Part of being good to the planet is finding stuff locally. I am in NE GA, and love it here. Yesterday, I went into the city (ATL, locals call that ITP-inside the perimeter) to help the Sierra Club, Green the Governor campaign. There was a green zone and 2/3 of the vendors there were environmentally conscious in some way. I found home made soaps, bottle caps re purposed as earrings, buttons re purposed into rings, vintage broaches re purposed into rings & earrings. Purses, clutches, and make-up cases, made of wrappers and organic cotton. Some really cool stuff.
Well, since I believe local is better, I am going to plug some of these vendors. I haven't necessarily purchased from them, but I have held their products and plan to support them. Couture Recycle: She makes T-shirt w/ sweet sayings like, recycle air..plant a tree, recycle pets, adopt an animal, etc. Check it out! http://www.couturecycle.com
Freshwater Gardens, an Atlanta based body care company, gave away sample soaps. I grabbed the oatmeal, milk & honey body bar. The ingredients are listed as: Coconut oil, palm oil (they assured me it was the "good" palm oil), rice bran oil, olive oil, Castor oil, Shea butter, glycerin, ground oatmeal, fragrance, ground cinnamon. Hmm. Castor oil? Fragrance? Could those be bad? Are any of these petroleum products? I will have to do my research to find out. http://www.freshwatergardens.com/members/freshwater
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