Bamboo is acclaimed to being fast growing and strong. As a renewable resource it is an eco- inexpensive way to furnish your home. Here are some inexpensive bamboo gifts priced at under $25 which I would like to share with you. In Amazon’s Arts, Crafts & Sewing Department, you will find knitting needle sets, circular […]
Archives for November 2011
Eco-Friendly Picnic Baskets
Picnics are a good way to spend quality time with family, friends and your four legged friends. A picnic gathering is a great way to bond with each other too. Most picnic venues happen in parks, near beaches or where there are beautiful scenic views in the great outdoors. What a wonderful way […]
Benefits of Owning Bamboo Furniture
Benefits of Bamboo Bamboo is the largest member of the ‘grass family’. It’s been around for thousands of years and is a fast growing plant with records of it growing 100 cm (39 in) within a 24 hour period. Trees absorb carbon dioxide from our atmosphere but bamboo can do the same at a faster rate because of […]
Natural Cat Toys Filled With Catnip
While searching online for eco-friendly cat toys for my two year old cat “Bella”, I came across a company called Purrfectplay who sells cat toys made with colorgrown cottons and natural wools which mean no dyes are used. Bella is a very fussy cat and loses interest in toys very quickly. For the past couple […]
Dog Houses & Dog Barns: Termite Resistant
Your dog deserves the best comforts in life. Just because they have four legs and a tail they are not much more different than humans when their feelings show. When they hurt, they cry. If they cut themselves, they bleed. Their happiness sure shows. They feel the cold and heat as we do. Yet, dogs […]
Wooden Building Blocks and Shape Sorters
Honing (sharpening) your child’s cognitive skills is crucial. Having cognitive skills helps them to process and obtain knowledge through thinking and doing. Developing your child’s cognitive skills is very important because it gives them the ability to learn and helps them successfully to process new information which will help them to succeed in life. So […]
Cedar Porch Swings & Stands Naturally Termite Resistant
Most indoor and outdoor wooden furniture today have been pressure-treated with arsenic, copper and chromium. Then the wooden furniture is finished with other toxic varnishes. Surely you do not want your children or yourself to be breathing in those toxic chemical fumes permeating from them. Your babies and toddlers are even more in danger of […]
Baby’s First Rattle and Beyond
There are many baby rattles on the market but are they safe? Most of them are made from hazardous materials such as plastics and toxic paints; add the small beads which are inserted inside them and that is a lethal combination. It’s only natural that babies love to suck on things, so you would want […]
Natural Baby Teething Rings
Your baby deserves better than to be chewing and sucking on plastic. Plastic is toxic and also harbors bacteria. How many people do you know like to pick at their teeth with plastic tooth picks? It really angers me that companies are allowed to make toxic baby teethers or other toxic toys for babies/toddlers/children etc. […]
Breathable Clothing For Families
It’s a known fact that new born babies cannot regulate their temperature. The reason being is that when in the womb, the mother’s body temperature is around 37.7 degrees Celsius. Babies rely on their mothers to sweat and shiver for them. When born, babies have limited movement and cannot shiver. To keep cool, they […]