12 posts tagged “green”

Sprig makes these trucks for their Adventure Series.  What's great about these toys is that they are made of recycled wood and reclaimed plastic- and no paint, which means no lead.  Another awesome feature is that they require no batteries.  The LED lights and sounds are strictly powered by your kid's moving and playing with the vehicle.  Cool.
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These 100% organic Egyptian cotton and organic dye plush toys are known as idbids. 












Each one comes with a storybook and a "field guide" explaining ways your child can take care of Mother Earth.









Watch their video below for their steps and suggestions for a greener world.
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Ever wonder what happens to all the plastic milk jugs you throw in your recycle bin?  A company in California (Made in the USA!) transforms them into Greentoys! 
I love the ingenuity from all of these companies.  (I just wish Greentoys had products available for the younger set.)


The USA Weekend supplement in the Sunday paper had a small section in their gift guide write up; that's where I found out about these companies. If you would like to know more about them and where to find their products please visit the links to their websites. 

This is a new LEED market; the first of its kind for a Cub Foods.  It features many Greener enhancements such as:

• 44 skylights that illuminate 75 percent of regularly occupied spaces using a solar powered GPS system that tracks and redirects sunlight as needed.
• The first commercial parking lot in Minnesota illuminated using only LED lights that need to be replaced every 40 years and provide 50 percent energy savings. (35 percent savings in lighting costs compared to typical Cub stores.)
• Half of the waste from buildings torn down on the construction site has been reused in the construction of the new building or recycled.
  
• A maintenance-free floor that eliminates the need for chemicals during the cleaning process. (love the floor!)
• A landscape irrigation system that uses 50 percent less water than typical systems.
• 75 percent of the building construction waste did not end up in landfills. Instead, it was recycled and turned into other useful materials.

I'm really impressed with what they've done with the interior of the store too- (the produce section rivals even that of Whole Foods and Kowalskis.)  It's definitely a welcomed addition for our neighborhood.  Now I just wish some of our less grateful neighbors, if you will, would appreciate it as much as I do and leave their filthy garbage in trash cans and not on parking lot, return the shopping to their respective receptacles and not abandoned across the street or wedged on the curb in the way of traffic.  And also I do not think your Ford Explorer counts as a fuel efficient vehicle, nor does my car, that's why I don't park in the spots designated for smaller or hybrid electric cars.  Why do you feel it's okay for you to park there?  I know.  This grocery store is just too progressive in its thinking for you to care very much.  That's really too bad.