We were supposed to be moving today, but it isn’t going quite as planned. In fact, we’re pretty much stuck right now. So I’m trying to make the best of the situation, but it’s a bit hard to see the forest for the trees at the moment.  I’ll leave you with some great green reads for your weekend and hopefully I’ll be back to my regular posting next week:

From the Blogosphere & News-o-sphere:

• 12 Fun DIY Projects for the Chic Green Geek {ecosalon}
• Company of the Week: FGX. Ship Greener. Ship Direct {lu-n-am}
• What Are You Tired Of? Tell the World and Make It Change! {Victoria E.}
• Eye Candy: DIY Cribs {Tiny Decor}
• Consumed: Goodwill Hunting {New York Times}
• 14 Steps to Prepare For Holiday Shopping {My Dollar Plan}
• Eleven (Nearly) Effortless Ways to Save Money Each Month {Frugal Dad} — FYI, many of these tips are pretty green too
• Green Living Deluxe: How the Environmental Movement Went Way, Way Upscale {E Magazine}

Green Giveaways:

• Win a set of 25 custom holiday greeting cards from ElanInk and Green Mom Finds. The holiday cards are printed on FSC-certified paper from responsibly managed forests. Ends Nov. 23.
• Win a stylish reusable shopping bag from the Green Chic Bag Company and Handmade Showcase. Ends Nov. 29.
• Win an awesome green living prize package from Focus Organic and Jump Start to Green. Among other things, the prize package includes a couple of CFLs, a Kleen Kanteen stainless steel water bottle and a SmartStrip powerstrip — all products that can help you make everyday living greener. Ends Dec. 6.

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. For example, my newest sponsor Gaiam offered up this gem just for you, my dear readers:

• FREE shipping on all orders, no minimums, with coupon code “AFGRN.” (aff)

Check out the coupons page for more great deals.

From Green Your Decor:

• You’ve still got a few hours left to enter to win a beautiful rescued art construction from the fabulous eco-artist, Dolan Geiman.  You can also enter to win a pair of Pure & Natural soy candles, and there’s an extra entry method that gets you FIVE additional entries with just the click of a mouse
• For those of you who are preparing to do some holiday decorating, of if you’ve already started, look out for Green Your Decor’s new Green Christmas series, coming soon. There will be a week full of posts, culminating with a huge — and I mean HUGE — eco-friendly holiday decor giveaway at the end. Can’t wait? Neither can I
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

Photo by Jim Goldstein

I’ve alluded to it, but never really came right out and said it. My family and I are getting ready to move to a new state, so I’ve been more than a little busy over the past week or 2 trying to get everything situated. We’re not sure exactly when, but if all goes well, it will be in the next few days. So if there’s a day or 2 when I miss posting, please forgive me. I’m trying to line up some guest posters so there’s no gap in content. For your green weekend, here are some great reads, deals and giveaways to keep you going.

From the Blogosphere & News-o-sphere:

• AT on … Fantastic Billboards in Denver (and a Holiday Message?) {Re-Nest by Apartment Therapy}
• Payless Goes (Seriously) Green; Inexpensive Eco Shoes for All! {Eco Chick}
• New York Mayor Proposes Charge on Plastic Bags {Inhabitat}
• Give Fair Trade a Fair Try {My Design Secrets}
• 6 alternatives to dryer sheets + 2 reasons you should care {Gaiam Life}
• An Obama Green Jobs Corps? {New York Times Green Inc. blog}
• Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know {Telegraph}
• Amidst a failing economy, how sustainable is sustainability? {Food For Thought}
• From Living on the Street to Earning a Living Wage: Fair Trade at Work in Hanoi {Gaiam Life}

Green Giveaways:

• Win a $50 gift basket worth of organic body care products from Nurture My Body and Everything Up Close. Ends Nov. 15.
• Win a copy of “Celebrate Green,” a book that can help you have a greener, less wasteful, more sustainable holiday season. Ends mid Nov. (not sure exactly what date)
• Win Natural Home Magazine’s full line of 19 eco-friendly home products, including recycled tableware and bamboo products. Ends Dec. 31.

Miscellaneous

I was asked recently what was the best gift I’ve ever received. My answer will sound kind of cheesy, but its the truth. One Christmas, my husband gave me a pair of really cute bright red pajamas. Not the lingerie kind, but the curl up on the couch and read a book kind. It was my favorite gift because it was the first time he had ever shopped for me without my telling him what I wanted. And I appreciated it so much more because of that This Christmas, I’d like to win a Zune MP3 player for him. I have an iPod, but he has nothing, and he really likes the Zune. Present Professor is giving one away.

