008
The Green Parent got an awesome splash of fame yesterday! I was interviewed by NBC 4 reporter Wendy Rieger as part of the NBC series on Going Green. If you haven’t already seen her stuff, be certain to check it out. Wendy spearheaded the Going Green series that is now mandated at all NBC stations …
Eco-Friendly Fundraiser
May 26, 2008
With a motto of “Turning rubbish Into Gold,” New Jersey-based TerraCycle is making it their mission to “eliminate the notion of waste” by creating products that are made from and packaged in rubbish. To moment they’ve kept by one million plastic soda bottles out of the landfill by using the bottles…