A clean environment makes you feel good.

This non profit organization offers easy simple ideas to make your mark!

Check out the video.

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According to Paul Hodges Wal-Mart China is using 80% less plastic bags. Here is he the complete article.

Maybe we could do something similar here. The city of San Francisco is already doing something similar.

Stainless steel 3-tier tiffin

The moms over at The Green Mom Review had to move their very informative and helpful website (formerly Green Mom Finds). Their site is a wonderful place to find out about safe products.

This is their mission:

“The Green Mom Review is doing the work for you. We’re not experts on the environment but we are experts on loving our families and wanting the best for them and we’re on a mission to find products and services that are kinder to the earth and better for our children and families.”

They have recommended two of our stainless steel lunch containers in the past.  Here are the links to their reviews:

Lunch Container Love

Hasta la Vista, baggies!

Klean kanteen stainless steel water bottle

It seems like I can’t go on the web without seeing some story about the health hazards of plastics. And, you know what? Spring is just around the corner and it’s time to get ready to carry something to hydrate yourself in the heat . So, instead of running off to the nearest 7-11 to buy something blue or pink in a plastic bottle, you might consider getting a stainless steel drink container.

Susan Nagel, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health at the University of Missouri, has been researching plastics for more than 10 years. “Water bottles. Yes, it’s possible to live without a plastic water bottle.” Nagel says. “Use stainless steel or glass.”

Pretty simple really. Plus, think of all those plastic bottles that you won’t have to cart out to the street once a week to recycle!

Here’s the article:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jan/15/ways-ease-plastic-out-your-life/

3. “Of the more than 100 independently funded experiments on BPA, about 90% have found evidence of adverse health effects at levels similar to human exposure.”

4. “[E]every single industry-funded study ever conducted — 14 in all — has found no [adverse health] effects.”

5. “[A] rat strain called the CD Sprague-Dawley, which has been shown to be insensitive to synthetic estrogens like BPA” has been used in 13 of the 29 studies that have shown no harm due to BPA.

6. Scientists responsible for most studies are usually consultants working for the companies profiting from the compound.

7. “The United States has a long tradition of keeping harmful substances — lead, DDT, tobacco, PCBs — on the market for decades after scientists find adverse effects.”

What are you going to do about BPA in your life?

It’s a long article but well worth the read! Full article here.

Stainless steel bowls for little hands

Adorable high quality stainless steel bowls are sturdy and BPA free for children’s snacks and pretend play. Great for baby’s first dish, too.

More about stainless steel little bowls here.

Small Green and Yellow Bowls

Little hands cannot resist these colorful bowls. They are stainless steel in the inside and safe plastic “5″ in the outside. No BPA here. Great for snacks, baby and pretend play.

More about colorful little bowls here.

Healthy Children's Dish Set

Healthy fun. Equally good for pretend play and real meals!

No BPA touches your child’s food as it is all high grade stainless steel inside the plate, bowl and mug.

Fun dish set includes plate, bowl and mug. All parts that come in contact with food or drink are stainless steel 18/8. So you do not have to worry about your child eating chemicals along with their food. The outside is made out of “safe” green polypropylene (plastic “5″). The adorable little frog Mara sits on a lily pad to decorate all the items.

*Not for microwave or dishwasher.*

Buy the healthy children’s dish set here.

Stainless steel sandwich container

New stainless steel sandwich carrier is ideal for taking a sandwich to school, work or picnic. The container is for regular sliced bread sizes (ie remember Wonder bread?). No oversized bread slices unless you want to cut it in half.

Buy the sandwich container here.

– Environmentally friendly container let’s you carry a sandwich without wasting plastic baggies and polluting the world.

– Stainless steel does not leach chemicals unto food cooked or stored in it.

– Reusable and dishwasher safe.

– Stainless steel square shaped container and lid with rounded corners.

– 5″ length X 4 1/2″ width X 1 1/2 ” depth.

Buy the sandwich container here.

Large stainless steel container

The containers are 5 inches in diameter and 2 3/4 inches deep. It is ideal for a sandwich, salad, cut up fruit or your favorite leftovers. The container can also be used to store grains or spices.

Stainless steel does not leach chemicals unto food stored in it.

Buy the large stainless steel container here.