Produce Freshies
These little packets keep produce fresh–just like those highly-advertised green bags–but there’s no plastic involved. Fruits and vegetables give off ethylene gas, which causes them to ripen. When produce is stored in a refrigerator, the ethylene gas accumulates, casuing produce to ripen and spoil prematurely. These paper packets hold zeolite pellets treated with nontoxic potassium permanganate, which converts the ethylene gas into inert water and carbon dioxide, so produce lasts longer. The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) has allowed the material in Produce Freshies to be used in certified organic production of food processing and handling according to the USDA National Organic Program Rules. After three months of use, you can add the power pellets to any flower, herb or natural home grown garden as an organic fertilizer.
Drain Claw
This inexpensive tool unclogs bathroom drains without toxic chemicals. It “is the fastest, easiest way unclog a slow moving bath drain caused by hair. With over 100 hooks to grab hair, it just takes a twisting motion to capture hair trapped in a clogged bath drain. For bathroom sinks The Drain Claw not only grabs hair, but it can be pushed into the trap to tear through the buildup of soap, toothpaste and gels.”
The Shade Store
Custom window treatments since 1946—now made with natural and sustainable materials, including cotton, linen, hemp, silks, wool, paper, wood, and more. “Our experts can help you create attractive window coverings that reduce heating and cooling costs, darken rooms and protect furnishings from the sun’s rays.” Choose from blinds, window shades, curtains and drapery “Free samples help you create affordable custom window treatments for every room in your house…We offer more than 200 varieties of window treatments made from eco-friendly, sustainable materials, including bamboo shades and wood blinds. Every window treatment is custom made in our US workrooms, and hung & tested before it is shipped to you.” What a selection! Lots of colors and fabrics to choose from.
Eco Lips
More than a dozen varieties of petroleum-free lip balm made with certified organic ingredients. From pure and simple to tinted and sun protection, they have it here. Some varieties contain ingredients that are not organic, only because they are not available organic.
ClothDiaper.com
This website is dedicated to cloth diapers, so they have a ton of information and products to make your cloth diapering experience a success. They explain all the different types of cloth diapers, home many to buy, how to fold a diaper, and anything else you might need to know about diapering. Products include resuable cotton diapers made from bleached, unbleached and organic cotton. Plus diaper covers, wipes, liners and all the accessories.
Peek A Green
Practically everything you might need for babies, kids, and moms, all handpicked by a mom who knows a lot about choosing healthy and green products. For example, ALL clothing, bathwear and soft toys are certified organic cotton or Oeko-Tex 100 certified bamboo fiber, with low impact dyes, free of heavy metals, no chlorine or formaldehyde, nickel-free snaps and zippers. Wooden toys are made from from renewable forests with water-based metal-free dyes and non-formaldehyde glue.
Wilderness Family Naturals
A select collection of nutrient-dense foods, chosen by a couple dedicated to eating and providing high quality, healthy food. They started their business while living in the pristine wilderness of Northeaster Minnesota, but moved to a nearby small town as their internet business grew. This is not your standard natural food store. There are all kinds of food products, but they are very special. Organic Extra Virgin Olive oil crafted on the coast of the Aegean sea by a co-op of farmers. Chocolate syrup made from raw organic chocolate and agave. Exotic heirloom rice with purple and pink grains. An interesting site to explore!
Moonbees
A home-based sewing project specializing in undyed hemp/organic cotton cloth menstrual pads. You can buy them ready-made or purchase materials to sew your own.
Levana Naturals
High quality organic cotton, organic wool & silk clothing for babies and children. They have everything from organic onesies to fair trade playsuits to organic baby blankets.”Our love of natural products—their feel, taste, smell, look and sometimes even their sound—made it a natural choice for us to look for organic items for our newborn. We want to protect the innocence and carefree nature of our children, the environment they live in and the society they grow up in. And have fun doing it. “
Renaissance Fabrics
While looking for ideas to make a Dickens costume for singing Christmas Carols with a local choir, I stumbled across this website, which specializes in wool, silk, linen, and cotton fabrics for the historical costumer. They also have historical trims, lace, buttons, and patterns. They have so many lovely natural fiber fabrics in patterns and colors and weights—things you don’t see in fabric stores. They have, for example, plain woven cottons, plus cotton damask, brocade, sateen, sheers, twill, velvet and velveteen and more. I asked about finishes and they said: “Most of our fabrics have some sort of finish on them but no permanent-press kinds that I know of.” They can tell because the fabrics need to be ironed. Even some of the trims are natural fiber—like silk ribbons. Fabric content noted on all items, so you can avoid the few that have synthetic fibers.