Green Shopping

• Remember those vintage seltzer bottle pendant lamps I featured a few weeks ago? Well, seller Russell Johnson Imports is offering you 25% off your entire order from their site with coupon code “greenyourdecor“. Ends Jan. 1, 2009.
• Get 20% off organic flannel sheets at Gaiam. Ends Nov. 30. Also, get 10% off your entire purchase when you use coupon code AFHLO. Ends Dec. 15. (aff)

From Green Your Decor:

• You’ve still got a few hours left to enter to win an awesome Flip Ultra video camera. Subscribers, there’s not automatic entry this time. You must comment to be entered. Don’t miss your chance to win an early Christmas present for yourself or a loved one. And you can also enter to win one of those vintage art calendars printed on recycled paper with soy-based inks — one features DC comics superheroes and the other features vintage University of Georgia football program art.
• For those of you who are preparing to do some holiday decorating, of if you’ve already started, look out for Green Your Decor’s new Green Christmas series, coming soon. There will be a week full of posts, culminating with a huge — and I mean HUGE — eco-friendly holiday decor giveaway at the end. Can’t wait? Neither can I
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

Image courtesy of BarackObama.com

I still haven’t gotten over the joy and elation of Obama’s presidential victory. I may never get over it. But now, I’m looking forward to the changes to come, particularly in terms of the environment and the economy. Congrats again, President-Elect Obama, and here are this week’s links:

President Obama:

• Our First Family {My Brown Baby}
• What Should President-Elect Obama’s First Sustainable Act Be? {Sustainablog}
• What Can the World Expect from President Obama? {ecosalon}
• Obama’s new website: Office of the President-Elect
• Get a free Obama sticker

From the Blogosphere & News-o-sphere:

• Is There a Green Upside to the Economic Meltdown? {The Inspired Economist}
• Staying Organic During Tough Times {Organic To Be}
• Eco-chic on the cheap {Plenty Magazine}
• The 4 Worst Energy Zappers in Your Life {The Change Blog}
• The Home Accessory Hiding in Your Cupboard {The Inspired Room}
• Homeowners go greener with do-it-yourself jobs {San Francisco Chronicle}
• Amazon.com Introduces Recycled & “Frustration-Free” Packaging {The Good Human}
• 20 Hidden Ways Your Stuff Screws You Over {On Simplicity}
• 10 things your husband wishes you wouldn’t do: #8 {Blissfully Domestic}
• Nike Kicks Waste to the Curb {ecofabulous}

Green Giveaways:

• Win a 3-6 month Kimono shirt with Yoga pants or a 5T long-sleeved Christmas tee from OBLI Organics {simple}
• Win a set of 3 Earthwise Kids’ books packaged in a jute bag. Earthwise Kids’ books are printed on recycled paper using soy based inks. {Go Natural Baby Blog}
• Win a Planet Pixies doll, meant to help encourage children to make green decisions. Each Pixie comes from a different endangered zone of the globe — the Amazon Rain Forest, the Arctic Ocean and the Florida Everglades. {Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls}
• Win a FLOR Stampede Rug made of nylon and recycled materials (and completely recyclable). {PointClickHome}
• Win the full line of natural bath and body care products from the Kiss My Face kids line at Livin’ With Me.

Green Shopping

Skimbaco has a great sale on an organic toddler tee. The Horsie Cameo Organic Cotton T-shirt is down to $7.99 from $35. It’s short sleeved, but you can’t beat that discount! It would be great layered over a long-sleeved tee. PKMU is giving one away in your choice of sizes (12-18 mo., 2T or 4T). I know I’ll buy this even if I don’t win it. And since I’ve never posted a photo of my wee one, here’s my princess, Ja’Naya, who would be cute as a button in this tee   This photo is from her birthday in August (hence the crown and ballerina skirt)

From Green Your Decor:

• Win a luxurious organic cotton/bamboo blend blanQuette from Yumi & Laurie. You’ve still got a few hours left to enter, and this is our most popular giveaway ever! Don’t miss your chance to win.
• For those of you who are preparing to do some holiday decorating, of if you’ve already started, look out for Green Your Decor’s new Green Christmas series, coming soon.
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

Image courtesy of ObamaCycle

I guess I could have called this the Happy Halloween edition, but my family doesn’t celebrate Halloween, and I think the election is just a tad more important. Thus, the name   Here’s some election and voter information, along with some great green reads, giveaways and sales for your weekend:

Vote 2008

The election is now literally just days away. I have made my presidential choice pretty clear over the past few months. However, it really doesn’t matter to me who you’re planning to vote for — only that you vote. Being registered alone isn’t enough. You have to actually show up at the polls. Like millions of others, I’ve already cast my vote, thanks to advance voting in Georgia. I truly felt like I was making a difference for the future of our nation. If you haven’t voted yet, are still undecided, or aren’t sure where to vote, here are some links to help you out:

• Find out where to vote and get directions to your polling place
• Find out what candidates and measures will be on your ballot
• Find out more about the candidates and the issues in the presidential election
• Environmentalists for Obama: I’m not necessarily in agreement with 100% of his environmental policies, but I do believe he is the candidate who will make the most difference in taking the United States, and the world at large, toward a greener future.
• Get free, printable Obama posters from ObamaCycle and Change The Thought

From the Blogosphere & News-o-sphere:

• Give the Gift of Sight with KAYU’s New, Hot Line of Ethical Sunglasses {Feelgood Style}
• Simple ways to give your home an eco-friendly makeover {Komo News}
• 5 ways to avoid marketers faking green claims {The Dallas Morning News}
• Top 5 kitchen cupboard ingredients for non-toxic cleaning {Gaiam Life}
• 5 Daily Practices to Help You Keep Your Edge {The Change Blog}
• Bamboo Case with a Super Hybrid Engine? {It’s to Live Green}

Green Giveaways:

• Submit a photo of your eco-inspiration to White Cloud for a chance to win a $10,000 eco-adventure trip from Natural Habitat Adventures.
• Win one of three Whole Foods gift cards by referring your friends to Kiwi Magazine’s newsletter. The gift cards are worth $250, $150 and $100 respectively.

