Author: Diane Nudelman
Website: http://ecoswag.typepad.com/my-blog/2009/07/new-site-design-c…

The Ecoswag.com website is offline for a couple of days while our team implements an entire re-design of the site. We're expecting to have it back up by the middle of next week. New features will include better product photos, more product information, improved navigation, a much more appealing design and the ability to write product reviews.

In the meantime, if you need help with finding and buying eco-responsible swag for your company or cause, give us a call or shoot us an email:

Phone: 1-877-4-ECOSWAG

Email: Sales@Swagconnection.com

(Ecoswag email domain is also coming soon, but use this one for now)

Looking forward to launching the new & vastly improved Ecoswag.com website next week!

Diane Nudelman
President & Swag Queen
Ecoswag.com

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Author: Heather Philipp
Website: http://www.renewablechoice.com/green-meetings-and-events-fre…

Join us for the Green Your Event webinar Wednesday, July 15, 11 am MST/1 pm EST

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Author: Jen Biederman
Website: http://www.renewablechoice.com/Blog-07-06-09-Ideal-Bite-Tip-…

Shipping - Green Living Tip Brought to you by Ideal Bite

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Author: Lisa Frack
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/07/is-bottled-water-safe-who-…

By Lisa Frack

As you might imagine, I read labels before I buy pretty much anything. But when they don’t tell me a thing, why bother? Take, for example, bottled water.

Labels disclose very little. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
Our new research into 200 popular brands of bottled water shows that less than 2 percent disclose the water’s source, how the water has been purified and what chemical pollutants each bottle of water may contain. Just 2 of the 188 individual brands EWG analyzed disclosed these three very basic - and arguably essential - facts about their water. You can easily find your brand with our searchable (and embeddable) widget.

Some brands are better than others
Somewhat surprisingly, mainstream brands such as Sam’s Club and Walgreen’s scored relatively high marks, while waters marketed as elite, including Perrier, S. Pellegrino and the Whole Foods store brand, flunked because they provided almost no meaningful information for consumers. Ahhhh, marketing. … (Read the rest of this article at the following article source link for the full story)

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Author: Amy Rosenthal
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/07/because-pesticides-on-your…

By Amy Rosenthal

Worried about your cantaloupe catching fire?
You might not have to anymore! Your fruits and veggies may be doused in Deca, a flame retardant chemical and known neurotoxin.

How could a flame retardant get on my apples?
The food industry uses plastic pallets made with the toxic chemical Deca to store certain fruits and vegetables. These pallets may go through a process called “hydrocooling,” where they’re submerged or water is sprayed over them to keep the produce fresh. As the water is reused, Deca leaching from the pallets can build up, eventually leaving residue on the food itself.

(Fun fact: two of the fruits likely to be hydrocooled - apples and peaches - are the two with the most pesticide residues, according to EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides. How’s that for your daily serving of chemicals?)

What are the risks of Deca?
Deca is a member of the family of flame retardants known as PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers). PBDEs, which…

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Author: Jean-Paul
Website: http://www.thechicecologist.com/2009/07/eco-friendly-neopren…

As an avid SCUBA Diver, Surfer and water sports guy, (a few) neoprene wetsuits are a standard for myself, and anyone living above or below the equator.
Neoprene is not the most eco-friendly material out there, even so called ‘green’ neoprene. All neoprene is made from a petroleum or limestone derivative, therefore each suit is [...]

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Author: Green Talk
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On the way back from North Carolina to New Jersey, my husband really wanted to visit Luray Caverns in Virginia.  Our trip from North Carolina to New Jersey was easily a 12 hour a drive without stops.  No one in the car really wanted to visit the caverns and just wanted to get home.  There would had to have been a tornado right by the caverns to dissuade my husband from seeing them.  So, my kids grumbled into the museum expecting to be bored to tears .  (Not a pretty sight.  Honestly, I thought I would be bored too.)

We were all given hand held small tape recorders for our self-guided tour.  Once, you are in the caverns, it is hard not be amazed at Mother Earth’s handiwork.   It is one of the most beautiful, solemn places I have ever visited.

During the guided tour, one of the speakers mentioned how clean the air is and most people with sinus conditions do not have any problems in the caverns.  In fact, a house was built above the caverns, and air was pumped into the house…

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Author: easy eco blog
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photo credit: b0jangles
Summer vacation?  Tripbase has a new CO2 Emissions Calculator that’s been made to help people out with being a bit more green and socially responsible when it comes to flying.

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2. Meat Consumption and CO2 Emissions
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