Help the Environment by Making the Switch to @Oi4me Feminine Hygiene Products!

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Hey all you women! Want to do your part to help the environment??

Women may not realize that over the lifetime of their period they use about 11,000 feminine hygiene products – that amount of waste piles up to 8-times higher than the Golden Gate Bridge!

But what to do? 

Organic Initiative (Oi) is a New Zealand company that is bringing 100% cotton affordable biodegradable feminine hygiene products to everyday women. They are the first biodegrable FP to be sold in the stores.

I have used these and I love them - they are definitely equal (or better!) to other feminine hygiene products I used to use! I don't think I will ever go back to other mainstream products!

I love that they are made with organic cotton and they are biodegrable applicators!

Buy It:

You can purchase Organic Inititiave feminine hygiene products at online or at a local store near you!

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Celebrate Earth with Natura Wines!

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Earth Month and Earth Day were in April, but really we should treat every day like Earth Day and celebrate and preserve the beautiful Earth we live on!

Natura Wines is definitely doing that everyday by the way they show their support for sustainability and respect for nature. Keeping with the philosophies of Earth Day, Natura -- from Emiliana Vineyards (Chile), the world's leading organic, biodynamic, sustainable, and carbon-neutral winery -- firmly believes that using sustainable organic agricultural practices results in better-balanced, healthier, and more productive vineyards. In turn, this produces better quality grapes and thus more authentic and pure wines.

Check out some of my favorite organic wines from the Natura line:

Natura Sauvignon Blanc: Bright and clean with citrus fruits such as lime and grapefruit mingled with light herbal notes.

Natura Rose (New!): Bright pink. Fresh, fruity, and balanced with cherry and black currant.

Natura Pinot Noir: Bursting with berry aromas, spice and cocoa. Full of flavor with soft tannins, well-balanced acidity and a fresh finish

Natura Syrah: Notes of rich mocha and ripe red fruit. Soft, voluptuous tannins framed by red fruit and a touch of pepper spice.

I really love to open a bottle of the Natura wines at the end of a hard week or long day. I love the taste but most importantly I love that they are made with organic and sustainable farming practices!

Furthermore, to reinforce Natura’s commitment and respect for nature, this year marks the second national partnership with Keep America Beautiful. The program focuses on the groups’ shared values of respecting the environment and beautifying communities. The partnership includes local beautification projects championed by KAB’s community-based affiliate network.

Buy It: 

You can purchase Natura Wines for a SRP of $12.

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Celebrate Earth Day with a Three Bridges Meal

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With Earth Day coming up this week, I want to feature one of my newest favorite brands to serve my family: Three Bridges! They are the maker of natural and organic pastas and raviolis and are committed to caring about the environment and our health.

They do their part to care for the earth by using soy inks on labels and paper-based packaging, pasta trays made from a renewable plant source, and electricity that is 100% certified renewable.

At Three Bridges, they generate over a third of our annual electrical needs from their own solar panels. Their investment in solar energy will prevent the release of 1.1 million pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in its first year alone. That is the equivalent of removing 94 cars from the road. They offset the rest of their electrical use with certified renewable energy. It means that 100% of the electricity used to manufacture this product is offset with the purchase and on-site generation of certified renewable energy.

And besides all that eco-friendly awesomeness, they also make really delicious organic pasta and pasta sauces! My family seriously requests their food every week and not only are they delicious, but they are natural and organic and healthy for my family too!

My husband's favorite meal that I make with the Three Bridges products are the Chicken Fettucine Alfredo with Broccoli, using the Three Bridges Organic Fettucine and Alfredo Sauce. He says it is the best Alfredo sauce he has ever had and compares it to our favorite restaurants!

My children love the Spinach and Cheese Tortellini paired with the Marinara Sauce or the Creamy Red Bell Pepper Sauce! The Tortellini basically taste great with everything! And best of all they are organic and healthy for the whole family!

This Earth Day, we will be celebrating by making a delicious, healthy and eco-friendly meal from a great eco-friendly company: Three Bridges! I highly recommend their delicious pastas and sauces!

Buy It: 

You can purchase Three Bridges products from a local retailer.

* Thank you to Three Bridges for their product for review! Disclosure - This product was given for review for my honest opinion. No other compensation was given.*

Recycle A Cup

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I can't tell you how much I love my Keurig and K-Cups! I only drink about one cup of coffee a day when I have one at all so the Keurig has been a lifesaver for me as far as not wasting coffee and making the perfect cup for me every time! Plus, I can make so much more than just coffee - tea, hot chocolate, apple cider and so much more!

However, there has always been one thing that bothers me....where do all those little K-Cups go in the landfill?? Check out these sad stats below:

The Truth about Single Serve is that it is a growing and significant environmental concern. Just look at the numbers:

• 16 million US households own a single serve brewer
• 13% of the US population drank a cup of coffee made in a single serve brewer yesterday
• That equates to 41 million used single serve cups everyday
• 9.6 billion cups every year
• 2.8 billion cubic feet of waste in our landfills every year

The reality is that all of us can play some small part in reducing the waste that goes into our landfills by using a new, great product called Recycle A Cup™. Recycle A Cup™ allows you to enjoy the variety of different coffee flavors, tea and hot chocolate, then split the plastic cup apart from the rest of the pieces to allow for recycling.

Like me and many of you, my earth-conscious readers, they were bothered by the waste generated by tons of used single-serve coffee cartridges entering landfills each year, even though they loved the convenience and variety of using a single-serve coffee machine. So they created this tool that allows you to separate the components of the cups, so that they can be re-used, recycled, and even composted.

Check out how it works: 

The Recycle A Cup is such a simple and easy solution to eliminate extra waste in our environment and it gives me peace of mind every time I use my Keurig and K-Cups! I now can enjoy my favorite drinks and then recycle the K-Cups easily!

Check out how EASY it is to do!

Step 1: Load

• Wait for your used K-Cup® to cool.
• Place used cup into Holder. Align puncture hole at bottom of the cup with Alignment Pin.
• Place Lid onto Holder. Do Not press the Cartridge Buttons at this stage. Instead twist lid ¼ twist to set for cutting.

Step 2: Twist

• Press both Cartridge Buttons to puncture the cup.
• Keep Buttons pressed and turn Lid 1 time completely around the cup.

Step 3: Separate

• Release both Buttons.
• Remove Lid and upper part of the cup.
• Push finger into hole at bottom of Holder to remove the plastic body.

Recycle & Compost

• Recycle or reuse the plastic cup.
• Recycle the aluminum top.
• Compost the paper and coffee grinds.
• Even if you throw out the top with the coffee grinds attached, the coffee grinds can now decompose vs. being trapped in the plastic and you are still making a nice environmental contribution.
• Tell all your friends about Recycle A Cup™ so that each small contribution can add up and have a significant impact.

This clever new device really does solve a major problem --- a zillion wasteful used coffee cartridges such as K-Cups that end up going in your trash, and ultimately filling up landfills with unnecessary waste. Now you and I will be able to recycle, re-use, and compost the majority of the components of your used K-Cup® cartridges, instead of throwing them away! This is definitely a must for all Keurig and K-Cup users!

Buy It: You can purchase the Recycle A Cup for $14.99 from the Recycle A Cup website.

And make sure to use this great promo code: fvqpud to get free shipping and $5.00 OFF redeemable at recycleacup.com 

(which brings the price they pay from $14.99 to $9.99!!). 

* Disclosure - This product was given for review for my honest opinion.*