Celebrate Earth Week at Shoebuy: Clothing & Accessories
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and we hope another 40 more years are to come. The changes are unbelievable since the first Earth Day in 1970, which gives us a great reason to celebrate.
Many people had doubts about recycling back then because they believed it wasn’t worth the effort. It was just so easy to haul the stuff to the landfill. But today recycling is the norm. It’s common to see recycling bins all around office buildings, schools, and homes. With many cities offering public and private curbside service or drop-off sites, there’s no excuse for not recycling!
Other improvements with roots in the first Earth Day include low-energy lighting, the “green” building boom, and companies and people reducing their carbon footprints by reducing, reusing and recycling waste. Smog levels nationwide have dropped by about a quarter, and lead levels in the air are down more than 90 percent. Formerly contaminated lakes and burning rivers are now open to swimmers and fish species alike.
We’ve come a long way since the first Earth Day, let’s not stop now!
Introduce yourself to one of our newer brands, KLeN, if you haven’t yet. Because now through the remainder of 2010, this earth-loving brand has committed itself to plant a tree for each t-shirt sold. So the more shirts you buy, the more spruce, oak, and maple trees KLeN and the Arbor Day Foundation will plant throughout the nation’s forests as well as in Corona, CA, where KLeN is headquartered.
All clothing from this brand for babies is made with 100% organic cotton and environmentally sensitive dyes, ensuring high environmental production standards as well as extra softness on the skin. Furthermore, all Little Green Radicals clothing has full fair trade certification and is guaranteed sweat-shop free. This line is totally adorable and promotes a great eco-friendly message with a touch of comedy. Buy the best for the environment and your kids.
I EXCLAIM! was started by four moms who were inspired by their young kids to make changes in their lives by shifting their focus to issues that will impact their children’s lives. “We may not be able to control the world they will grow up in, but through I EXCLAIM! we can control the kind of messages and energy that we want them to embrace.” The goal is to design products that are upbeat and guilt-free in every way: positive messages, earth-friendly materials such as 100% organic cotton, fair trade practices, and a give-back program to pay the goodwill forward.
The Green Bottle was designed as a solution to the problems caused by the massive worldwide use of disposable plastic water bottles. Nearly 2.5 million plastic water bottles per hour are thrown away rather than recycled in the United States alone! Opt for the better alternative: the Green Bottle. Each one is made of 18/8 food grade stainless steel for durability, and all are BPA free and non-toxic, keeping you and the environment safe. Green Bottle has also partnered with 1% for the Planet and has committed to donate a minimum of 1% of all proceeds to non-profit institutions that help protect and maintain our environment and our planet.
And that wraps up Shoebuy’s Earth Week! But remember to keep doing your part every day of the year. As best put by William Ruckelshaus, the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency, ”To suggest that we’ve made progress is not to say the problem is over.”
- Jen H. and Lauren Z.