Shopping

• Ecoist is offering 25% off your next order by purchasing either Mega/Maia bag. Coupon only applies to full priced items and while supplies last. (aff)
• This one expires tonight, so get on it fast. Oscar & Belle Organics is offering immediate shipping of their fall collection. Receive 15% off on orders of $50 or more. Use code “FallOrganics” during checkout. Restrictions: Limit one time use per customer. (aff)
• Check out these eco-friendly gift ideas for the kiddos by B:Kids. Scroll down to the second section.
• Get an amazing 40% off at Coco’s Shoppe, a great online eco-boutique, with code “treat” through 11/2.  After that, get 25% off all the time courtesy of Green Grechen (click the link for the coupon code).
• Ortolan Organic, a maker of some awesome pillows, throws and table linens, is having a 20% off summer sale. Use coupon code “summer20″ at checkout.

From Green Your Decor:

• Win a pair of blackout curtains from Eclipse. They claim to help reduce energy costs by up to 25%.
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

You may have noticed that this post is a little late today. It has been a super busy day for me, so I’ll offer you a bunch of great reads and giveaways for the weekend:

From the Blogosphere & News-o-sphere:

• 10 Eco-Friendly Decorating Ideas That Won’t Bust Your Budget {Sprig}
• How to Make Fabric Panel Wall Art {How About Orange}
• Downsizing Your Life To Live In 100 Square Feet. Could You Do It? {The Good Human}
• Making A Home Green, Healthier & a Money-Saver {CBS News}
• The Pickens Plan: As Good As It Seems? {Low Impact Living}
• Green Bedrooms Help Allergy Sufferers {My Design Secrets}
• Jessica Alba Opens Her Green Home To In Style Mag {Ecorazzi}

Vote 2008

• Unbelievable McCain Vs. Obama Dance-Off Video
• Check out this collection of awesome photos from a photographer on the campaign trail with Obama.

Green Giveaways:

• Win an organic bamboo scoop neck tee from Amazing Tees and The Giveaway. Ends 10/26.
• Win an amazing prize package from the Netto Collection that includes an organic crib mattress and accessories worth more than $700 from Bellaziza. Ends 10/27.

ElevenMoms updates

In large part, the reason I joined Wal-Mart’s ElevenMoms initiative was to offer insight to the giant retailer about sustainability from a consumer’s standpoint. That’s why I think this story about Wal-Mart is worth noting: Wal-Mart to Toughen Standards.

From Green Your Decor:

• The winner of Green Your Decor’s Green Room in a Box giveaway has been selected and notified. The consultation process is under way, and you’ll see the custom designed room in coming weeks.
• Speaking of interior design consultations, Green Your Decor is also offering a new service: 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!
• Win an Earthlust stainless steel water bottle and a set of 3 Envirosax reusable shopping bags from our newest sponsor, KirDeVries.
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

I’m going to try to make today a short one so I can take my wee one to the park (hence the photo above), so here’s some great green reads to keep you busy.

From the Blogosphere & News-o-sphere:

• Why Are We Here? and Where Are We Going? {Green Grechen}
• Eco-friendly By Color: Red with Natural Accents {Tiny Decor Blog}
• Pint-Size Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy {New York Times}
• Green Your Junk: 16 Creative Ways to Upcycle Before You Recycle {ecosalon}
• Trading Down to a Smaller Home {Small Notebook}
• Simple steps for organizing a home office {Unclutterer}
• Payless to Launch Eco-Friendly Shoe Line Early 2009 {Focus Organic}
• 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: A Call for Submissions {Crafting a Green World}
• Smart Organic Choices for Limited Budgets {Divine Caroline}

Green Shopping:

• Gaiam deals: Get $25 off purchases $150 or more. Use coupon AFHLD. Ends 11/15. Save $5 off your purchase of $35 or more for breast cancer awareness month. Use coupon code: AFPNK. Ends 10/31. Get free Shipping on purchases $45 or more. Use coupon AFGAS. Ends 11/15. Get $10 off purchase of $50 or more when you use coupon code AFJN. Ends 11/15.(aff)
• Target is now selling organic baby clothes from Under the Canopy. All the pieces I’ve seen have been $9.99. Visit Target, and search for “Under the Canopy organic.” (aff)
• Whole Foods coupon: Print a coupon for $5 off $25. Exp. 11/22 {via GreenStew}

Green Giveaways:

• Win a beautiful Azuri prize package that includes a teal Cashmere Pashmina Shawl, a coral Silk Charmeuse Sash, and 2 ZigZag Skinny Bamboo Bangles from Sage and Savvy and Nimli. Ends 10/18.
• Remember the mind-boggling Wine Angle I posted about a few weeks ago? The retailer, Terra Furnishings, is giving two of them away, along with a handmade pottery Serving Bowl. Just head on over and tell them what you’re doing to make your household more eco-friendly. Ends 10/31.
• Share your favorite messy photo to win a $500 gift card to the online store of your choice, plus a one–year supply of Simple Green household cleaning products. Ends 10/31.

