Bio-Agreeable Home Products
Check out these functional, stylish, eco-friendly products to green up your indoor spaces.
Lumen TL800
The Lumen TL800 is the first Bluetooth smart light bulb. The bulbs are energy-efficient and generate about one-sixth the power consumption of your everyday 40W light bulb. Because it has Bluetooth, the bulb can be used anywhere. All you need are the bulb and Lumen’s app, currently available for Apple and some models on Android. Whenever it’s in Bluetooth range, the bulb will turn on. When it’s out of range, it turns off. One light bulb will last up to 30,000 hours. Lumen is available on Amazon for $69.99. To find more retailers, visit lumenbulb.net.
Palm Leaf Square Plates
These stylish disposable plates and bowls are not only beautiful, but eco-friendly as well. Made from fallen palm leaves, they’re both biodegradable and compostable. Only water is used in shaping and sterilizing the plates, making them free of the harmful chemicals and toxins found in traditional plastic and Styrofoam disposable plates. These compostable plates contribute to producing nutrient-rich topsoil. The website recommends them for high-end catering and outdoor events, making them perfect for the spring and summer weddings just around the corner. Palm Leaf plates and bowls are available at buygreen.com starting at $9.75.
Boll and Branch Bedding
Boll and Branch is a newly launched bedding company. It offers sheets and cozy cable-knit throws and pillowcases, all with elegant, simple designs. Boll and Branch deals directly with farmers and factory workers in India to ensure its bedding is 100 percent certified organic cotton. Because it works directly with the production team, Boll and Branch is able to ensure the products are certified fairtrade, with factory workers being paid a living wage for their efforts. A portion of Boll and Branch profits is given to Not For Sale, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting modern day slavery. To find out more, visit bollandbranch.com.
The Poetry of Fragrance
The Poetry of Fragrance is a luxury candle line created by Andrea Schroder, who recently received the Hallmark Gold Crown vendor award for excellence, quality and value. The candles are made from organic coconut oil wax, gift wrapped with an original poem and a box of custom matches. Schroder uses lead-free cotton wicks and ensures her candles are dye- and toxin-free. Each is hand-painted and hand-poured in the United States. What’s both unique and environmentally friendly about the coconut oil wax is that it burns 90 percent cleaner than soy candles. Proceeds from The Poetry of Fragrance candle line go to Wells of Hope, a nonprofit in Guatemala that delivers water to those in need. Schroder also supports military families, helps hire disabled citizens and has eliminated product packaging that produces non-recyclable waste. Candles start at $35 and can be purchased at select Hallmark Gold Crown Stores and online at andreaschroder.com.
The C&C Bottle Cutter
Launched on Kickstarter, C&C has designed a tool for creative, DIY up-cycling. The C&C Bottle Cutter is a versatile way to recycle used glass bottles. The screws and bottle prop can be adjusted in numerous positions, allowing for cutting virtually any size bottle, ranging from bottlenecks to 3-liter jars. If you’re interested in designing your own up-cycled fixtures, drinking glasses, vases, lamps or even aquariums, this is the tool for you. When not in use, the cutter becomes a home decoration in itself and can be used as a decorative bottle holder. To find out more about the C&C Bottle Cutter, visit ccbottlecutter.com.
OrganicPedic Terra Mattress
Your cozy bed might not be as eco-friendly as you think, and most latex mattresses can even contain strange ingredients like casein, the protein found in milk. OrganicPedic, the country’s only large-scale 100 percent organic factory, however, is a company that takes your healthy sleep seriously. So seriously, in fact, that employees don’t smoke or wear perfumes to work to ensure a smoke-free, fragrance-free environment. Its most popular mattress, Terra, is a natural rubber latex pillow-top mattress and 100 percent certified natural organic. The mattresses are available at lifekind.com and omimattress.com, and are priced at $5,795 for a queen size.
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