Archive for September, 2008
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
We love Livity Outernational for its splendid hemp clothes and accessories.
For school (or work) days, consider a bag designed with sustainable materials by folks over in Topanga Canyon.
We’ve got an oh-so-useful backpack for riding bikes and carrying books in stock along with a great laptop bag:
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
Back to School just went bananas. Banana Paper Company makes notebooks and paper supplies from, you guessed it, bananas, along with coffee, pineapples and other agricultural by-products in Costa Rica.
Tree free. Acid free. Eco-paper indeed.
Check this out: 10 million tons of banana stems (pinzote) are thrown out every year. Same goes for coffee beans–ripe ones have a thin shell/peel that’s tossed before the beans go to market. So, Banana Paper rescues these agricultural wastes and turns them into something useful–namely paper and notebooks for school, journals, or any sort of project. (They’ve also got sturdy covers and can take a backpack beating.)
Even in our digital world, the U.S. consumes 100 million tons of paper each year. With cooky, conscious Banana Paper, that paper can come free of trees.
We’ve got a number of fun designs in the store that you just might go bananas for.
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
School is in session all over Los Angeles. At All Shades, it’s time for September Workshops.
We’re back in the swing of things around here and classes start September 13th!
So, swing by and fill the seat reserved for you.
Introduction to Sustainable Living in L.A For Families:
recycling/composting, energy, water, agriculture, non-toxic home.
Saturday, September 13th
10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
The Non-Toxic Home: Start Fresh This Fall!
Tuesday, September 16th
7:00 p.m. -9:00 pm
@ All Shades of Green
The Sustainable Kitchen: Cooking for Personal and Planetary Health
Saturday, September 20th
10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
**All workshops are $25.00 at pre-registration or $30.00 at the door.
Call to reserve your spot today! (323) 665 - 7454. **
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
YOU’RE INVITED:
We hope you’ll come by this Wednesday, September 10 tohelp us celebrate our
ONE year anniversary.
Wednesday, September 10th
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
3038 Rowena Avenue
Silver Lake, Los Angeles 90039
(323) 665 - 7454
How we’ll be celebrating:
*Live music.
*With a 10% discount on everything in the store!
*Free food.
*A raffle.
*Presentations by our sustainable living specialists
*Great, green company, of course.
This is a wonderful opportunity to rub elbows with like-minded Angelenos and check out the latest eco-living products. And if you’ve never made it into the store before, consider this your special invitation to check us out!
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
The last month of summer is often the hottest. So, with water still (and always around these parts) on the brain, here are a handful of water-wise living tips from a recent workshop:
Turn off the faucet when you don’t need it–that means teeth-brushing, face-washing, even when you’re just scrub-a-dub-dubbing your hands or body at the sink or in the shower.
Fix leaky faucets and toilets (
a leaky faucet can waste up to 100 gallons of water a day!).
Run your dishwashers and washing machines only when they are full.
Install a water purifier that will provide cleaner and healthier water for
drinking and cooking. At All Shades, we reccomend Aquasana for an affordable and thorough water filter–and we’ve got them in the store. You can also visit www.waterfiltercomparisons.net to find out more about your water filtering choices.
Every drop counts!
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