ElevenMoms updates

I have been a member of Wal-Mart’s ElevenMoms initiative for about 2 weeks now, and I have to say I’m enjoying getting to know the other ladies. Frugal living is a way of life for most of them, and I am learning a lot, to say the least. And there are now 18 ElevenMoms. I know…the name isn’t exactly accurate anymore, but the more the merrier. You can find links to all of their blogs on my blogroll page.

Since joining, the ElevenMoms have begun receiving Wal-Mart’s Top 12 Christmas Toys from various manufacturers to try out. I plan to keep a couple of the toys and donate the rest, either to Toys for Tots or directly to a family in need in my community via Angel Tree or some other organization. I’ll write more on that in another post once I have solidified the way I plan to give.

From Green Your Decor:

• Green Your Decor is currently running a great giveaway that is perfect for all those readers who have always wanted an interior design consultation, haven’t taken the plunge. Here’s your chance to win an eco-friendly room designed by moi! You’ll get your own Green Room in a Box, and all you have to do is enter. You’ve got until 11:59 p.m. tonight.
• Speaking of interior design consultations, Green Your Decor is also offering a new service: 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!
• Be on the lookout for the introduction of Green Your Decor’s newest sponsor and a giveaway from her store!
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

I know I’ve been doing link love on Sundays and Mondays, but I think Fridays are a bit more logical. It’s a great way to wrap up the week and give you something to ponder over the weekend. So here are this week’s picks:

From the Blogophere:

• Coveted Crib: West Coast Green Harbinger House {CasaSugar}
• 1,100 Species to go Extinct in 2008 {The Good Human}
• I Spy Eco-Spin: 5 Best Ways to Avoid Getting Greenwashed {Gaiam Life}
• Newspaper Furniture by David Stovell {Inhabitat}
• Gratitude {Chic Galleria}
• The Things You Don’t Need (But They Say You Do) For a New Baby {SimpleMom}
• Thrifty Green Thursday — No Gift Birthday Idea {Gray Matters}
• Green Goes With Everything {ecofabulous}

Video:

You don’t want to miss this hilarious spoof with Will Ferrell as George Dubya on global warming.

Green Giveaways:

• Enter The Great Green Giveaway at The Good Human. You have a chance to win a ton of great prizes, including a messenger bag from Terracycle, a copy of the book Big Green Purse by Diane MacEachern, and organic, all-natural shampoo, conditioner and body gel from Yes To Carrots, among other things. Ends Oct. 14.
• Win one of two recycled inner tube clutch purses valued at $220 by Passchal from Green Grechen. These purses are sexy and sassy, and though they are made with some leather, they are made from recycled inner tubes. I’m not sure when it ends, so get over there soon.
• Win a bamboo t-shirt by Tees for Change in the size and color of your choice from Mommie Daze. Ends Oct. 15.

Miscellaneous:

• Want to reduce your household waste even further? Sign up for Terracycle’s unique recycling programs. Terracycle turns everyday waste like drink pouches (popular in my household for mini me), corks, yogurt containers, cookie wrappers, corks and energy bar wrappers that are not traditionally recyclable into great products. You’ve probably seen their awesome bags made from Capri Sun drink pouches at Target. For every item to turn in to them, you’ll get between 2 and 6 cents to donate to the school of your choice or the Adopt-A-Classroom program.  Terracycle really is a great, innovative green company that takes the concept of recycling to the next level!

From Green Your Decor:

• There are a couple of great giveaways coming up, including one that fans of the Green Rooms in a Box series will love!
• Speaking of Green Rooms in a Box, have you seen the latest room? I finally posted the colorful, eco-friendly patio under $2000 that readers voted for a few weeks ago. Want to vote for your room? You’ll get a chance next week when I post the next poll.
• I’d really love it if you would head over to Divine Caroline and give Green Your Decor your vote in the “Love This Site” awards. I have some pretty great competition, so I could use your help
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

Since it’s been about 2 weeks since I last did Link Love, I have lots to share with you. But my most important message is under the “miscellaneous” heading. So let’s get started:

From the Blogophere & News-o-sphere:

• Don’t Believe the Hype. You Do NOT Have to Go Green {The Greeniest}
• I Am Perfect, You Are Not – A Failure Of The Green Movement {The Good Human}
• Eco Delight: 20 ways to lighten the world green {ecofriend}
• One Man’s Mission: Not Throwing Any Trash ‘Away’ For 365 Days {TreeHugger}
• Green Your Wardrobe: 5 Fall Eco-Fashion Trends {Gaiam Life}
• 7 Steps to Staying Healthy When Traveling {Into Healthy Living}
• Maybe This Isn’t My Place to Say… {Karen Sugarpants}
• IKEA To Become Plastic Bag-Free {Ecoscraps}
• Fabulous Fabrics: Why Bamboo Often Isn’t {Crafting a Green World}: This post is making me think twice about posting any more bamboo products. I’ll have to do lots of homework on them first

Photo above by Chris Piascik

Green Giveaways:

• Win Free Vegetarian Shoes and Bags for a Year: In the first week of each calendar month in 2009, the winner will be able to choose, any shoe or handbag from Vegetarian Shoes and Bags. They will be shipped free of charge to the destination of the winner’s choice.
• Win an Act2 GreenSmart tote made from recycled plastic bottles or an Envirosax shopping bag from Retro Housewife Goes Green. Both end tonight at 11:59 p.m.
• Win some Eco-Me 100% Natural Household Cleansers from Something Snappee. Ends 10/12.

