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happy earth day: being treesponsible

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to learn about Majesta and their BeTreesponsible movement.

For every 1 tree that they use to make their paper products, Majesta will plant 3 new trees.  They hope to plant 1 million trees in 2010.

As part of learning about this amazing movement, our family got to try their toilet paper, paper towel and facial tissues.  And for “eco” products, they work really well.  The tissue and toilet paper were surprisingly soft.  My family definitely prefers the Majesta Soft and Green toilet paper to the kind we usually by.

But not only are the products soft and durable during their expected use, they are amazingly biodegradable.

We were give 5 sheets of Charmin, 5 sheets of Majesta and 2 water bottles.  We filled the water bottles 3/4 of the way full and added the sheets to each bottle.  Watch what happened:

Water:
Water with toilet paper:
Shaken:

Charmin (left) and Magesta (right)

5 little shakes and the Majesta had already started to break apart. Where the Charmin is still in one piece. That’s crazy!

I know that our house will be switching to Majesta Soft and Green from here on out.  

How would you like to change more than just the toilet paper in your bathroom??  What about making green renovations all over your house??

You can go to Majesta’s site to enter for a chance to WIN $15,000 towards a Green Makeover.

The $15,000 prize can go towards any ‘green’ home project, for example, landscaping or home improvement projects.

If we were to win, we’d do any number of projects around our house:

  • replace the remaining old windows
  • remove all the carpet to decrease the dust in the house
  • install “green” floors – like cork or bamboo
  • replace the insulation in the walls of the bedrooms upstairs and add insulation to the attic space
  • get all the ducts properly taped to reduce leakage
  • add fans to the ducts to increase air flow
  • get a proper energy assessment to see what else could be done to make us more energy effient

I’m sure I could go on, but I want to hear what YOU would do with $15,000!  So enter the Earth Day Makeover contest and then comment here!

“I wrote this post while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central and received a Majesta informational gift pack and Chapters gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

    disconnected

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    The internet is gone!?! Forever? Now what?

    The internet has been apart of my life since 1994 when I got my first email address which opened up a new world for me.

    Ya, sure there’s a lot of sketchy things going on in the interwebs, but my internet is focused around communities of people who share similar interests. I entered into social networking, as it is called now, through a telnet chat room (talker) and now I’m leaving through my own little blog. And of course, I’ll tweet about this.

    But when I step back, I see that my online life reflects my offline life; becoming completely enwrapt in a supportive community and finding ways to give back.

    My children, and my husband, are my greatest passion so raising them (the kids, not my husband) to be an active part of the greater community is something that is important to me. Our girls see BigDaddy and I helping at church and at school. They see us going in to the community to make it a better place.

    My love for my kids’ safety influenced me to become a child restraint technician. Now I’m working with the OPP and St. John’s Ambulance to keep all kids safe. (I’m sure some of my closest friends will tell you that this has become a bit of an obsession rather than a passion, but it’s a fine line and we don’t have to get into that now.)

    So as we all get disconnected, I hope that everyone is able to find their sense of community in their offline worlds.

    It just sucks that I’ll just have to find a new way to brag about my kids since I can’t blog any more.

    This post was written as my entry to Mabel’s Labels BlogHer ’10 contest. We were asked to write a post on our blog in response to the following hypothetical situation: 
    Electrical storms are going to wipe out the Internet (perhaps forever). You have one day left to write about your passions: what do you want to say to the blogosphere in 300 words or less?

    They’re searching for a new blogger to write for them for one year 
    and attend the BlogHer ‘10 conference in NYC! 
    Thank you for your consideration!

    disconnected

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    The internet is gone!?! Forever? Now what?

    The internet has been apart of my life since 1994 when I got my first email address which opened up a new world for me.

    Ya, sure there’s a lot of sketchy things going on in the interwebs, but my internet is focused around communities of people who share similar interests. I entered into social networking, as it is called now, through a telnet chat room (talker) and now I’m leaving through my own little blog. And of course, I’ll tweet about this.

    But when I step back, I see that my online life reflects my offline life; becoming completely enwrapt in a supportive community and finding ways to give back.

