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Organic Body Oil
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Organic Bath Salts
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Green Grechen | Mountains of the Moon Giveaway

Its about time I spread more love in the blogosphere!

Green Jobs: Where are they? by Low Impact Living offers a large list of  resources to help you find your dream “green job”.  Pass it on to anyone who is looking for work.

How To Compost Without Raising a Stink If you need step-by-step instructions on how to compost without creating a huge barrow of slime (like I did), this post is definitely a good start.

Ever since I found out about the  Pacific Gyre Plastic Trash Island, it frightens me every time see photos or graphs of it. This is a “trash island”  located in the Pacific that’s twice the size of Texas and 30 feet deep.  The Chic Ecologist goes in to how this happened, the problems that its causing and possible clean-up solutions.

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Since I started this blog, I have written several posts on things you can do to help save energy, water, avoid household chemicals and so on. I am curious to know what my readers are doing to help save the environment. I tried to come up with as many answers as could, but I know that I am probably leaving a lot out!

If you vote, you can chose more than one answer. Please share with us what you are doing, especially if you chose “other”.

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At a local green living expo over a year ago, I came across the Eco Touch, Waterless Car Wash booth (also called Eco Touch, Conscious Care Care). My curiosity got the best of me so I made my way over to see what they were offering.

You may or may not have seen this product at your local stores, but this is a 100% waterless car wash.  I was curious as to how it works. On the bottle, it says:

* One step spray & wash cleaning

* No hose or bucket required

* Cleans up to six cars

Its also non-toxic and biodegradable.

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Naturally Trendy an eco-friendly baby boutique that has everything from organic baby clothes, non-toxic toys, nursing supplies to organic furniture is giving away a pair of Cale Organic baby booties (0-3 months) to one lucky Green and Chic reader.

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Matt & Nat: Takuni Vegan Handbag

Grechen’s Closet (aka Green Grechen) has teamed up with stefanibags.com and is giving away another beautiful handbag.  Stefani Bags is offering this  Takumi bag in grey made from “vegan leather”, 100% recycled grey faux suede lining, antique brass and copper hardware.

Go to Grechen’s Closet to find out how to enter.

Contest ends June 15.

Related post: Enter to Win an eco-friendly Beth Springer Handbag on Green Grechen!

My favorite eco-friendly/green home blog, Green Your Decor was recently nominated for the 2009 BlogLuxe Award in the  Best Eye Candy Blog category.  The eye catching design of her blog’s theme is what has caught the attention of many readers.

Its not just the aesthetics of the blog that I was drawn to though.  Jennae’s blog is your one stop shopping for everything having to do with eco-friendly and chemical free home interiors. You will find everything from furniture,  paint, rugs, kitchenware, for baby, bath, pets,  to linens and more.

You can check out all of the nominies here and vote for multiple blogs in other categories as well.

Photo by Darwin Bell

Previous posts in this series:
Eco Fashion: What is it?
Eco Fashion: Do it yourself – Organic Fabric
Eco Fashion: Do it Yourself – Yarn
Eco Fashion: The Cost of Eco Fashion
Eco Fashion: Consignment
Eco Fashion: Thrift Stores and a little link love

Though there are online options for used clothing such as eBay and Craigslist.  Online swapping is also growing in popularity.  I recently started swapping clothing and books on sites such as:

Rehash

Dig n Swap

Swapstyle

SwapTree

All of these websites are free to register and post.  You only pay the cost of shipping when a transaction takes place.

There are also many local events and gatherings where clothing and accessory swapping takes place.  To find an event in your area, check out Clothing Swap Meetup. Though each group have their own set of rules, you generally have to bring a certain amount of clean clothing for admission and you can leave with several “new” articles of clothing, shoes and/or accessories.

You can also host your own event. The Alpha Mom – Guide to Everything blog has a post on How to Host a Clothing Swap that takes you through each step of hosting your swapping event.   About My Planet has a similar article in Host a Clothing Swap Party.

I find clothing swapping to be a fun and rewarding “shopping” experience – not to mention easy on the wallet and closet. Doing it online is relatively pain free and you can ask as many questions about the clothing as you’d like (size, condition, measurements, etc).  Swapping in-person can also be a very fun and social experience.

Have you ever attended a clothing swapping event or swapped online?

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Yes, I did publish this a few days ago.  Unfortunately, I had a major technical error in WordPress that devoured this post.  My apologies to everyone who commented on the original post.