Miscellaneous:

• This isn’t a political blog, so I don’t write about politics. However, I believe that voting is one of our most important duties as citizens. November 4 is right around the corner, as are voter registration deadlines across the nation. If you live in the U.S. and have not yet registered to vote, I urge you to do so. It literally takes just a few minutes, and it will give you a more powerful voice than almost any other single action you can take. Vote for whomever you see fit, but please, just vote. Click here to get voter registration information, find your polling place and more.

From Green Your Decor:

• One of the posts that’s been getting lots of traffic in recent weeks is the Top 10 Online Stores for Eco-friendly Decorating. It’s a big timesaver when you’re shopping online for green home decor. Start with any of the sites on this list, and trust me…it will make your shopping a lot easier.
• For anyone who was wondering what decision I made about joining Wal-Mart’s ElevenMoms Initiative, you can read about it here: I’m Now One of ElevenMoms!
• Green Your Decor is currently running one of the most popular giveaways ever, and with good reason. You have the chance to take home an Eco-Chef frying pan from Starfrit, and its performance lives up to its green credentials. You’ve still got a few more days to enter! Ends 10/8.
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

Photo by Lilia

I know, I know…today isn’t Sunday. But I’ve been reconsidering whether I should keep posting on the weekends. This is an extension of my epiphany about spending too much time in front of the computer. This weekend, I spent a lot more time with my family than I would have had I been online, and I know they enjoyed it as much as I did. Feel free to leave a comment about whether you enjoy new weekend content from Green Your Decor, or whether the archives are deep enough to keep you busy until Monday. I’d love to hear from you!

That said, it’s Monday, so time to get back to work:

From the Blogophere & News-o-sphere:

• No More Excuses: Online Voting Information for 50 States {The Greeniest}
• A Can-O-Worms You’ll Want to Open {ecofabulous}
• Green Home Projects: Easy Ways to Green Your Kitchen {Low Impact Living}
• Feast Your Eyes: The 2011 Chevy Volt {EcoGeek}
• GDiapers: We Review the Planet’s First Flushable Diaper {Inhabitots}
• Choosing Eco-Savvy Furniture {ecologue}
• Types of Vegetarians {Live Life Veg}

Green Shopping:

• Ecoland: This past week, I was searching for some organic undies for my daughter and found this website. There are undies, socks and loungewear for adults, as well.
• Save 10% off Compost Products at Real Goods. Enter code RGIFC. Good until Sept. 25. (aff)

Green Giveaways:

• Win a copy of “Choosing Green: Homebuyer’s Guide to Good Green Homes” from Jetson Green. Ends tonight.
• Win a sand playset made of recycled plastic from Green Toys from Muse Reviews. Ends Sept. 23.
• Win some fabric storage bags (think Ziploc, with style, and handmade & reusable) from Green Mom Finds.
• Win a $50 gift certificate to HappyGreenBaby from Mums the Wurd. Ends Sept. 26.
• Win an ItzyRitzy bamboo baby blanket from ParentSphere. Ends Sept. 26.

Miscellaneous:

• Vote for Co-Op America’s 2008 Green Business of the Year. Thre are 10 great companies to choose from, including one of my personal favorites, Gaiam.
• Read Green Living Magazine’s 2008 fall issue online. Way to save paper! The mag is based in Canada, but lots of their great green content is relevant to readers everywhere.

From Green Your Decor:

• There are two great giveaways currently going on, and one ends tonight! Be sure to enter to win win a bamboo gadget charging station for your desk and some eco-friendly palm wax candles!
• There are some awesome features coming this week, including a Green Room in a Box and giveaway in partnership with one of my favorite eco-baby stores, Tiny Decor. I will also reveal my top 10 online resources for eco-friendly home decor shopping!
• I’d really love it if you would head over to Divine Caroline and give Green Your Decor your vote in the “Love This Site” awards. I have some pretty great competition, so I could use your help
• 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!

© 2008-2011 Green Your Decor. Do not republish any items from this feed without permission.

Having computer problems this week reminded me of a couple of things, the biggest revelation of which is how much time I really spent using it — and I realized that I’d rather not spend the better part of my life attached to a keyboard. It also reminded me that there are so many other, really fun things to do. What it means for you is that I don’t have my normal huge collection of links this Sunday, since I lost all of the bookmarks I’d tagged for link love to my downed computer (that’ll teach me to use StumbleUpon and Delicious more often, right?) So here’s an abbreviated list. I promise next week’s wil be more substantial.

From the Blogosphere & News-O-Sphere:

• Want to Rent Green? Good Luck. Unless… {Triple Pundit}
• Bringing Truly Green Office Supplies to the Masses {Ecopreneurist}
• Zen Please? 20 Things to Do on Your Day Off {Kitchen Table Medicine}
• Daily Gratitude {Candidly Speaking}
• Top 50 Green Fashion and Design Blogs {Organicasm} — Green Your Decor made the cut!

Green Giveaways:

• Win some Method products from my eco-hero, Danny Seo.
• Great Green Sweepstakes from Simple Green: Win a year’s supply of Simple Green household cleaning products and a $500 gift card to your choice of online stores (from 9 options.) Products include All–Purpose Cleaners, Dilution Bottle, Stone Cleaner & Polish, Stainless Steel One–Step Cleaner & Polish, Lime Scale Remover, Lemon Scent Wipe, Hand Cleaner Gel, Car Wash, Scrubbing Pad, and EGBAR Plush Toy.
• Great Giveaway from Shop.com: Win a stylish, mini electric scooter from Razor that travels up to 10 miles on a single charge and goes up to 15 mph.

