We Campaign

Global warming is an urgent, but solvable problem. That’s why I’ve joined the We Campaign, a powerful nonpartisan movement of concerned citizens that was founded by Nobel Prize Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. We’re already a million strong — and growing each day.
        
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Together, we can solve the climate crisis.

Going Green At Naperville Salon

My name is Cheryl Lauderdale and my husband James and I are Naperville salon owners who have decided to “Go Green.” Our salon, located in downtown Naperville, is called Jus’ Hair.

We now use organic hair color in our salon. It’s called “All Nutrient.” We are very excited about the change, and has been very successful with our clients. They love the idea that what we are using is organic, good for the environment and good for their hair. The colore is made from plan/flower extracts and natural oils.

With so many people eating organic foods, recycling, buying water treatment systems for their homes (which we have done in the last year instead of buying plastic water bottles), we decided to do our part with an organic hair color line.

We’re happy to be a part of such a growing movement! We want to make a difference. Every little bit helps to save the earth.

SALON SUITES
22 E. CHICAGO AVE. SUITE 114-H
NAPERVILLE, IL. 60504
630-863-8665

Going Green: Every Little Bit Helps!

I am writing to you on behalf of the Children’s Department of the Lowell Public Library, Lowell, Indiana. I am currently planning the Summer Reading Club activities for summer 2008.  This year our theme is “Going Green – Every Little Bit Helps!”.  The eight week program is designed to encourage children to read throughout the summer to maintain or even improve reading skills, have some fun and hopefully foster a lifetime love of reading.  This year we are also trying to encourage the “Going Green” movement through education and fun.  The program is for children preschool age through fifth grade.  Last year we had 620 participants who read a total of 15,723 books.

 

The Summer Reading Club program is free for the children and offers a wide variety of activities including crafts, games, cooking classes and entertainment.  In order to encourage the club members to read throughout the summer we also try to offer a variety of incentives such as weekly drawings, picking from the treasure chest, rewarding the top readers and displaying the reading achievements of all participants.

Swapping Goods

Just wanted to recommend the company I founded, www.swaptree.com. Swaptree is a website that allows you to trade and recycle all your books, cds, dvds, video games and textbooks with other users for free. So you list the items you have to trade (that book you’ll never read again), and the items you want, and Swaptree’s trade algorithms instantly find the perfect trade for you. Besides being free and green we’ve been told its amazing and fun.

So on Swaptree your copy of Harry Potter The Deathly Hallows, can be traded to another member, for another best seller, and then once you are done with that, another and another and another, saving lots of money and trees in the process. While we only support these 4 media types now, we want to expand to other products, such as clothes and collectibles.

 

Cremations

We can’t change the cremation process, but we can change everything else. How about recycling our bodies to science? We can Help.

We are the first in the country. Family owned and trying to make a difference. We have only been operating since the first week of February and we have made a difference. How about a free pen that entitles the holder to a $25 discount when that pen is turned in at time of need. The pen is sanitized and sent to a different family. We even use bio-degradable urns.

www.PlanetGreenCremations.com

The Conservation Foundation

Our not-for-profit organization has a great program that has been extremely effective and popular in helping homeowners green their environment. It’s called Conservation@Home and focuses on native plants that do not require the water or fertilizers that other plants need in this climate. Prairie plants improve the soil, feed birds and butterflies, absorb water and more.

Other fun stuff associated with the program — we have lots of photos showing before and after conversions to eco-friendly yards. People can earn a C@H sign for their yard. We have sold over 500 rain barrels in the last year – and two communities are doing “rain barrels on parade” like the cows – decorated along main street! This program although very popular, still needs publicity to help spread the word about easy, achievable steps that nearly everyone can make to help improve the environment. We do over 50 presentations a year to schools, garden clubs, church groups showcasing these good environmental changes.

The Conservation Foundation
Land Protection Specialist
Conservation@Home Program Manager
630- 553 – 0687 x 302
www.theconservationfoundation.org

Sleeving The World A Better Place

The shirt rescue company is a green friendly upscale resale shop of men’s designer shirts. We specialize in top-quality designer mens shirts, sweaters, jackets and ties. Our focus is on preserving the environment by recycling shirts. Another way we accomplish that is by contributing to the carbonfund.org Foundation. For every customer that doesn’t take a bag, we donate 30 cents tothe carbonfund.org foundation.  Our motto is “Sleeving the world a better place.”

WWW.SHIRTRESCUECOMPANY.COM

New Eco-Friendly Andersonville Store

I am the co-owner of a new (just opened March 28th) eco-friendly store in the Andersonville neighborhood.  We are an eco-friendly boutique specializing in green goodies for whippersnappers and their grown-ups too!  
773-944-9250
http://www.green-genes.com/

Shaklee Cleaning Products

My husband and I have started selling Shaklee products because we believe in the products and use everything they offer for us.  Shaklee has been around for 50 years and have a line of Get Clean products which are safe for the environment along with the safety of your family inside your home.

We offer organic cleaning products, laundry booster/concentrate, automatic dishwasher concentrate, hand soap,  dryer sheets. Every get clean bottle states it’s clean credentials:  NONTOXIC, NATURAL, CONCENTRATED, BIODEGRADABLE SURFACTANTS, HYPOALLERGENIC, NO PHOSPHATES, NO CHORINE BLEACH.  Now how many products are out there that can honestly state these facts!   We believe a home should be the safest place in the whole world and a clean house shouldn’t involve dirtying the earth. 

 

Please visit our website and see the products we offer:

 

 http://www.shaklee.net/lefebvre