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Fab Freebie: I Dream Of Greenie

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***

This week’s prize is doubly exciting for us: it’s 100% eco-friendly and comes from a local Virginia business (just up the road from Richmond in Culpeper, VA). Green Nest‘s got such a broad smorgasbord of kind-to-the-earth gifts that we’re psyched that this week’s winner will score such stylish loot. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s get to it.

First off, the winner gets their choice of any 3 x 5 or 4 x 6 Fab Habitat recycled rug (woven from recycled polypropylene straws). Here’s a sampling of some of 50+ designs you get to pick from.

Green Nest Rugs

Then there’s a soy candle that comes in a decorative silk-screen glass. There are 19 designs to choose from and after the 90 hours of candle burning time you can reuse the glass (and even drink out of it).

Green Nest Skeem Candles

But you won’t necessarily need that glass for drinking because the prize pack includes your choice of recycled soda/beer bottle tumbler set (you know I’m jealous of whoever wins this one since I failed miserably at my own DIY attempt). There are four in a set and 5 styles to choose from.

Green Nest Bottles

Last but not least, a green prize pack wouldn’t be complete without a little greenery. The winner can choose two of these Garden-in-a-Bag kits for growing some herbs without even having to get your hands dirty.

Green Nest Garden In A Bag

So that’s the prize. Stay tuned for a discount on Thursday, but for now let’s get to the entry details:

  • PRIZE: A green prize pack as described above from Green Nest.
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “GREEN ME” and…
  • BONUS QUESTION: …let’s use this a chance to share some eco-friendly tips. Have you started taking any extra steps to be green lately? Or do you have an especially easy tip to share with everyone? Or, as we witnessed in Ithaca, have you seen any especially green locations recently?
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, September 22nd at 8pm EST
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
  • PRIZE SHIPS: The Lower 48 United States
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck…

Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just take them on to reward our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Green Nest.

Comments

  2. Jessica M says

    My husband and I recycle, use re-usable bags, eat locally and organically, have a programmable thermostat, use cloth napkins, painted with no VOC paint, use natural cleaners, have rain barrels, compost and have a vegetable garden. It’s the little things that make a big difference!

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  7. Beth says

    Green Me!!!!

    Attempting at making our own cleaning products as well as recycling like maniacs and as well as reduce and reuse!

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  8. CV says

    Green Me Please!

    To get the hard water stains off of the glass shower door, I just cut a bunch of lemons in half and “scrub” the door with them. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes and then rise it off! It is amazing! It also works on stainless steel.

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  14. Mary Ann says

    Green me!

    Scrape your plates before putting them in the dishwasher instead of rinsing them. And then use plain ol’ vinegar for a rinse agent and some baking soda for soap (or as pre-wash if you still want to use regular dishwash detergent). You’ll be surprised with the difference.

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  17. Alise says

    GREEN MEEE!!

    I’ve started using hydrogen peroxide plus a few drops of pure lavender oil in a spray bottle for cleaning the bathroom and kitchen. It’s super inexpensive, and disinfects all surfaces. If it’s good enough to clean hospital surgery rooms, it’s good enough for me! Plus it’s green!

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  18. Rebekah says

    Green Me!

    I take my own bags to the grocery store, and have been using microfiber cloths to clean mirrors and the bathroom instead of paper towels!

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  24. Trevor says

    My lovely wife makes my lunch for me everyday. I don’t consume junky on-the-road food with it’s bulky packaging anymore!

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  28. ras says

    GREEN ME

    don’t throw out your coffee grinds! they make some of the best fertilizer. another great fertilizer is ash left over from that barbeque!

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  32. Heather Transue says

    GREEN ME! Instead of buying new decor items to decorate my house, I began looking in nature for shells, flowers and driftwood!

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  33. Stephanie says

    Ohhh pretty please Green me! :)

    I have 2 green tips/stories:

    My local community has a CitySeed farmer’s market… I love browsing the local foods, but I especially love walking through the tents with homemade candles and soaps. So cool.

    Also, we make sure that we can recycle/compost almost anything. So we’ve been taking our trash out, on average, about once every 3-4 weeks! If you don’t know if you can recycle something, you can call your city official and they can tell you how! RECYCLE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

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  37. Katie Abel says

    Green me!
    My new favorite Green trick is to put a brick in the tank of your toilet to raise the water level. It saves a tons of water and you won’t even notice the difference!

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  41. angela says

    GREEN ME! uh hello! this is one amazing giveaway! those drinking glasses are to die for. {seriously} so, we recycle recycle recycle, but our garbage man sometimes puts our garbage in our recycling bin so he only has to pull out one can (we live in a small town in louisiana. what can you do?) xo

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  43. Laura S says

    Green Me! :)

    I’ve only recently started going green. We now use re-usable grocery bags. If, for whatever reason, we forget our bags, we re-use the bags we aquire from the store.

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  44. BonnieB says

    GREEN ME!

    I went to Burning Man this year for the first time and having to pack in everything that I needed for a week was a great experience. We were able to recycle a lot with some pre-planning. Education, recycle and reuse as much as possible. I’d like to see companies reduce the amount of packaging used for consumables.

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  50. Melissa says

    Green me please :)

    I have taken small steps to be more green such as using a water bottle every day (BPA free!) instead of buying disposables. I also always recycle when possible and make big efforts to buy environmentally friendly products…

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