Miscellaneous:

• Serenbe community: Serenbe is a community just south of Atlanta that is built on solid principles of sustainability. It is built in harmony with nature, instead of competing against it — and it is exactly the type of place I’d want to live if I moved today.

From Green Your Decor:

• I’d really love it if you would head over to Divine Caroline and give Green Your Decor your vote in the “Love This Site” awards. I have some pretty great competition, so I could use your help
• If you haven’t yet, don’t miss you chance to enter the giveaway for a copy of The Better World Shopping Guide. It truly will make you a more eco-conscious shopper! And there’s a couple more great giveaways coming up this week.
• There are more great products, steals, rooms and giveaways to come from Green Your Decor! Want to make sure you don’t miss them? If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to Green Your Decor via RSS or email newsletter! I’m setting up some great giveaways for all my wonderful readers, to begin within the next week or so, so you won’t want to miss them!

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This has been a long eventful week, but I came across some great reading that I can wait to pass on to you:

From the Blogosphere and News-O-Sphere:

• 19-square-mile chunk of ice breaks loose from Arctic ice shelf in Canada’s far north (for all the people who say global warming doesn’t exist) {Chicago Tribune}
• How Working Moms Put the 80/20 Rule into Action {The Integrated Mother}
  
• 6 Modern (Somewhat Eco-friendly) Cribs Under $500 {Tiny Decor}
• Get Your Green Fix Without Going Nuts: 25 Environment-Friendly Sites You Must Bookmark {WebUpon}
• Tiny Bamboo Notebook (as in laptop) is More than Just Pretty {ecogeek}
• HP Thinks Outside The Box, Sells Notebooks In Messenger Bags {Environmental Leader}
• Freedom Waterless Car Wash {Focus Organic}
• EcoZone – Advertising that Greens More than the Message {Ecopreneurist}

Green Shopping:

• Made by Girl: These gorgeous, sassy greeting cards are printed on recycled, acid-free paper
• BabyBearShop: I won a set of their certified organic All the Better to Kiss You With lip balms in a giveaway from Inhabitots, and I love it!  I definitely want to try some of their other products.
• Nellie’s All-Natural Cleaning Products — These look to be great, but with cleaning products, you never really know until you try them. They also sell dryer balls.
• Swap your unwanted clothes at Dig’N'Swap {via ecofabulous}
• The Green Perspective serves up awesome green gift sets that will make your shopping easy and eco-friendly.

Green Giveaways:

• Enter the Act2 GreenSmart Bag Giveaway from Focus Organic. This one ends tonight!
• Win a $45 gift card to Wild Dill Kids Boutique from Green Mom Finds. Ends Sept. 9.
• Win an Ecogear Ecozoo Pig Bag from sage and savvy. Ends Sept. 11.
• Win a $50 Whole Foods gift card by signing up for the Ecobunga newsletter. Ends Sept. 30.

From Green Your Decor:

• You may have noticed some small changes over the weekend at GYD. I have given my logo and header a slight font update, and I’m much happier with it. I also updated my About page and added a Submit page for idea submissions and a Support page for those of you who would like to help out GYD. Feel free to check out the changes and new pages and tell me what you think. I’m also working on a comprehensive blogroll page and a subscribe page. Contact me if you are a blogger who would like to be included in the blogroll!
• I’d really love it if you would head over to Divine Caroline and give Green Your Decor your vote in the “Love This Site” awards. I have some pretty great competition, so I could use your help
• Did you catch this week’s Green Steals of the Week? There were two: A fabulous black bamboo rug for just $39.95 and stylish organic cotton window treatments for less than $50!
• Don’t forget to vote for this week’s upcoming Green Room in a Box! You can choose between a patio/backyard or a kids’ playroom within several budgets.
• There are more great products, steals, rooms and giveaways to come from Green Your Decor! Want to make sure you don’t miss them? If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to Green Your Decor via RSS or email newsletter!  I’m setting up some great giveaways for all my wonderful readers, to begin within the next week or so, so you won’t want to miss them!

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You’ve still got two days left to catch all the Labor Day sales. And remember, don’t go shopping just because you feel like it, because consumerism isn’t green. Buy if you need to replace something, and make your dollars speak for you by choosing more sustainable products. Trust me when I tell you that manufacturers are paying attention. Now on to the links:

From the Blogosphere (and News-O-Sphere):

• How To: Craft a Table Using Old Magazines {Apartment Therapy re-Nest}
• How Green Is Your Candidate? Interviews and info on the presidential candidates’ environmental positions {grist}
• Plastic Bottle Facts Make You Think Before You Drink {green Upgrader}
• How to Recycle the Unrecyclable – Terracycle shows the way {Ecopreneurist}
• How to Pay Less than $1 a Gallon for Gas {the daily green}
• Top 5 Eco Friendly Back-to-School Bags {Inhabitat}
• First ‘green’ fashion/lifestyle magazine debuts {Star-Telegram.com}
• Eco Cabs – Emissions and Fare Free Transportation {triple pundit}
• Goody Green: An Eco Search Engine {GoodyBlog}

