A winner has been selected for our NatureMill giveaway competition. Check your emails and if you got one from me saying that you are the winner… then you are the winner. Funny how that works. Thank you everyone for entering and I hope you stick around to keep an eye on the going-ons at www.guygoesgreen.com and consider www.naturemill.com if you are ever in the market for a great composter.
Posts Tagged ‘green’
NatureMill Giveaway winner selected.
February 23rd, 2010
No food waste and great walleye meal
February 18th, 2010I did a good job today in sticking with this week’s green challenge. Not only did I not throw away any food waste, but I also ate a meal that was mostly organic. This week’s green task is to eat organically and also to keep track of any food that I throw away. I did pretty darn well on both counts today.
First, let me tell you about my awesome meal today. I cooked us up some fresh walleye caught straight from Minnesota lakes. I cooked it in some Smart Balance Omega (good for the ticker and cholesterol) buttery spread along with some organic garlic and a bit of cayenne for some POW. We also had some green beans from the can and these were NOT organic. Hopefully, we will have some garden canned green beans next year, but it was not in the cards for tonight. Overall, tonight, we ate a fairly organic meal. I was going to take a picture, but we ate it too quick. J
As far as throwing food or any food waste away today? Nope… did not do it. Yay!
Let me know some of the organic food you eat in the comment areas below. Also, don’t forget to sign up to win a NatureMill composter at the link shown to the right.
Burt’s Bees Ambitious Green Goals
February 12th, 2010I had to do a little research on the company Burt’s Bees for the company I worked for and I came upon some information I didn’t know. They have set .some pretty ambitious goals they are committed to for the year 2020. Just a look into some of these numbers, they are “including a 51.5% decrease in waste to landfill, a 15.3% decrease in energy use, and a 5.5% decrease in non-product manufacturing water use versus the previous year.” So far this article says they are on target during the year 2009. Something they developed Live the Greater Good to help their employees become educated and take action to keep Burt’s Bees on track to their 2020 goals. They want to be known as the “greenest personal care company on earth.”
I have been quite pleased with their selection of products. I have purchased several Burt’s Bees products at Swanson Health Products. I will soon be trying an exfoliate scrub. I like how they pioneered the development of stricter guidelines to what natural really means when it’s on a label. They helped create The Natural Standard for Personal Care Products. These guidelines: natural ingredients, no health risks, no animal testing and should use biodegradable ingredients apply to Burt’s Bees products so you know you are getting a good product. This standard also requires full disclosure of their ingredients and also use of recyclable materials. With Burt’s Bees lofty goals for the future gives me hope that other companies may follow suit too. If you know any companies that have great environmental goals or have new innovative technology to help the environment, please leave us a comment below.
