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It’s Biodegradable, I Swear! Part I
Pepper So after years of making fun of dog owners in the city, I became one myself: a city dweller with a canine friend. Meet Pepper. Of course now I think having a dog in the city is the best thing...
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It’s Biodegradable, I Swear! Part II
Last time I wrote about how easy it is for marketers to “greenwash” by claiming their products are “eco friendly,” “green,” and “natural” with very little regulation and enforcement around these...
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Eco Friendly Shopping Picks – Mother Earth and Mother’s Day
Earth Day is behind us, but let’s not forget about Mother Earth when we shop for Mother’s Day gifts! Want a really unique eco friendly gift for Mom? Check out these incredible notebooks from Vintage...
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Eco Friendly Shopping Picks: Dads, Grads and Summer Plans
This is such a crazy time of year with graduations, other end of school year activities, preparing for camp and summer, and of course Father’s Day! But what to get Dad? I’ve always found shopping for...
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Eco Friendly Gift Ideas
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! If you could take 6 1/2 minutes to watch this video of me showcasing some of my favorite eco friendly gift selections from EcoPlum – I would greatly appreciate it! The self produced...
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Gia’s Tips on Safe Cosmetics
I like this vlogging thing. It’s much easier than writing. I’ll continue to use the excuse that I have a broken finger as long as I can to make these videos instead of writing a post. This month I...
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Gift Giving Returns with the Spring – Make it Eco Friendly!
Just when you think you are out of the woods with gift giving, the spring season returns with all kinds of consumer driven holidays: Easter, Mother’s and Father’s Day, Graduations, and all those spring...
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Fast Fashion has to Slow Down
A few years ago, those checking labels for chemical ingredients in their food, buying organic produce, or looking at the sustainability ratings of seafood were in the vast minority. Organic and natural...
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An Inconvenient Truth about our Shopping Habits
If you have ever watched Seinfeld or any other comedy based on Jewish humor, you know that we Jews are not generally the most optimistic people. Remember the Nanny’s mother and her constant criticism...
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Using Technology to Empower the Consumer in Beauty and Fashion Purchases
Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshinecity/ I was so excited to see that the Environmental Working Group has come out with an iPhone (and Android) app for its Skin Deep database. For...
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Mindycara: An EcoFashionista’s Dream
When my high schooler was a tiny two-year-old tot, he went wandering over to the next table at Starbucks to play with the cute girl sipping warm milk with her mom. As I ran over to get him, I started...
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WHO SAYS BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP?
When I was a little girl, my mom used to tell me not to write on my skin. “The ink is like poison,” she would say, “and it goes directly into your blood stream.” While I’m sure that my mother caused...
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Beautiful Jewelry from… Trash?
You may have seen our article series here at EcoPlum called The Stories Behind our Products. Well reading about our creative and talented artisans is certainly interesting, but how about a close up...
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Sy, Can I Steal Your Tag Line?
In case you haven’t noticed, we are an e-commerce site. We sell stuff. Our tag line is “Where it Pays to Buy Green.” EcoPlum started out as a place to buy eco-friendly products and earn rewards in the...
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The Dirt on Compostable Dinnerware
Photo by Diana House You would think that it’s a no brainer to replace plastic, styrofoam and paper disposable dinnerware with bagasse or another compostable kind – the latter doesn’t sit in a...
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Eco Friendly Shopping Picks: Guilt Free, Fair Trade Jewelry
With the holiday season quickly approaching (yeah, I said it), I am reposting all my Eco Friendly Shopping Picks articles from my column on One Green Planet. This one on Fair Trade Jewelry was...
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Eco-Friendly Shopping Picks: Green Gift Guide
“Green Shopping” is a bit of an oxymoron. I mean, one of the fundamentals of going green is to reduce consumption, right? So what’s a green retailer to do on Black Friday? One of the reasons I...
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It’s Biodegradable, I Swear! Part I
Pepper So after years of making fun of dog owners in the city, I became one myself: a city dweller with a canine friend. Meet Pepper. Of course now I think having a dog in the city is the best thing...
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It’s Biodegradable, I Swear! Part II
Last time I wrote about how easy it is for marketers to “greenwash” by claiming their products are “eco friendly,” “green,” and “natural” with very little regulation and enforcement around these...
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Eco Friendly Shopping Picks – Mother Earth and Mother’s Day
Earth Day is behind us, but let’s not forget about Mother Earth when we shop for Mother’s Day gifts! Want a really unique eco friendly gift for Mom? Check out these incredible notebooks from Vintage...
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