Shopping and Sales:

• 15% OFF on any Seagrass & Sisal Rugs at Natural Area Rugs, plus get a free 3′ x 5′ Seagrass rug with a purchase of $75 or more and free shipping. Ends Sept. 3, 2008. (aff)
• Plover Organic’s sample sale has begun! The prices you see will be 50% to 80% off retail prices.
• Linens ‘N’ Things Labor Day BOGO 50% Off sale! Do a search for “Pure Green” and “organic” to find their eco-friendly items. (aff)
• Free shipping on purchases $25 or more at Gaiam. Use coupon AFSUM. Ends 9.01.08. (aff)
• Save up to 70% on natural home décor, organic gifts, and more at VivaTerra. (aff)
• C & C California: This store has an awesome selection of organic cotton clothing for men and women, and lots of it is on sale for less than $30, down from between $100 and $150. Sounds like a good deal to me!

Green Giveaways:

• Wildlife Works Soy/Cotton Tee Giveaway from dkMommySpot. Ends Sept. 1, 2008.
• Enter to win a $100 Viva Terra gift certificate from MyDesignSecrets.com. Ends Sept. 1, 2008.
• Win a set of bath and body items from skinnyskinny Organic Bath and Body, courtesy of Katydid and Kid. Ends Sept. 5, 2008.

Miscellaneous:

• Lots of fellow bloggers have asked me what WordPress theme I use. It’s called Thesis, and I love it! It is very versatile and includes a Theme Options panel to make customization easy. Sure, a lot of sites use Thesis, but it is a theme you can make uniquely yours. My site doesn’t look like any of the other sites I know that use it, but for a couple of features. Take a look at the Thesis Showcase gallery, and you’ll see what I mean. If you’d like to take the Thesis plunge today, designer Chris Pearson of DIY Themes is offering a great deal. If you buy the theme before midnight Aug. 31 (tonight), you will get a second theme for free. They’re throwing in their ‘Cosmo’ magazine-style theme, so don’t miss a chance to get two exceptional themes for the price of one! And because I’m also a graphic designer, I am available for hire to help you customize your newly purchased Thesis theme! (aff)
• What’s your decorating style? Take this quiz from mydeco.com.

From Green Your Decor:

• There are two great giveaways currently going on, and one ends tomorrow! Be sure to enter to win two eco-friendly wall art prints from SusyJack and a personal air purifier from Blue Air.
• Have you checked out this week’s Green Steal of the Week? It costs just $10 and can help give you some curb appeal!  And if you saw last week’s eco-friendly sofa for less than $600, you’ll be happy to hear that the price of the matching chair and ottoman set has gone down to less than $400!
• 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!  I’m setting up some great giveaways for all my wonderful readers, to begin within the next week or so, so you won’t want to miss them!

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I found some great green reading and deals this week. I hope you love them as much as I did. So here are this week’s links:

From the Blogosphere:

• So You Compost, Drive a Hybrid, Wear Recycled Boots and Eat a Lot of Hummus, But Are You Green Enough? {sustainablog}
• How Do You Help Out a Blogger? {zenhabits} – Well worth reading if you’re a frequent blog reader or a blogger.
• HGTV’s 25 Decorating Mistakes {Blissfully Domestic}
• Must Follow Green Twitter Feeds {Jetson Green}
• 25 Most Colorful Lakes on Earth (photos) {Environmental Graffiti}
• How to Clean Just About Anything — Naturally {dkMommy Spot}
• Coca Cola Debuts Sustainable Fashion for the Olympics {Access Hollywood}
• Green Vocabulary Makes it into Chambers Dictionary {Treehugger}
• Ignite Your Brain Power with the 20 Smartest Foods on Earth {ecosalon}
• How to Meditate (& Why It May Help You Overcome Depression) {the change blog}
• It Couldn’t Be Done (poem) {Mommy’s Idea}

Shopping Deals & Giveaways:

• Save up to 70% on natural home décor, organic gifts, and more at VivaTerra. (aff)
• Get $20 off purchases $100 or more at Gaiam. Use coupon AFSSM. Ends 8.31.08 (aff)
• White Apricot’s Best Lists for Eco-Friendly Fashion and More
• Remember this week’s Green Steal of the Week, an eco-friendly sofa for less than $600? Well now, you can get add a 7.5% discount that awesome price. Just click here for the discount! Offer valid 8.22.08 to 8.25.08 only. (aff)
• Organic Style is having a 20% off sale on all bed & bath products. You can also get a free lavender gift with every purchase.
• Win a 20-tile Martha Stewart/FLOR area rug in the colors of your choice from Mod Mom! (I’m entering too!)
• Win a Strawberry Lemonade Body Scrub by 100% Pure over at Katydid and Kid!
• Win one of 2 Act2GreenSmart bags made of recycled plastic bottles over at 1GreenProduct.com!

From Green Your Decor:

• Don’t forget to vote for the room you want to see in next week’s Green Room in a Box! I’ll do the room that gets the most votes.
• Join the conversation about other websites stealing Green Your Decor’s content.
• 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!  I’m setting up some great giveaways for all my wonderful readers, to begin within the next week or so, so you won’t want to miss them!

