Oops! I forgot to pick a winner!

I totally forgot to pick a winner in last week's book giveaway. The 4th of July holiday kind of threw everything out of kilter. It was a great holiday, by the way. Lots of time for good friends, good food (lots of it local), and good small town celebrating.

Okay, on to the winner of David Suzuki's Green Guide. The winner is....

GJK who not only wants to the book, but she wants my Internet Cafe, too. Sorry, the cafe is not up for grabs, but the book is.

I'll have another book to give away next week.

Book giveaway: David Suzuki's Green Guide

Welcome to week two of Robin is purging her office. Actually, we're purging lots of rooms and spent the better part of the last two days clearing out the room we call The Internet Cafe. It's a small room right off the kitchen that has the boys' computer in it, book shelves and a small table where my husband and I frequently drink coffee and work on our laptops - hence the name of room.

It's also where the boys do their homework, and by the end of the school year we were knee deep in papers and other stuff that had piled up in the small space. Purging when you're trying to be environmentally friendly is tough. I recycle all that I can and find new homes for useful things we no longer want, but sometimes there is no other option for some things than the trash can. 

But I digress. You want to know about this week's book giveaway. I'm loving this giveway option to find homes for these books.

David Suzuki's Green Guide: How to find fresher, tastier, healthier food. Create an eco-friendly home. Make sustainable transportation choices. Reduce consumption and be a green citizen.

(Seriously long name for a book, isn't it?)

I reviewed this book for Sustainablog last year. It's an information intense book. It's kind of like a resource guide for greening most of the aspects of your life.

A disclaimer: I've written a bit in the book. There are some passages underlined and a few written notes that I jotted down to remember when I wrote the review. The book is in great condition except for that, though.

Here's what you have to do to win this book:

• Leave a comment in the comment section saying you'd like the book. 
  
• Make sure I have a way to contact you if you win. The winner will be chosen randomly. If I chose you and find there is no way to contact you directly, I will chose another random winner. You can either leave your e-mail address in your comment, make sure that there is a link along with your comment that leads me to contact information, or as some smart people did last week - leave me your twitter name.
  
• Live in the U.S. Sorry, I can't ship to other countries at the moment.
• The contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Monday, June 29th. Winner will be announced onor before Wednesday, July 1st. (okay, I just realized July is only one week away - scary)

Have you checked out the  $1 charity fundraiser that I'm participating in with a group of other fine eco-bloggers yet? We're trying to raise money for an environmental group and those who donate get to vote on who gets the money. Please consider voting and donating a dollar.

And the winner is...

deoxy!

I'll be shipping National Geographic's True Green Home to deoxy who told us about one way she goes green in her home

Right now I'm trying to make my skin care greener and less toxic. I'm using jojoba oil as a moisturizer while I use up the rest of my cleanser. When it is gone, I am going to try using a mix of Castor and jojoba oils for the oil only cleansing method.

So far the jojoba is working wonderfully as a moisturizer. I was a bit skeptical, since I have somewhat oily skin, but I only use a tiny amount and have had nothing but good results.

I'll probably post the next book I'm giving away later this afternoon or evening.

Book giveaway: True green home

It's time to purge. My office is getting out of control, and I have to do some clearing out before I get swallowed up. I've been sent quite a few books over the past year to review, and I thought I could share the wealth with my readers by giving some of them away while clearing some shelf space for myself.

I'll be giving away one book a week until I've gotten rid of all of them.

First up is National Geographic's True Green Home: 100 Inspirational Ideas for Creating a Green Environment at Home. You can see my original review of the book here.

What do you have to do to win this book? It's simple.

• Leave a comment in the comment section saying you'd like the book and list one thing that you do around your own home to be more green.
  
• Make sure I have a way to contact you if you win. The winner will be chosen randomly. If I chose you and find there is no way to contact you directly, I will chose another random winner. You can either leave you e-mail address in your comment or make sure that that there is a link along with your comment that leads me to contact information.
  
• Live in the U.S. Sorry, I can't ship to other countries at the moment.
• The contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Monday, June 22nd. Winner will be announced on Wednesday, June 24th.

Envirokidz Cereal Contest Winners

Three random winners have been chosen to receive two boxes of Envirokidz cereal. The winners are:

Lindsay
Heather
and
jmb

Heather and jmb - you left me no way to contact you. Your names don't link to an e-mail address or a blog. Please contact me at robin at shreeves dot net by Friday, August 8 or I will choose new winners.

Thank you to all who entered.

Contest Time: Win Two Boxes of Envirokidz Cereals

A while back I did a review of two Nature's Path Envirokidz cereals - Leapin Lemurs and Penguin Puffs. Leapin Lemurs is a chocolate and peanut butter cereal that my son loves. Penguin Puffs is a sweet cereal that I really liked.

I've been asked to give away a box of each of these two cereals to three of my readers so I'm going to have a random drawing to determine the recipients. To enter the drawing, all you need to do is a leave a comment and tell me the answer to this: What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast.

Please, when you leave your comment make sure I have a way to contact you if you win. If your name doesn't link to a blog with contact information, please leave your e-mail address in your comment.

I'll start. My favorite thing to eat for breakfast is eggs benedict. Yum!

This contest will close at 11:59pm EST on July 31st. Good luck!

Winner of Sesame Street's Love The Earth DVD

Thank you to everyone who entered the contest. I'm glad to see so many people are biking, gardening, composting, cleaning green, using their solar powered clothes dryers, visiting farmer's markets and all the other things you'll be doing this summer.

The randomly chosen winner of the DVD is karijow1 who wrote:

I'm going to ride my bike everywhere I can. I didn't have a bike last summer and now i not only have a bike, but I also have a trailer attached that I can pull my daughter in. It's big enough to hold a few groceries, books, or toys too. Luckily we're close enough to ride just about anywhere that we go!

karijow1 - congratulations! When I click on your name that takes me to your profile, there is no contact information for you. Please e-mail me at robin (at) shreeves (dot) net with your mailing address and I will get the DVD in the mail to you.

Reminders

If you haven't signed up for June's mini eco-challenge yet, there is still time. I'd love to have at least two more participants so we can beat our May numbers by a whole one person!

The Sesame Street Love the Earth DVD give away contest will run through next Thursday. If you want a chance to win it, you need to leave a comment under the post.

Enjoy your weekend - I'm off to prepare for my younger son's sixth birthday party!

Contest: Win Sesame Street's Love The Earth DVD

Earlier this month I did a review on Sesame Street's Love The Earth DVD.  It was a great DVD, but even though my youngest enjoyed it, he's not about to choose Sesame Street when I allow him to watch a DVD. 

So instead of letting the DVD sit around unused, I'm going to give away our very gently used copy of Sesame Street's Love the Earth.

Here's what you've got to do to win it. Leave a comment to this post telling me one way that you are going to be greener this summer than you were last summer.

I'll keep the contest open until Thursday, June 5th and I'll pick one random winner from all the replies.

A Little Greener Every Day's First Contest - Win a ChicoBag

Yesterday, I told you how fabulous Chicobags are. Today, I'm giving one away. Here's how to win.

The person who leaves the most comments between now and next Wednesday, April 16th, at 11:59pm EST will win the Chicobag. I know there are a lot more of you out there that are reading than are commenting, and I'd like to hear from you.

There are a couple of rules about comments though.

• They need to contribute to the conversation at hand - add something new. Not just "I agree" or "Great Post" or the like.
  
• No breaking your comment up  into several different posts just to get more - if you comment three times with five minutes, I know your trying to stuff the ballot box as it were.
  

The prize may be small, but it's a really great little bag. 

Good Luck!