Welcome to the Eco-frienldy Summer Giveaway Hop, hosted by Happy Mothering, rays of bliss and Brittleby’s Corner through the Green Moms Network! Each of the participating blogs is offering a prize package to help you have an Eco-friendly Summer! We hope you’ll get ideas for having a green summer vacation and win some great prizes. After entering the Grand Prize, be sure to hop around and enter all of the other giveaways listed on the linky at the bottom of this post!
At rays of bliss you have the chance to win the Grand Prize giveaway. This prize package will help your family and kids have an Eco-friendly Summer! Read below to find out more about these eco-friendly companies and their great products.
Grand Prize Includes:
Nest Bedding Queen and Twin Organic Luxury Stripe Sheet Sets ($258 value)
Nest Bedding offers a wide variety of natural and organic products for the bedroom, including bedding, furniture and mattresses. The Organic Luxury Stripe Sheet Sets from Nest Bedding are made from organic, USA grown cotton. In addition to being made in the USA, they’re durable and affordable! The luxury stripe sheets are a very soft and luxurious 400 thread count, and will fit up to a 17″ deep mattress.
Goddess Garden One Kids Sport Spray, One Adult Sport Spray and One Facial Sunscreen ($62 Value)
Naturally protect your body this summer with organic sunscreen from Goddess Garden. Their continuous spray sunscreen is 100% biodegradable. Get 80 minutes of water resistance and broad spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 30 protection. Perfect for the active family! Also keep your face protected everyday with their non-greasy formula. Read about Brittney’s experience with Goddess Garden at Brittleby’s Corner.
UV Skinz Terry Beach Poncho and A Pair of Water Shoes ($59 value)
Wearing UV Skinz means fewer chemicals on your body and in the environment and more time for fun and play with the family. And the best part … the PEACE-OF-MIND they give parents, knowing their kids are staying protected from the sun’s rays! The winner of this giveaway will receive UV Skinz fun, functional and Certified UPF 50+Terry Beach Poncho and UV Skinz anti-microbial and odor-resistant Water Shoes. You can read rays of bliss’s review of UV Skinz here.
Green Kids Crafts 3 Month Subscription ($59 Value)
Green Kid Crafts is the original craft subscription company. With Green Kid Crafts, kids can enjoy monthly eco-friendly projects that spark creativity, build confidence and cultivate respect and love for the environment. Your child will receive 3 inspiring projects each month that will engage them with the world and with nature. Every month is a new surprise and all the crafts are projects kids and parents love! Included are all the materials needed to complete an eco-friendly craft. Projects are composed of non-toxic, natural, and sustainable supplies. Each project is designed and made by hand, giving 100% love and attention to each one.
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Disclosure: This contest will run through June 21, 2014 at 8:59 pm PST (11:59 pm EST). The winner will be chosen the following day and announced on rays of bliss. No purchase necessary. US entries only. Must be 18 years or older to win. The sponsors provided me with free samples of these products to review, and I was under no obligation to review them if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You understand that you are providing your information to this blog and not to Facebook. Please note that Happy Mothering, rays of bliss, Brittleby’s Corner, the Green Moms Network and the Green Your Mom event bloggers are not responsible for sponsors that do not fulfill their prizes. We have represented each sponsor with the expectation they will fulfill their prize and in a timely manner. We will contact the sponsor regarding your prize(s). The sponsors, in most cases, are shipping their items to you directly. I will make every effort to assist you obtaining your prize. If there is an issue with a sponsor, please notify the blog you won a prize from within 4-6 weeks for assistance, after that we may be unable to assist you.
We are gardening and canning. We also be using out sprinklers this year unless we absolutely have too.
we are using our dryer less ive been line drying not only my diapers but our clothes
We installed insulated cellular shades to keep the house cool without using A/C!
We are recycling as much as possible.We are growing some of our own food and composting.
We are canning, growing a garden and recycling
Keeping our lights off during the day and opening the window shades instead.
Cloth diapers, growing our food, recycling, making our own bug repellent
I am going to continue to use my BPA free water bottle and use Bite Blocker for those bad bugs!
I am riding my bike more with my daughter. 🙂
Recycling as always and reusing water bottles
We are walking to more places when possible and leaving the car at home!
We are gardening and composting!
We are re-using all of our summer toys (from Green Toys of course)
Keeping the a/c down and hanging the clothes to dry.
Using eco friendly, chemical free bug spray and sunscreen!
We are doing our part to make our summer eco-friendly by trying to save energy and spend more time outside in out garden than in front of the TV!
We don’t use chemicals on our lawn (as all our neighbors do) and grow organic herbs in our garden.
We are recycling as always! Bringing reusable water bottles to the pool. Line drying our wet clothes.
With a tiny yard in the city, we have some vegetables planted and we are trying out citronella plants this summer.
We will be using reusable snack and sandwich bags/wraps!
We are hitting the pool and then the park
Cloth diapering. Making natural deodorant.
I’m planting a veggie garden in my backyard.
We are growing all of our own produce in our garden this year. (Chemical free.)
I am recycling and planting a garden in the back yard
I’m recycling, composting, and planting an organic veggie & herb garden!
I am starting to use cloth diapers on my baby this summer.
Getting my house insulated, installing solar panels, and turning the thermostat up when not home
We’re planting eucalyptus as a natural flea repellent and letting our chickens free range instead of using pesticides to kill unwanted bugs.
We have a compost, garden with veggies for us and flowers for the bees 🙂 i cloth diaper, cook organic healthy food, we are vegetarians, recycle, love homemade everything or thrift stores, farmers market, crafts with recycled goods, and enjoying the outdoors!
We take walks to the store when it is nice, instead of driving 🙂
We recycle. I also try to use as many all-natural products as possible.
We’re using vinegar for weed control on the patio rather than using toxic weed killers.
using cloth diapers! Used a lot of reusable plates while camping too.
-Hannah Avery
I’ll be drying my cloth diapers outside and making baby food.
We are opening windows and playing outside more so we don’t have to turn on the air conditioning. We are trying to go as long as we can without turning it on!
fregrance free
We clothline dry our laundry in the sun.
I am going to try to limit the use of AC and do more outdoor activities (Versus inside using electricity) since the weather is nice.
not necessarily summer – but we just started cloth diapering!
We are adopting a highway to clean as a family! We also recycle and are very aware of our water consumption.
I recycle and limit water usuage.
Well, we will continue to compost, recycle and cloth diaper. We will probably be staying close to home and using less gas this summer too.
I’m going to ride my bike more often instead of using the car.
Hanging my laundry and eating food from my own garden,
sun drying our diapers and walking more!!
we are using more glass products and less plastic
one of my favorite ways to be more green in the summer is by hanging laundry on the line, rather than using the dryer!
Recycling is very important to our family and we take it seriously!
we have been trying to leave lights turned off when at all possible, using fans more, saving aluminum cans and not using as much bought water..
We are cloth diapering!
We are opening the shades and blinds to get natural light and we pick up trash when we go on walks.
We always try to recycle, no matter what the season!
I’m going to continue to recycle, and use my BPA-free GoContigo and Klean Kanteen bottles for water to reduce waste. I also plan to repurpose some older furniture instead of buying new! 🙂
we are growing a garden
we recycle anything possible
we recycle and reuse a lot of stuff.