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For your reading and shopping pleasure, here are this week’s awesome links:

From the Blogosphere:

• Just Add Eco Friendly Detergent and Rinse: Culinary Greenwashing {Eat. Drink. Better}
• What luxury would you give up to help someone? {Green & Clean Mom}
• Eco-Refresh with Upholstery Nailheads {ecosalon}
• Throwplace: A Sort of Freecycle on Steroids {Triple Pundit}
• Get Free Paint at a Drop and Swap Center Near You {Eco Child’s Play} (Note: It’s not low- or zero-VOC paint)
• Change Your Color, Change Your Life {PlanetPinkNGreen}

Shopping Finds, Deals and Giveaways:

• CommonThreadz: T-Shirts, Volunteer Travel, Charity for Children: If you’re going to shop for organic cotton clothing, it may as well be for a good cause.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Great organic kids and baby clothes
• Harvey’s Seatbelt Bags: I have no idea if these bags are made from used or discarded seatbelts, but I fell in love with them anyway. And if nothing else, the idea for the bags struck when the owners of the company were installing seatbelts in their car. They made a matching purse from the remnants.
• Remember those Get Green Back to School supply kits I linked to last week in Link Love? Well you can win one courtesy of Green & Clean Mom.
• Discount and free shipping from Curly Monkey (via sage and savvy): Their clothes are all made of 100% certified organic cotton.  Free shipping on up to 2 articles with code SHIP08 (can’t be combined with other offers.) 10% off wholesale orders with code WHO08 (minimum 24 pieces and can’t be combined with other offers)
• Fashion & Earth: With a name like that, who wouldn’t be intrigued?  They sell organic and fair trade apparel and the line debuts in September. But if you sign up for exclusive discounts now, you’ll get 20% off your first purchase. Awesome!

Miscellaneous:

• Ideal Bite: Every once in a while, I like to remind my readers about Ideal Bite: It is a great online service that sends daily email tips for living “light green” life. In other words, they don’t require you to go around hugging trees or wearing dresses made of old potato sacks. They are practical tips that even those who aren’t very open to the idea of green living can implement. They are convenient and super easy to do, so if you need a reminder of how easy it can be to go green, sign up for Ideal Bite.
• Hugg.com: I’m sure many of you either already use hugg or have at least heard of it. But did you know it is all green news? Think of it as a Digg for green stories.

From Green Your Decor:

• The Green Rooms in a Box Series has come to a scheduled close, but because it was so well-received, I have decided to make it a bi-weekly feature on Wednesdays. Want to hear the best part?  I’ll let you, wonderful readers, vote on which room and budget I will work with each time!  So look out for a poll sometime soon so you can get in on the Green Rooms in a Box fever!
• The entry period has ended for the Way Basics recycled paper furniture giveaway and a winner will be posted this coming week. But you can still enter to win eco-designer Kelly LaPlante’s new book, ecologique, and be on the lookout for more great green giveaways in the near future.
• 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!

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Welcome to the second edition of Sunday Link Love.  There’s lots of great green reading, and for the shoppers out there, there are some great sales waiting for you below. Without further delay, your links:

From the Blogosphere:

• 10 Funniest Viral Green Videos {the daily green}
  
• A Truly Sustainable Alternative to Dairy Based Ice Cream {Ecopreneurist}
• Natural Cures For Depression: The Body {Healthy Green Moms}
• The UniCube Sustainable Dorm Design {Inhabitat}
• London Olympics confirms 90% construction recycling target {Recycling & Waste Management News and Information}
• Nissan Eco Pedal Stops Lead-Foot Driving {ecogeek}
• E-House Prefab Gets Green, Affordable {Jetson Green}
• Easy Tips to Make Your Clothes Last Longer {ecosalon}
• How to be Disorganized & Unproductive # 6: Neglect Yourself {simplemom}

GREEN SHOPPING DEALS AND GIVEAWAYS:

• Save up to 75% off during Gaiam’s 6th Annual Sale. It starts Monday, 8/11. (aff)
• Get Green Back to School supply kits for teachers and students by grade. They include items like recycled pocket folders and notebooks and even 7th Generation facial tissues. (aff)
• Green Deals Daily is exactly what it sounds like — a website that presents green deals on a daily basis.
• Serena & Lily sale up to 50% off. They carry some organic items, and their low-VOC paints are beautiful. Use coupon code CMP5 to get an extra 5% off until 8/31.
• Win a Eureka envirovac in 1GreenProduct.com’s first giveaway ever! (I’ll be entering this one too!) {1GreenProduct.com}
  

MISCELLANEOUS:

Go Green Tube is a website that allows you to offset carbon emissions every time you watch a video online. Think of it as a YouTube that’s helping save the Earth.

FROM GREEN YOUR DECOR:

• If you haven’t yet, don’t forget to enter our latest giveaway of Way Basics recycled paper furniture. You’ve only got a few more days and you’ll have to put on your thinking cap, but the prize is so worth it! You’ve got until midnight Tuesday to give it your best shot!
• The Green Rooms in a Box Series is in its final week, with three gorgeous green nurseries left to come — one for a precocious little boy, a pretty little girl and a neutral nursery for those parents who aren’t too keen on pink or blue. Check out the rest of the rooms in the series, including last week’s kids’ rooms.
• Want to make sure you don’t miss any great green products or projects? Be sure to subscribe to Green Your Decor via RSS or email newsletter!

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