Need a head start on holiday shopping?  Or maybe you’re ready to make a few green changes around your own home but not sure where to get started.  Well, you’re in luck.  Because today’s giveaway is a Taste of Green, Green Gift Bag…the green gift that keeps on giving.  It’s the perfect gift for a that eco-clueless friend, or your child’s teacher, or even for yourself.

Here’s what’s inside:

1. One 75 Watt Spiral CFL Bulb
2. One 20 oz. Green Stainless Steel Bottle
3. One Spray Bottle of Natural All-Purpose Cleaner
4. One Lime Green Baggu Bag

Wanna win it?  Just leave a comment in our Green Parents forum (Under the “Giveaway” discussion)  You have to be a member of Green Parents to enter, but I promise you, signing up for the group will be one of the easiest and coolest things you’ve done all week!  The forum is an awesome place to chat with other like-minded green parents and ask questions, offer advice, or just share a laugh. See you there!

One winner for this giveaway will be chosen at random on Nov 26th.  Good luck!

This just in! Tara is offering FREE SHIPPING to Green Parents from now until Nov 26th. Just enter The Green Parent FREE SHIPPING in the comments section of your cart. Even more….for every green gift bag sold through this offer, Tara will donate 5% of sales to The Green Parent’s charity of choice…Heifer International. So cross a few names off of your list while you help a very worthy organization provide farm animals to feed the world’s hungry.

Need A Fresh Green Perspective?

It never hurts to get a fresh perspective, especially if it’s green. So for today’s contest I’m going to give away some new perspectives.  That is, I’m giving away a $40 gift certificate towards an eco-savvy gift bag from .  They’ve got 4 different styles to choose from…Green Essentials, Into to Green, Green Your Kitchen, and Eco Mom + Green Baby. So you can choose the new perspective that works best for you!  Contest ends 9/19!

Wanna win?  Just leave a comment below!!

And the winner is:

Here are your random numbers:

20

Timestamp: 2008-09-21 13:24:51 UTC

Congratulations Betsy!!

The Green Week

This week’s roundup of green parenting stories from around the greenosphere:

CalFinder asked, Is the Energy Star Falling?…and found some disturbing answers.

Beth from Coming up for Air wrote an important guest post on 5 Minutes For Going Green about High Fructose Corn Syrup: The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.

And Cruncy Domestic Goddess announced her latest green challenge to help green parents Ditch The Disposables.

I also came across this cool company and wanted to share…Forget about plastic dollhouses or flimsy particle-board castles, Streamside Farm makes authentic wooden barns made from wood recovered from historic barns in Michigan.

Now, before you head off to click around the web, don’t forget to enter to win today’s giveaway: an eco-friendly gift bag from Baby Swags loaded with enough green gear to make your baby feel like an eco-celebrity.  Contest ends 9/15.  To enter, just leave a comment below!

The winner…

Here are your random numbers:

12

Timestamp: 2008-09-17 14:49:25 UTC

Congrats Marisa M!!

and Candace (Naturally Green Clean) for winning the Waste-Free Lunch Kit from ECOBAGS!

If you didn’t win this one…NEVER FEAR…check back on Mon when I’ll announce another fantastic contest as well as some very big NEWS (hint…a CELEBRATION is coming)!

Have a great weekend!