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In these tough economic times, shopping may be a luxury for most.  But if the things you use the most in life are wearing thin from use, such as your favorite kitchen, bed and bath linens,  buying organic is a guilt free way to breathe some life back into your favorite areas of the home.  Home entertainment is on the rise and it will lift your spirits to invite friends and family members over for a fabulous home cooked meal and “game night”. 

The Pristine Home strives to bring you the finest organic bedding, bath, and kitchen linens.  The owner, Lee Hemming, wants to provide her customers with a little bit of luxury. Organics cost a little more, so they want to be sure that you get more. You’ll get the softest, longest lasting sheets and the silkiest, most absorbent towels from The Pristine Home. The offerings are more limited than some other stores because they just aren’t satisfied with average, big store volume products. 

So invite your friends and family members over for a great dinner and game night and let The Pristine Home nourish your lifestyle. Clean, original, of the earth, “Pristine”.  And try this great organic smoothy recipe for plenty of energy too:

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces ice cubes
• 1-2 ripe bananas
• 1/4-1/2 cup organic vanilla yogurt (substitute flavor to suit your taste)
• 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
• 1 tablespoon raw honey
• 1/2 cup cubed fresh pineapple
• 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 cup frozen whole strawberries
• 2 cups orange juice

Directions

1. Fill your blender with ingredients and blend until smooth.  Change the fruit depending on availability.

I’d like to welcome Heather and her company Extinct Design to our eco community.  With a dream of taking forgotten designs from the past and weaving imagination into a new era. Here’s some more from Heather on her unique designs…

Recycled Vintage Clothing

What you wear can say a lot about your individual style, your creativity and now even your beliefs! Recycled clothing and vintage handmade eco fashion garments help reduce the need for mass produced “quick fix” clothing.

Extinct Design has been set up to celebrate this individual style, recycling of ideas and clothing whilst promoting quality on trend eco-fashion. The couture range has been hand-crafted and are all hand finished pieces incorporating vintage, pre-owned material in an imaginative and truly personalised way.

There is a range of exquisite dresses from the 50s, 60s, and 70s that will add colour and quality to your wardrobe.

Every girl deserves the perfect dress and Extinct strives to bring you just that! Quality handmade pieces that are meant to last more than one season. Heather Jones, Designer and Owner of Extinct says “I love making things, producing one-off pieces designed and tailored just for you. Making items to order rather than producing any unnecessary wastage. All neatly packaged up
using recycled materials.”

I would love to hear from anyone who is interested in creating their own home-made garments or re-styling their clothing, re-using the materials. A feature soon to be added to the site will include tutorials on updating items you may already have – free of charge.

You can always browse the store to update your look with stylish items such as our vintage coloured tights, handbags or shoes! Also unearthed treasures harking back to a bygone time where men were princes and ladies were glamour pusses can be found to adorn your home. www.extinctdesign.co.uk ~ breathing life back into forgotten clothing,
vintage dresses whilst restyling material into modern wonders….

Visit Heather’s visionary website today and check out all of her cool designs and read more about her vision.

I’d like to introduce Yvonne and her company Environmental Products Distribution Company (EDPCO) to our eco community. She distributes reusable tightly woven cotton coffee filters around the world to cut down on one-use paper filters! Here’s some more about the Eco Filter

Environmental Products Distribution Company was founded in 1993. EPDCO is the manufacture and distributor of the trademarked product, Eco Filter. Yvonne Amarillas directs the manufacturing and distribution through out the US from our headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California, USA.  In 1997  EPDCO introduced the Eco Filter to the European market and expanded its distribution.

Our primary goal is to preserve our precious trees, reduce waste factor and strive for all of us to breathe cleaner air. EPDCO is determined to make a difference by educating people about sustainable lifestyles. EPDCO is dedicated to the preservation of our environment for the future generation.

Eco Filter is made of 100% natural tightly woven cotton that  filters out all, but the most aromatic, smoothest tasting coffee possible.  Aroma is what Eco Filters deliver best. Easy to use, clean and its durability are considered it’s unique advantages over all other coffee filters.

We take great pride in manufacturing our product in the USA, and stand 100% behind our product ,satisfaction guaranteed.

Check out her website for more information on her cotton coffee filters.

I’d like to welcome Gordon and Wendy with BioGreen Systems to our eco community. Here’s there vision on the importance of raising awareness and green education…

The mission of BioGreen Systems Inc is to help educate and bring awareness
to the fact that there are safe, non-toxic, “green” alternatives available
to replace the toxic and potentially hazardous products the average person
now uses on a daily basis.

At BioGreen Systems, Inc. we take great pride in being able to provide a
complete line of high quality “Green Products” for Personal Care, Home
Cleaning and Laundry Care. These are the types of products that we all use
on a daily basis. What is most important to you in your search for “Green
Products” to use in your home or office? Is it the quality, the value, the
benefits to you and the environment, the availability, the company’s “green
integrity” or all of the above? Whatever your answer, BioGreen can meet your
needs.

BioGreen’s products are the very best that science and technology has to
offer, they are not tested on animals and are truly non-toxic, earth
sensitive, “green” products. They are not only safe, but also, cost
effective and multi-purpose. (Example: BioGreen’s EcoPure, mixed 20 to 1
with water, costs less than 50 cents per quart!) Most importantly, the use
of BioGreen’s products will help protect not only you and your family, but
also the surrounding environment. Our products are easily available, just a
“click” away when ordered online and shipped directly to you. Since
BioGreen’s products are so highly concentrated, (many are mixed with water
before using, saving you money) they require less packaging, which means
less fuel to ship, thereby having less of an impact on the environment. By
careful packing BioGreen is able to ship the products in the least amount of
packaging possible. With our use of packing peanuts made from cornstarch,
which are completely water soluble and are harmless to the environment, this
demonstrates just one more way that BioGreen gives evidence of our “green
integrity”.

Learn more about their green sustainable products on their website. We all need to be more concious of the toxic and unnecessary waste we produce on a daily basis. Wendy and Gordon are leaders in the green revolution!

It’s no longer a complicated process for anyone to grow their own healthy plants, fresh fruits and vegetables naturally. As a matter of fact, “as the demand for healthy, fresh fruits and veggies grow, so has the demand of individuals to organically grow their own.” states Dan DeLouise Founder of OrganicGardenGrower.com.
With that comes some new and wonderful innovative ideas that make it easier and more cost effective than ever to be a successful grower. It appears even those with limited experience or recourses can prosper as a grower these days. To help celebrate the second anniversary of the New England based company, OrganicGardenGrower.com has launched a new line of sustainable garden products. With the help of products like the EarthBox, ideal for extending the life cycle of the growing season (fall gardens) and the (counter top) AeroGarden, hydroponic garden a big favorite among chefs, anyone can grow fresh organic plants all year long. Many of these new products virtually create a self-sustaining environment keeping it extremely simple and fairly inexpensive to attain. Truly, most anyone can now have the same results as a seasoned gardener the first time around.

It’s no big secret that it’s almost impossible to buy good produce at the supermarket these days. Too often fruits or vegetables just purchased are found to be barely edible, not to mention pesticides or chemicals used to grow them, and the havoc they wreak on the environment. With the high cost and lack of quality of produce available in today’s market place, has become more and more popular, so much so that technology and nature are forced to begin to work together…..Read the entire Press Release here