The Budget Ecoist Forum

What eco cleaning products do you think are a great deal?

2008-06-01T04:20:30-05:00

I just did a review of Purex Natural Elements laundry detergent. I loved it! It worked great, smelled great, and it 's a steal of a price! Plus it's 100% natural and bidegradeable (none of this 99% natural stuff...with the mysterious 1% lingering out there).

What products do you love? Maybe we will write a post about your favorite next!

Know of any clever recyclables?

2008-06-18T11:40:16-05:00

Hey there -- I'm looking for tips! I just did a post about how you can recycle crocs (see: http://www.thebudgetecoist.com/archive/crocs-recycle-this). So I'm wondering if anyone out there knows of other clever items that have recycling programs aligned with them?

Green Chic, Saving the Earth in Stlye: win this book!

2008-07-09T02:49:58-05:00

Go to this post and leave a comment by Saturday, 7/12 to be entered in a drawing to win the book.

Walk, don't run!

http://www.thebudgetecoist.com/archive/green-chic-saving-the-earth-in-style-eco-book-review

What fashion items are you willing to spend the good money on?

2008-05-16T20:33:52-05:00

Earlier today I wrote a post about Tony Perotti's new Green Collection. http://www.thebudgetecoist.com/archive/tony-perotti-green-collection-green-fashion

I feel like it is totally worth it to splurge a bit on good shoes and a good, basic handbag.

What are you willing to spend good money on? And are you willing to spend a touch more to make that option green?

I've also been coveting a pair of the new Guess? organic cotton denim jeans....but I'm pretty sure my husband is going to notice if I try to sneak them into the closet.

Coupon Code for Swaptree.com

2008-06-27T17:21:16-05:00

Swaptree.com has offered Budget Ecoist readers a special promotion code to give them free shipping on their first trade
courtesy of Swaptree.

Click on this link http://www.swaptree.com/WebFrmNewUserHomePage.aspx?promotioncode=budgeteco

when signing up OR enter "budgeteco" where prompted when signing up, and if you use Swaptree’s labels, the postage on your first trade will be on Swaptree.

See our post on Swaptree: http://www.thebudgetecoist.com/archive/books-dvds-cds-and-video-games-recycle-this/

Natural remedies for sunburn?

2008-06-19T23:32:22-05:00

Since it's summer, I thought I'd ask a summer-esque question: what's the most effective natural sunburn remedy?

Natural solutions to soothe that sunburn

2008-06-26T16:53:59-05:00

See this post: http://www.thebudgetecoist.com/archive/natural-home-remedies-go-green

4 day sale: 30% off Ecoist handbags

2008-06-26T15:03:51-05:00

Take 30% off handbags. Free Shipping for all orders over $100

Type spring30 during checkout.

Valid until 6/30/08

http://www.ecoist.com/pc/viewCat_homepage.asp?idCategory=2

Enter the 20 Mule Team Borax giveaway!

2008-06-24T18:32:54-05:00

http://www.thebudgetecoist.com/archive/borax-win-this

Green Drinks - heard of it?

2008-04-15T20:08:02-05:00

Hi ya'll! I just heard about this group called Green Drinks. www.greendrinks.org

Basically, it's a social networking opportunity where every month people who work in the environmental field (be it in academia, NGOs, government, business) meet up for a beer at informal sessions known as Green Drinks.

If you're interested check out their website to see if there's a chapter local to you. Go to the event and just say, "are you green?" They'll look after you and introduce you to whoever is there. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organizing network.

According to their website, "people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity. It's a force for the good and we'd like to help it spread to other cities."