Green Holiday Giveaway # 16: Eco-Friendly Family Library 13 Books!

Hello, Friends. How is your morning? Today’s first giveaway is a fun one, I am giving away 13 of my favorite green themed books! This would be a great gift for your family library, or you could give them away as holiday gifts. Aren’t books the best gifts ever? There are books for the little ones, books for animal lovers, family books and a couple of serious green books too. Something for everyone.

Curious Critters by David FitzSimmons: Curious Critters showcases animals up-close and personal with super cute text to boot!

The Good Garden by Katie Smith Milway: The Good Garden is a simple family book focus on one big issue: food security and how you can make a difference!

6 Little Green Books

My First Garden by Wendy Lewison: My First Garden is a beautiful books that shows tiny tots how a garden grows, while teaching them their colors along the way.

Don’t Throw That Away by Lara Bergen. Don’t Throw That Away is a lift-the-flap book about recycling and reusing with a super-cute heroine with large fun graphics!

What Do You See? by Stephen Krensky. What Do You See? is a lift-the-flat book about endangered animals with beautiful colors and fun rhyming text!

This is Our World by Emily Sollinger.
This is Our World is a story about taking care of the Earth. Nine double-sided puzzle pieces are included for children to create two puzzles at the end of the story!

Easy to Be Green by Ellie O’Ryan. Easy to Be Green is full of simple activities you can do to save the Earth. This book is full of coloring pages, Earth-saving tips, fascinating facts, and easy activities and crafts that you can do to help the environment!

Soft Cover Little Green Panda Book is a super soft baby book with a sweet story about a Panda. This is not only a book but a soft, cuddly toy too!

The Natural Pet Food Cookbook by Wendy Nana Rees. The Natural Pet Food Cookbook is full of healthful recipes for your dogs and cats. This book is perfect for encouraging children to work in the kitchen, cooking up goodies for their pets.

The Magic Blanket by Litsa Bolontzakis. The Magic Blanket is a sweet story of summertime, and one girls magical summer on a beautiful Greek Island, enjoying the blue ocean waves, pebbly beach and the magic blanket.

The Green Bride Guide by Kate Harrison. The Green Bride Guide has everything eco-conscious couples need to make their event more sustainable.

Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style by Christine Matheson. Green Chic shows how to go green without giving up great style, offering dozens of earth friendly ideas!

No More Dirty Looks by Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt. No More Dirty Looks is the ultimate guide to safe and clean cosmetics!

How to Enter:

1. Sign up for my weekly newsletter (if you haven’t already). I will be announcing the winners in the newsletter, so you need to sign up to get the newsletter to see if you win!
2. Like Sweet Greens on Facebook.
3. Tweet: I hope I win one of the $2000 in eco-friendly prizes at @SweetGreens Holiday Giveaway Week 2011! http://tinyurl.com/7vq8xgo
4. Leave a comment on this post for each way that you enter.

Good luck, the winner will be announced on December 8th.  

** UPDATE: The winner is Melinda S.

Green Holiday Giveaway #15: Naturopathica | Plant Cell Serum

The final giveaway of the day is sponsored by Naturopathica. They are giving the lucky winner a plant cell serum – perfect for making you look your best all holiday season long.

We love Naturopathica products at Casa de Sweet Greens! Mr. Sweet uses their shave cream and I am a huge fan of the Calendula Essential Hydrating Cream and the Pumpkin Purifying Enzyme Peel! Naturopathica eliminates harmful synthetics and skin irritants and adds clinically proven ingredients that provide real benefits, leaving your skin glowing!

Naturopathica’s plant cell serum is an ECOCERT certified organic concentrated serum that is designed to significantly slow down the aging of cells due to inflammation caused by UVA damage and oxidative stress. Really? What more could you ask for in a holiday gift this year?

If I won this giveaway, I think I would have to keep it for myself – it sounds like a product that I would really enjoy.

Jump over to Naturopathica and pick up goodies for your holiday stocking!

How to Enter:

1. Sign up for my weekly newsletter (if you haven’t already). I will be announcing the winners in the newsletter, so you need to sign up to get the newsletter to see if you win!
2. Like Sweet Greens on Facebook.
3. Like Naturopathica on Facebook.
3. Tweet: I hope I win one of the $2000 in eco-friendly prizes at @SweetGreens Holiday Giveaway Week 2011! http://tinyurl.com/7vq8xgo
4. Leave a comment on this post for each way that you enter.

Good luck, the winner will be announced on December 7th.  

** The winner is Elyce.

Green Holiday Giveaway #14: Plank Art-on-Mat Series Yoga Mat

Feeling a little stressed this holiday season? Giveaway number fourteen is for you! It’s sponsored by Plank Yoga Mats. They are giving the winner their choice of Lux Yoga Mat from their Art-on-Mat series!

