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We gonna rock down to Eco -Avenue
Just a familiar 80’s song with an eco-twist… and without the big hair. We’re proud to announce our new eco line of Home Textiles and Apparel will soon be called “EcoAveUSA”. Previous to this, you may have goods with our “Tom’s Greenthumb” label, which we’ve produced for a few years now. The thing is, we…
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Catalog Greetings!
Ask any of my friends. I love my black tees. I have about twenty of them. My favorite? Well, of course, our women’s organic cotton scoopneck. It’s so soft and it fits perfec-tee-ly. Anyone that doesn’t know me probably thinks I wear the same old shirt everday. I once read it’s a sign of genius…
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How Safe Is Your Mattress?
We don’t use PBDE’s or other chemicals, so. . . you may wonder how we can offer these chemical-free mattresses without comprising fire safety, and that’s definitely something you need to consider when purchasing a mattress free of chemical flame retardants. We can’t speak for every natural mattress manufacturer, but in our case, we’ve carefully…
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Welcome to our “New” Blog!
We now have this “new” blog up and running. Hope you like it. We’ll try to move our archives of “letters” and “tidbits” over to this site a little at a time. But for now, this is the new place we’ll be posting news, articles, and random ramblings!
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Get Naked
It’s official. We’ve finally decided on a name for our soap and body care line: Naked Spa…. Ingredients so natural they may as well be naked. We use the bare essentials for the various items. Our bar soaps are USDA certified organic. Yippee! And the only preservative is natural rosemary. Our hemp clay mask and…
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Chemical warfare in our clothes?
Did you know that chemicals and technologies developed for warfare during World War I and II, were later incorporated into pesticides for our farms? Your skin BREATHES — and is in contact with clothing, which is why some people suffer adverse reactions to chemically treated fibers. Starting with the cultivation through to the finished fabric,…
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How to make a bed
Europeans are often shocked to see a bed made-up first thing in the morning. It is standard practice in Western Europe to let the bed *breathe* in the morning. The comforter is turned back to allow body moisture and odors to escape from the mattress via air circulation.
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Household cleaning
Enjoying a natural lifestyle doesn’t mean less choices. It means less hazardous substances that can be toxic and leave behind odorous fumes. It means choosing natural cleaning tools containing no harmful or dangerous chemicals. It also means having the confidence that the product not only does the job right, but it does the job safely.…
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What are PBDEs anyway?
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, or PBDEs, are chemical additives that reduce the flammability of everyday items, such as computer casings, carpet pads, cushions and mattresses. In recent years, scientists have discovered that: PBDEs leach out of the items to which they were added and enter the environment. PBDEs are showing up in the air, soil and…
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Kudos to you
Organic cotton is the purest form of cotton available, never coming in contact with any form of chemical treatments. Even the soil must be chemical-free for a period of three years before organic crops can be cultivated. It’s the safest, smartest, most natural choice for our families and our environment. In fact, one organic cotton…