    My children, and my husband, are my greatest passion so raising them (the kids, not my husband) to be an active part of the greater community is something that is important to me. Our girls see BigDaddy and I helping at church and at school. They see us going in to the community to make it a better place.

    My love for my kids’ safety influenced me to become a child restraint technician. Now I’m working with the OPP and St. John’s Ambulance to keep all kids safe. (I’m sure some of my closest friends will tell you that this has become a bit of an obsession rather than a passion, but it’s a fine line and we don’t have to get into that now.)

    So as we all get disconnected, I hope that everyone is able to find their sense of community in their offline worlds.

    It just sucks that I’ll just have to find a new way to brag about my kids since I can’t blog any more.

    This post was written as my entry to Mabel’s Labels BlogHer ’10 contest. We were asked to write a post on our blog in response to the following hypothetical situation: 
    Electrical storms are going to wipe out the Internet (perhaps forever). You have one day left to write about your passions: what do you want to say to the blogosphere in 300 words or less?

    They’re searching for a new blogger to write for them for one year 
    and attend the BlogHer ‘10 conference in NYC! 
    Thank you for your consideration!

    when you wish upon a star…

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    We have a winner!!!

    Since this is my very first giveaway, I did a photo shoot of the whole event…..

    This was her winning comment:
    Congratulations, Sam!!  Have fun!!!

    I’ll be blogging about the December 18th performace.  I hope you do too!

    If you didn’t win, you can still get in on the awesome Family Ticket offer that Mom Central and Disney on Ice have to offer!

    Toronto Area families can get four tickets for $44 Monday-Friday (excluding Friday evening), and $4 off tickets for all weekend performances.

    Disney On Ice presents  

    Princess Classics
    at the Rogers Centre
    December 18th – December 27th.

    has partnered with Feld Entertainment, the parent company for Disney On Ice, to provide a special family ticket package offer in select cities.

    Coupon code details:

    • The tickets can be purchased from http://www.ticketmaster.ca and by entering the MCC code in the “MC promotion” box when purchasing tickets.
    • Minimum purchase of 4 tickets required; additional tickets above 4 can be purchased at $11 each during the week and $4 off on weekends.
    • Offer not valid on Rinkside or VIP seating.
    • Cannot be combined with other offers. Service Charges, facility and handling fees will apply. 

    The Disney on Ice show has a Toronto Facebook fan page.   Head over to their page, become a fan and get a chance to win some tickets!!

    I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Feld Entertainment. Mom Central will be sending me tickets and a gift to thank me for taking the time to participate. 
    I am also part of their Feld Family Activator program.

    when you wish upon a star…

    by

    We have a winner!!!

    Since this is my very first giveaway, I did a photo shoot of the whole event…..
    This was her winning comment:
    Congratulations, Sam!!  Have fun!!!

    I’ll be blogging about the December 18th performace.  I hope you do too!

    If you didn’t win, you can still get in on the awesome Family Ticket offer that Mom Central and Disney on Ice have to offer!

    Toronto Area families can get four tickets for $44 Monday-Friday (excluding Friday evening), and $4 off tickets for all weekend performances.

    Disney On Ice presents  

    Princess Classics
    at the Rogers Centre
    December 18th – December 27th.
    has partnered with Feld Entertainment, the parent company for Disney On Ice, to provide a special family ticket package offer in select cities. 

    Coupon code details:

    • The tickets can be purchased from http://www.ticketmaster.ca and by entering the MCC code in the “MC promotion” box when purchasing tickets.
    • Minimum purchase of 4 tickets required; additional tickets above 4 can be purchased at $11 each during the week and $4 off on weekends.
    • Offer not valid on Rinkside or VIP seating.
    • Cannot be combined with other offers. Service Charges, facility and handling fees will apply.
    The Disney on Ice show has a Toronto Facebook fan page.   Head over to their page, become a fan and get a chance to win some tickets!!
    I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Feld Entertainment. Mom Central will be sending me tickets and a gift to thank me for taking the time to participate. 
    I am also part of their Feld Family Activator program.