Join Me and Plant a Billion Trees

Please take a few moments to donate $1 (or more if you wish) to the Plant A Billion Trees Campaign. The trees will be planted by The Nature Conservancy staff and partners working in The Atlantic Forest of Brazil. The Atlantic Forest is considered one of the world’s most endangered tropical forests — only 7% [...]

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Earth Day…

Tuesday is Earth Day. Will you celebrate in some way? I hope that you will. This week all posts for this blog will be about Earth Day and the many ways we can do our part as business owners and citizens of our planet.
Today I encourage everyone to add recycle symbols to their products if [...]

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The Environmental Impact of Palm Oil

There are many arguments on both sides of the palm oil debate. Some feel that the impact made by the soaping industry is negligible where others feel it impacts in ways that have nothing to do with how much oil is used in soaping. No matter what side of the fence you fall on with [...]

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Bag-E-Wash

Oh - the things you might discover while checking the weather. I flipped on the Weather Channel yesterday to see what is in store for us this weekend and their Forecast Earth program was on. It’s actually a great program. I never thought I would set the DVR to tape anything on The Weather Channel, [...]

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Sustainable Packaging

Lush is a very controversial company in the handmade soap circles. Almost every forum I have visited has had an argument thread or two about them. Regardless of what you think of their products, you can’t disagree that they are committed to green issues. In fact, they have made it a priority to reduce the [...]

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