Link Love: Finding My Center Edition

You’ve probably noticed the erratic posting around here for the past couple of weeks. Chalk it up to getting used to my new surroundings (still a work in progress) and a really bad cold. I’ve got some great content coming up for you this week and next though. I likely will not post on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, so in the meantime, check out these great green reads:

From the Blogosphere & News-o-sphere:

• NEWSFLASH :: Brand New Organic Beauty Magazine Coming To A Newsstand Near You! {fig + sage}
• Adopt a Sea Creature with Oceana {Focus Organic}
• Guilott Realty owner being threatened with arrest for being green {EcoInsomniac}
• 5 Ways We Teach Our Kids To Be Picky Eaters and How to Fix It {Healthy Green Moms}
• Obama’s ‘green dream team’ is warmly received {USA Today}
• Refresh, return, recycle: How one woman’s campaign made Brita face up to its impurities {National Post}
• Alarming Body Burden Results: Tests Reveal 300 Chemical Compounds in Newborn Babies {Eco Child’s Play}
• Cash For Trash? Company Pays People To Recycle {WCBSTV.com}
• Top 3 Sustainability Trends for 2009 {Fast Company}

Green Christmas

• Green Christmas gift ideas for everyone on your list {The Daily Green}
• 15 Ways to Green Your Holiday {Gaiam Life}
• Green Holiday Travel Tips {Focus Organic}
• DIY Cereal Gift Box For the Holidays {GreenUpgrader}
• No Fireplace Needed – 10 Other Places to Hang Stockings {Tiny Decor}
• 5 Kinds of Gifts that Give Back {Gaiam Life}

Green Giveaways

• Win a $38 Super Mega Fun Pack of Happy Fun Dough, containing a 4-oz tin of each of 5 colors in a reusable cotton drawstring bag with a rolling pin from Green Moms Finds. Ends Dec. 22.
• Win one of 10 Think Green! Starter Kits for kids from The Daily Green. The kit includes a reusable kid-sized shopping bag, a signed Think Green! book, a green bracelet made from reclaimed climbing rope, a reusable napkin, and colorful wrapping paper made from 100% post-consumer paper. Ends Dec. 23.
• Win a Wholemato Prize Package that includes a bottle of Original Wholemato Organic Agave Ketchup, recipe bookmarks, a refrigerator magnet and a $25 Visa gift card to purchase the ingredients for some of the recipes on the cards from Sage & Savvy. The blog is also giving away a Beleaf reusable shopping bag made of organic cotton. Both end Dec. 26.

Green Shopping:

Some of you may have noticed that I added a new page to Green Your Decor: Coupons. Here, I will keep a list of all the coupon codes that have been bestowed upon GYD, along with some great deals that I’ve found online or via my affiliate links. All of them will be for green products or retailers.

From Green Your Decor:

• You’ve still got a few hours left to enter to win a pair of luxurious Coyuchi organic cotton towels.
• Green Your Decor is offering green decorating advice. Have a room that needs a little help? Want to green your home but don’t know where to start? Find out more about how I can help you!
• Want to make sure you don’t miss any great green products or projects? If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to Green Your Decor via RSS or email newsletter!