Green Eco Friendly Gift Guide From Etsy

From Home Made Kharma, $24.68 on Etsy.

FOR THE CRAFTY ONE

Here's a few links to some great green gift ideas on Etsy. Using sewing tapes in art, fashion and jewelry is becoming a fast growing trend, partly because they are so wonderfully colored.  That said, here's a the perfect gift for that sewing diva in your family!

A Bike Bag , Upcycled from old banners! Find it at FoolHeartedly, about $37.

FOR THE GUY

 Those hard to buy for guys, sheesh, what to get them? How about this banner that's been upcycled into a bike bag? Plenty of options made by FoolHeartedly, who uses old vinyl banners and makes them into useful objects. What a great idea!

Retro Chalet upcycled this little tin car into a wearable pin, $8.95

FOR THE VINTAGE GEEK

Geek or geekette may appreciate this vintage made in Japan tiny tin car that is now transformed intoa  wonderful wearable art pin. Made at RetroChalet, so cute and wee.

Who is on your shopping list?

Magnet Pad Mattress Green and Eco Friendly

Magnet Pad is a new form of mattress promoting alternative healing, read why.

New Mattress called "Magnet Pad" Helps Heal Naturally

Magnet Pad is a new form of mattress that takes alternative health and healing in mind. It is specially designed with new technology that is unique to this mattress.  The secret is a 7 zone bio magnetic core (that's right, magnets) which  have proven effective helping relieve back pain and arthritis.

Magnet Pad is designed to promote, sustain, and enhance your Chakras. Many Magnet Pads have been purchased for Pain Relief, Back Conditions, Arthritis, Anti-Inflammatory, Circulation, Hip Problems, Stress and Pressure Relief, Sleep and for Pure Comfort.

This is the Go Green Mattress

The makers (who are called Magnet Bed) have also went "green" and "eco friendly" because they have come out with the world's first 100% organic latex mattress. Yes, you heard right.  Their 100% Certified Organic Latex represents a return to safe and sustainable practices. Believe it or not, it's grown with natural fertilizers and is free from toxic chemicals.

Sustainability

Find out more about their company's mission and vision here, or read more about their Magnet Pad.  If that isn't grand enough, they even have a Magnet Bed.

Bamboo Toilet Tissue! 100% Tree Free!

Copper Bamboo "C" Toilet Roll Holder by Etsy Shop: CopperBamboo

My husband Joe works at a natural health foods store, Akin's Natural Foods Market, and last night he purchased our very first package of bamboo toilet tissue! I couldn't be more thrilled! It is made out of 100% bamboo and thus is 100% TREE FREE! The company that makes this particular bamboo toilet paper is Ultra Green, and I am inspired by the details about the product listed on their packaging:

Beyond Recycled Paper: Before recycled paper became "recycle paper", it originally came from trees. Today, most manufacturers use either a blend of recycled paper with tree pulp or 100% tree pulp to make bath tissue. That's no way to save trees. Ultra Green uses 100% bamboo, a fast growing natural resource. If everyone used this product, we would save millions upon millions of trees.

Bamboo Forest Original Painting by Etsy Shop: Seafoam Gallery

 This blog article was contributed by the Etsy Recyclers Guild Team Captain Jessica of Eco-Friendly Freckles

Green Rocking Horses Stevenson Brothers Reducing Carbon Footprints

Photo Credit:  Stevenson Brothers  , This Rocking Horse Is the Arab Horse

This Rocking Horse is Green, Literally.

It's nice to know that a company can start small, and grow large but keep their green and sustainable values. The Stevenson brothers are twins in the United Kingdom that have been handcrafting rocking horses since the 1980's. No matter how big and fancy they get, they keep in mind ways to reduce waste and live green.

Photo Credit: Stevenson Brothers Rocking Horses

Steps to Stay Green

Stevenson Brothers rocking horses are made from locally grown wood, wherever possible, to minimize the carbon footprint. All horses are made by hand using traditional methods; no machinery is used in crafting the horse. Can you imagine that, just look at them for knowing they are 100% handmade is truly amazing.

Photo Credit: Stevenson Brothers, this is the 30th Anniversary Dapple Horse.

Replenishing Trees : From the UK with Love

On top of that each year at Christmas, Stevenson Brothers send an oak tree to a number of their customers which they can plant to replace the wood used in the making of their rocking horse. It's true.  American companies could sure learn a lot from these folks. Kudos to you United Kingdom guys. Check them out at StevensonBrothers and read how they've grown. Shouldn't they win the green company of the year award or something like that ? 

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