Each Plank Yoga Mat is made using eco-friendly, natural rubber complete with a cheeky art-quality image on the front. Plank Yoga Mats have a patented grip layer, which is activated by the heat and pressure of hands and feet, whilst protecting the art-gallery-quality images.

If I were the winner, I would choose the Cobra Lux Mat, the fake snake in wheat grass just makes me smile. Plus, you know it would freak someone out at yoga class. 🙂 Giving the gift of yoga is one of the best gifts you could give a family member or friend! You could pair this yoga mat with a voucher for a few sessions at your favorite yoga studio.

Jump over to Plank Yoga Mats and pick up a mat for someone on your holiday list or yourself!

How to Enter:

1. Sign up for my weekly newsletter (if you haven’t already). I will be announcing the winners in the newsletter, so you need to sign up to get the newsletter to see if you win!
2. Like Sweet Greens on Facebook.
3. Like Plank Yoga Mats on Facebook.
3. Tweet: I hope I win one of the $2000 in eco-friendly prizes at @SweetGreens Holiday Giveaway Week 2011! http://tinyurl.com/7vq8xgo
4. Leave a comment on this post for each way that you enter.

Good luck, the winner will be announced on December 7th.   

*UPDATE: The winner is ilaybalilay.

Green Holiday Giveaway #13: Dr Alkaitis Organic Day + Organic Night Crème

Giveaway number thirteen is sponsored by Dr. Akaitis Holistic Organic Skin Food. They are giving away both an organic day creme + an organic night crème. A $130 value – Yay! for healthy, clean skin all winter long!
Dr. Alkaitis Holistic Organic Skin Food is one of my favorite skin care collections. If you haven’t tried Dr. Alkaitis Holistic Organic Skin Food, then you are in for a treat.

Dr. Alkaitis is a chemist, molecular biologist, ethnopharmacologist and pharmacognosist. So, when it comes to the right plant derived products to use on your skin, he knows what he is talking about! Dr. Alkaitis has used his vast knowledge of plants to create a product line that uses a holistic approach to healing the skin. Everything about the product line is fantastic and I have proof that the products work – because I use them myself!

The Organic Day Crème is the only moisturizer that you will need this winter! It is perfect for repairing, healing and protecting skin against daily environmental damage while stimulating the oxygen supply to the skins surface increasing luminosity.

The Organic Night Crème is luxuriously thick and perfect for restoring the skin’s natural radiance while you sleep and diminishes the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and open pores.  

And the lucky winner gets both! Jump over to Dr. Alkaitis Holistic Skin Food and pick up some stocking stuffers for everyone on your holiday list or yourself – I won’t tell. 

How to Enter:

1. Sign up for my weekly newsletter (if you haven’t already). I will be announcing the winners in the newsletter, so you need to sign up to get the newsletter to see if you win!
2. Like Sweet Greens on Facebook.
3. Like Dr. Alkaitis Holistic Organic Skin Food on Facebook.
3. Tweet: I hope I win one of the $2000 in eco-friendly prizes at @SweetGreens Holiday Giveaway Week 2011! http://tinyurl.com/7vq8xgo
4. Leave a comment on this post for each way that you enter.

Good luck, the winner will be announced on December 7th.  

*UPDATE: The winner is Elena Rudaya.

 

Green Holiday Giveaway #12: Organic Kids: Amenity Home + Barley & Birch

Giveaway number twelve will make you smile. I am giving one lucky reader a collection of organic children’s tee shirts from Barley & Birch and an organic hooded towel from Amenity Home. Two of my all time favorite organic baby + children companies!

Amenity Home is known for their beautiful organic furniture, decor and children’s items. Their organic nursery collection is thick, lush, soft and eco-friendly! The lucky winner will receive an organic hooded towel to wrap your little one in this winter!

Barley and Birch has the cutest 100% cotton organic tees printed with non-toxic, water-based inks and made in the U.S.A. I am quite smitten with the fun graphics and designs on all of their children’s clothing. The lucky winner will receive an adorable Bluefeet tee, Triceratops tee and Fishies tank.

How to Enter:

1. Sign up for my weekly newsletter (if you haven’t already). I will be announcing the winners in the newsletter, so you need to sign up to get the newsletter to see if you win!
2. Like Sweet Greens on Facebook.
3. Tweet: I hope I win one of the $2000 in eco-friendly prizes at @SweetGreens Holiday Giveaway Week 2011! http://tinyurl.com/7vq8xgo
4. Leave a comment on this post for each way that you enter.

Good luck, the winner will be announced on December 7th.  

*UPDATE: The winner is Kitty.