Stop by the thredUP Booth at BlogHer to Make a Green School Year Pledge to Benefit Cradles to Crayons

If you’re one of the thousands of bloggers heading to the BlogHer conference in New York City this weekend, be sure to stop by thredUP’s booth (#1812) to help make a big difference for underprivileged kids this back to school season.

The average American family spends more than $1,000 every year on children’s clothing. thredUP has made it easier than ever to save time and money on children’s clothing by creating a national network of parents and caregivers that can trade boxes of new and gently-worn children’s clothing. Just put up a box of clothing you would like to get rid of and choose a box within thredUP’s network that you would like to receive. thredUP will even pick up your box of clothing for free and the only thing you pay for is the shipping cost of your box when it is picked by someone in the network.

thredUP is helping families across the country save time and money and they have recently partnered with Cradles to Crayons, an organization dedicated to providing children ages 0 to 12 some of the most important basics of life like clothing, school supplies, toys and much more–free of charge.

If you will be at BlogHer this weekend, make sure you set a few minutes of your day aside to stop by the thredUP booth and make a Green School Year Pledge, vowing to reduce, reuse or recycle kids clothing and school supplies this year. For every signature thredUP receives $1 will be donated by thredUP to Cradles to Crayons. If you aren’t going to BlogHer this weekend, you can still help Cradles to Crayons by making a transaction on thredUP.com.

Keep Your Kid’s Crafts Eco-Friendly with Miss Brittany’s Eco-Collage Kits

During the last holiday season we were introduced to Miss Brittany’s Organic Fun Dough, an all-organic, non-toxic play dough substitute that proved (in my home) to keep kids busy for quite some time. Ever since, I’ve been keeping my eye on Miss Brittany’s for new organic craft supplies and ideas.

All of Miss Brittany’s products are completely earth friendly so you know the quality of products you’re going to receive. The Eco Collage Kit contains a variety of eco-friendly, recycled and recyclable collage items. Each and every item in the kit has been carefully sourced to make sure you’re getting what you think you’re getting when you purchase one of these kits–a fabulous, eco-friendly craft kit.

The Eco-Collage Kit includes:

• 100% recycled Kraft cardstock
• 100% recycled Kraft paper bags
• Multi-colored 100% recycled tissue paper “shred”
• “Green Glue” made from plants and all-natural ingredients
• 100% biodegradable natural wood shreds
• Eco-Grosgrain ribbon made from 100% recycled plastic bottles
• 100% recycled fiber ribbon made from 65% reclaimed cotton and 35% recycled plastic bottles
• 4 Eco-Tree colored pencils, crafted from real tree branches
• 100% Eco-Fi green craft felt
• Patterned and colored 100% recycled designer tissue paper

Buy Used Books and Get a Free Tote from Powell’s

Powell’s Books is an independent book store with six physical locations and a remarkable online presence. They are always doing what they can to help authors, readers and the planet. They are partnered with Green Press Initiative, a nonprofit program that works with publishers, paper mills and printers to make positive and green transformations within the book industry, like using paper that is recycled and/or certified by the Forest Stewardship Council instead of endangered forest fiber.

But that isn’t all that makes Powell’s green they also purchase Clean Wind Power, offsetting 165,000 pounds of CO2 each year, they have been using bio diesel fuel in their delivery trucks that make daily rounds to Powell’s stores and warehouses since 2006, every Powell’s employee is awarded a discount on bus passes, available as a pre-tax deduction, encouraging all of their employees to use public transportation for their work commute or they can be given an annual bicycle maintenance subsidy. In October of 2008, Powell’s began work on a 100kW solar project at the NW Portland warehouse, which is one of the largest solar arrays in Oregon, with 540 photovoltaic panels supplying approximately 25% of the building’s electric needs. And that’s just the beginning because Powell’s has a whole lot more greening planned to take care of everything from waste prevention to purchasing recycled products.

Needless to say, Powell’s Books is a pretty awesome, green company you can feel proud to buy from.

So why don’t you buy from them tomorrow while an awesome Earth Day promotion is going on? That’s right–an awesome promotion to celebrate Earth Day!

Until April 22nd, buy any three used books at Powell’s and get a free reusable Powell’s tote!

Buying used books instead of brand new books helps the planet because publishers don’t have to keep printing new copies of books and you’re conserving the copies already in circulation. If no one is reading a particular book you want to get your hands on, why not get it and of course, when buying used books, you can get them for a fraction of the price they normally sell for, which is a huge plus! Another great thing about Powell’s is that I have bought several used books from Amazon and more often than not, they are totally beat up and I’m lucky I could even read some of them, but with Powell’s, I never received a copy of a used book that wasn’t almost new.

And who couldn’t use more books, right? So get to buying and get your free Powell’s tote!