Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
For the last day of April and the end of our water theme, we wanted to share with you how you can have a cleaner, healthier shower year round.
Easy to install Rainshow’r filters dechlorinate the water drizzling overhead for safer showers. Â They remove 90% of any chlorine present and unlike many filters, don’t use carbon to do the job. Â Here’s how they work:
Chlorine is often added to city water supplies as a disinfectant, and if you don’t want to drink it, you probably don’t want to absorb it through your skin and lungs in a shower either. Â Other benefits? Â Since using my Rainshow’r filter, my skin and hair feel much softer and less dried out: an added bonus.
These can easily be refilled with replacement filters (we carry those, too) and are compatible with low-flow showerheads–an absolute must!
We’ve also got Rainshow’r crystal ball bath dechlorinators, which are perfect for protecting kids during baths. Â You just drop one in the tub at bathtime, and it lasts a whole year before you need to replace the filter pouch inside.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Some of All Shades’ employee Brenna’s favorite spring-like items in the store are our lovely glasses from The Green Glass Company. Â All of its wares are made from discarded bottles that are recycled to become something beautiful to grace your table. Â Again.Â
We have a number of styles to choose from on our shelves, including emerald glasses with dragonflies draped near the rim made from reclaimed zinfandel bottles (4 for 32.00).
These are perfect for spring and summer and are a wonderful answer to that age-old question: Why buy new when you can buy recycled?
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
The last of our Earth Month donation-based series is tomorrow night.
We hope to see you at the final installment:
Composting and Recycling With John Lyons
Wednesday, April 30th
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
@ All Shades of Green
Composter extraordinaire, John Lyons of
The Woven Garden (an organic landscape company), will teach participants why and how to compost kitchen scraps. Â Not only can you reduce unnecessary waste going to landfills, you can also make the richest plant food around, for free. Your garden is sure to feast on your leftovers!
Workshop topics covered:
*Composting, including the various methods such as passive, active, sheet and in-ground.
*Vermicomposting: how to set up an outdoor, year-round worm bin and how to harvest and use castings.
*How to create great soil by using compost, worm castings, homemade liquid amendments, emulsions, cover crops, mulching, leaf mold, seaweed, and a soil microbiology overview.
*How to recycle in your garden.
We hope to see you tomorrow evening. Â And if not, we carry worm bins for those of you who want to start with easy-does-it vermicomposting. Â Come and check them out!
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
We’re going to be a part of one last Earth Day Hoorah tomorrow, Saturday, April 26th.
Come and join us at this year’sÂ
Greening the Earth Day Festival sponsored by the city of Pasadena and the Armory Center for the Arts, a celebration of art and earth.
From morning to afternoon you can browse environmental exhibits from green builders to city guides to green cars to yours truly. Â In years past,
Path to Freedom,
Greenopia,
TreePeople, and the
Forest Service have all made an appearance. And, there’s a raffle, live music, art projects for all ages, organic goodies for kids, and even a climbing wall. All for free!
Pasadena Greening the Earth Day FestivalÂ
Memorial Park
145 N. Raymond Avenue
10:00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m.Â
And, if you’re looking for other inspiration to celebrate Earth Day the rest of this month and months to come:
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Here are a couple of videos to give you a taste of the eco-fashion show All Shades put on at Vroman’s Earth Day event over the weekend.
You can get a run down of the whole program last Saturday, including Deborah in action and other local greens’ efforts, at the Vroman’s blog here.
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The last of our Earth Month donation-based series is tomorrow night.
