Green Options

What I got was a sample of Kanata’s new blanket made from Repreve, a 100% recycled nylon material. Like the E.C.O fleece items from AshCity, this material feels amazing, like a cross between cotton and wool.

That’s right sports fans, picture waving, crazy crowds of pure adrenaline all going green at once and likely not even knowing about it. Seriously, sport and concert crowds are huge. It is great when mass appeal product like the Bam-Bams can be produced in a more eco-friendly manner.

The new mugs look more like traditional travel mugs however they are still made in the USA using US produced corn. This is a good selling point as the economy slows and - right or wrong - the demand for Made in America promotion products increase.

Raining Rose, Inc. was at the 2009 Dallas ASI show last week showing their line of 66% organic lip balms. They are USDA organic certified and I think these are great products for any Ecopreneurist looking for a different spin on giveaway items.

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

Independent Printing was displaying eco-friendly flash drive folders at the Proforma convention in Dallas last week.

As we have written before about Independent Printing, they are a great resource for Forest Stewardship Council certified [...]

Another quick update. JournalBooks - a great vendor for 100% eco-friendly, totally customizable journals and notebooks - has just re-launched their website.

As I said 2009 seems to be the year of new green ideas. The Eco Water Save Shower Timer, now available from All-in-One, is certainly a great one.

Here is a short story on the birth of a green promotional item and how a family-owned business became an Ecopreneurist in their own right.

We wrote before about the Panda Stand from Megagraphix by way of DRYTAC. Well, the new, lighter, and less expensive Panda Stand L is now also available.

On January 20 the United States will be swearing-in a new president, indeed perhaps our first green president as President Elect Obama has made many references to growing the green economy and ideas for a more green energy policy.
Well our friends at Americanna noted the references. They also noted that presidential memorabilia is a big deal and that it is even a bigger deal when the country feels that a history making change is at hand.

The 2009 eco products are starting to show up. Avaline has improved their eco-friendly lanyard made from 100% PLA (a corn fabric that is biodegradable according to Avaline).