Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors and let each near year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
As you stride boldly into 2012, you’ve no doubt given some consideration to resolutions. According to The Barna Group last year, more than 60% of Americans have made resolutions at some point in their lives (although only 1 in 4 cited success and long-term change). As you consider losing weight, getting control of your finances, being healthier or other traditional resolutions, why not add some green to your goals?
Happily, it’s no longer considered strange to care about the environment, and it is certainly no longer a preference aligned with a particular political party. We’re even moving past sustainability being considered a fad or a trend that the general public, i.e. consumers, subscribe to without careful examination. There is still plenty of “green-washing” out there, but now it is perfectly normal for a family to make greener choices that have positive impact on the natural world and make practical sense for your bank account.
Best of all, we’ve got a giveaway to help you get started on your greener path! Blue Avocado is a nifty company making eco-chic products for shopping, lunches and more, and they are the real deal. Their products are reusable and washable, and come with an eco-label (and substantial information on the website) to help you understand all the steps they’ve taken to make their products truly sustainable, practical and dependable.
Visit their website to check out all the fab shopping and lunch kits, and use code bagreen20 for a discount on any order you place through January 31, 2012. Then, enter below via Rafflecopter (there are plenty of options and you can have multiple entries!) to win one of their eco-chic kits! If you don’t win here at Arkansas Women Bloggers, there will also be entries over on my personal blog (The Little Magpie), the Ozark Natural Science Center blog and nwaMotherlode.com during the month of January!
Best of luck and happy (green) 2012!