Enter the ShipGreener Earth Week Contest!
FGX is buzzing about Earth Week, which kicked off this Monday, April 20th, 2009. Tell us the latest way you’ve chosen to reduce, reuse or recycle; and you could WIN a sweet giveaway! Read on for the details.
The best part of Earth Week is the high level of environmental awareness brought on by a week’s worth of events. Have you been quietly making changes to the way you use resources like water, paper, or electricity? It’s time to shout it out! It all counts and it can help you win our drawing.
How to Enter The ShipGreener Earth Week Contest
- *Scroll down to the bottom of this blog post
- *In the “POST A COMMENT” section, share your favorite method of reducing your environmental impact
- *Enter your name & e-mail address in the appropriate fields
- *Enter the Recaptcha Security code as seen in the image. You can also click the mic for an audio Recaptcha
- *Click the “POST A COMMENT” BUTTON
Don’t worry if your comment doesn’t display immediately on our blog. When you click “submit a comment”- it’s sent to my inbox for approval first. I’ll review your comment, approve, and enter your name into the drawing!
Winner will receive:
One FREE “rePETe” collapsible Chico Bag made of 99.9% recycled plastic bottles!
One FREE Origins Gift Card for sixty dollars worth of organic skin care bounty!
After you enter the FGX Earth Week Celebration Contest you can totally check out other salutes to Earth Day including:
- *Earth Week at The New York Botanical Garden
- *The Earth Fair 2009 event at Grand Central Terminal
- *Earth Day & Arbor Day at the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
- *Earth Day New York’s Resource Guide
- *The “Return to Origins” recycling program
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*The “ChicoBag- Zero Waste” recycling program
Make it a great Earth, Day, Week & Year.
X’s & O’s,
Chevon
Tags: Botanical Gardens, Chevon Drew, Earth Day, Earth Month, Earth Week, Grand Central Terminal, Greener Shipping, Origins, rePete ChicoBag
April 21st, 2009 at 5:24 pm
I recommend businesses hire a LEED-Accredited Professional to perform a comprehensive resource audit. This checks out not only energy usage; also water, air quality, lighting, toxics, building materials, and more. Our green cleaning products supplier, Ecologic Solutions, is offering this service to us at a great discount. This one of many environmental actions we’ll be doing in the next few months.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:14 am
replace your incandescent light bulbs with CFL bulbs- they use 80% less energy and last much longer! and dont forget to recycle the old light bulbs! they contain mercury, which needs to be disposed of properly to prevent damaging the environment!
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 am
I switched to an all-green energy provider. It’s 100% produced by renewable energy sources, mostly wind.
Also, I walk or use public transportation to get around NYC.
Greg
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 am
I changed my shower head! Switching to a low-flow shower head can save 750 gallons of water per month in your household. It takes a large amount of energy to produce one gallon of potable water, and water is becoming an increasingly scare resource. Reducing your water footprint is a huge step towards “greening” your lifestyle.
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
I reduce my environmental impact by composting all my biodegradable trash and reusing all the plastics that are not number 1 or 2 (yogurt containers!). They make great to-go containers, plant pots, bulk item scoops and containers, and cut up and assembled, they make great pieces of small furniture and functional household items.
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 am
I walk around or take public transportation as much as possible in NYC. I carry my own bag when shopping and don’t use plastic bags.
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:04 am
I bike EVERYWHERE!!! http://tinyurl.com/btbike1
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Weatherstrip and insulate. The typical American house ‘leaks’ the equivalent amount of air to a 3m^2 hole. it’s like leaving the door open not to caulk the windows!
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I ride my Segway Personal Transporter for errands and short trips - a full 24 mile charge costs less than 10 cents and produces zero emissions because it doesn’t use fossil fuels. Plus it spreads smiles.
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 pm
I have been replacing old appliances lately with more energy efficient models. In six months, hundreds of dollars were saved, though I also left them off more often.
I have also replaced my light bulbs with CFL bulbs and have a need to replace the water heater shortly, which will save even more with the power company. Luckily, the local utility company offers rebates on new energy efficient models, also.
May 16th, 2009 at 8:57 am
I’m switching to a low-mow lawn. I’m making my flower beds much bigger slowly, but surely, and planting all perannual NATIVE plants. Iam composting the dug up grass & sod; and we got an old fashioned Reel mower to mow with (no emmisions!) and a rainbarrel.