Don’t miss Bare Root Designs trunk show on Saturday, Feb 13th, in the Green Goods for the Home shop in Des Moines East Village.
Bare Root Designs was conceived and created by coworkers and friends Courtney Wagler and Kelcee Murphy. Courtney and Kelcee’s careers involve caring for others all day long. The two friends began learning about jewelry design and then making jewelry together as a way to care for themselves and nurture their creativity. After receiving many compliments and much encouragement from family and friends, Bare Root Design was born. The term and concept of bare root embodies the spirit of their work and the intention of their business: simple, natural, nourishing, connectedness.
You may visit their website at www.barerootdesigns.com or on facebook!
Green Goods for the Home is proud to be a vendor for the entire season at the Four Mile market at 3711 Easton Blvd., on Des Moines’ east side. The season kicked off with Jazz in July, and an environmental night, but the summer is just heating up at this market! Check out the great schedule of events yet to come….
July 15
Hot Air Balloon Ascension – Hope in for a ride in a hot air balloon, check out the produce vendors, and enoy the crafts and merchandise showing off their wares. Of course…stop by Green Goods to see what’s new.
July 22
Cool Cars - Souped up cars, race cars, and more will be on display. Stop by and check it out!
July 29
Crazy Contests – for kids of ALL ages
August 5
Iowa/National Farmers Market Week . Show our local vendors how much we appreciate them.
August 12
Back to School – Green Goods for the Home promises to have some back to school specials!
August 19
Closed (State Fair)
August 26
Flea Market - What treasures will you find?
September 2, 9 and 16: More fun events will be announced!
Greenwashing is a term used to describe the practice of companies spinning their products and policies as environmentally friendly, when in fact it is a just a deceptive use of green PR or green marketing.
Consumers and companies need to be aware of this practice and be able to recognize what products, services and/or practices are truly safe, effective, and environmentally friendly. Education is key.
The following comment comes from Keith Miller, Manager of Environmental Initiatives and Sustainability at 3M, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. He spoke at a Conference Board’s annual Business and Sustainability Conference in DC recently and answered a question about greenwashing. Good information!
“Firstly, there are no blanket statements that ‘this product is green’. We avoid using broad environmental claims such as “safe for the environment” or environmentally friendly”. Claims must be specific and be clear to customers or the general public.
Secondly, claims must be relevant to the product. For example, claiming that a product is cadmium free, when the product has never contained cadmium, and nor have any of its competitors, is not relevant.
Thirdly, that there must be compelling data to substantiate the claim. We need to know the claim is technically accurate. “