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Cool Savings on Haute Eco Accessories

Summer is the time for friends, sunshine, and fun accessories!  Tread Light Gifts carries the latest accessories from your favorite eco designers.  We have everything from stylish shopping bags to take to the market to fun & funky earrings to finish that perfect summer outfit.   And with SAVINGS UP TO 30% OFF, you can score some eco-fabulous accessories at great prices.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the arrival of UrthBags at Tread Light Gifts. These  stylish bags are hand-crafted from recycled and biodegradable materials by Fair Trade Women’s Organizations & Artisans. What’s extraordinary about these bags is the recycled materials they are made with are everyday items in your house: juice boxes, magazines, telephone books.

Take a sneak peak:

This bag is made from the inner-silver insulation lining of a juice box.

Old magazines are used to create this fashion forward bag.

Can you guess what materials this one is made from?

We love a product that is functional, stylish, and sustainable.  This key chain, now available at Tread Light Gifts, fits the bill.  Made  with discarded bicycle parts, this key chain by Resource Revival not only holds all your keys but also opens all your beer bottles.

Resource Revival creates recycled products with bicycle parts that are unique and original. All of their products are made by real people, not mass produced.  We especially love that resource Revival Revival works with Opportunity Connection, an organization in Hood River, Oregon, that provides jobs for developmentally disabled adults.

Do you have any old bicycle parts sitting around your garage?  Don’t throw them out.  Resource Revival has teamed up with bicycle shops across the country to collect and reuse old parts.  To find a shop near you that accepts old chains and parts, check out Resource Revivals ReBicycler Program.

Just think – This picture frame could be made out of your old bicycle.

How will you show your love this Valentine’s Day?  Here’s our handpicked list of eco and budget friendly gifts that will impress. All items are available at Tread Light Gifts

Plantable Eco-Valentine Day Cards:Ten eco-friendly Valentine’s Day cards are packaged with 10 plantable wildflower seed embedded hearts that grow wildflowers when the heart is planted.  What a great card alternative for your child’s classmates!

Flip & Tumble 24-7 Bag – Berrydots: This stylish shopping bag get around the problem of remembering the bags because they are small enough to simply live in your purse or messenger bag all the time. The elastic pouch design makes it a snap to convert the bag into a small ball quickly.

TikoSoy Candle: Escape to a luxurious spa in your own house. If you are after an awe-inspiring aromatic experience, look no further than these hand-poured soy candle made with 100% natural wax and containing no paraffin.

Garden Bon-Bons: This line of garden truffles is for planting, not for eating. Handcrafted bon bon balls of clay, organic compost and seed wrapped in a lovely presentation package. They are a perfect gift for novice and expert gardener alike.

thinknow Bouquet Earrings - The thinknow jewelry line is made from 100% natural materials and water-based adhesives. All wood products are sourced from managed growth forests, and sealed with beeswax and linseed oil.

Each spring, we celebrate the gains we have made in protecting our environment and create new visions to accelerate environmental progress. While the official Earth Day is April 22, I think every day is a time to act to protect our earth. Here at Tread Light Gifts, we are always finding new ways to give back to the earth while doing business. Some of the things we do throughout the year include:

• In our office and business, we employ eco-friendly practices by using recycled, recyclable, biodegradable, post-consumer, and/or all-natural materials, and using efficient energy, and minimal toxic chemicals whenever possible
• Purchasing carbon offsets for our company vehicle. While conservation (driving less, lowering the thermostat) is key to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, purchasing carbon offsets can balance out 100% of the emissions you can’t eliminate through conservation.
• Donating 1% of our annual revenues to environmental and social justice organizations. We take pride in knowing that as a company we are helping the earth become a better and safer place to live.

What will you do this year to protect our earth? There are many ways to get involved this Earth Day or any day. Check out the Earth Day Network to find events and others ways you can take action. Remember – The small things we can do everyday to leave a cleaner footprint can really make a difference on this planet for generations to come!

To celebrate everyone’s accomplishments in keeping the earth clean and green, we are giving away a Tread Light Gifts Super Green Snacker Kit. Organic popcorn, chocolate, nut mixes, and more – what’s not to love. This gift kit (gift basket) is packaged in our exclusive Tread Light Gifts 100% Organic Cotton Bag and completed with a no-waste, plantable gift tag.

I try hard to live a life that is eco-friendly. While there is room for improvement, I make a daily effort and ask myself if there are ways I can make any activity better for the environment. I bring my own bags to the grocery, walk to errands when possible, and save my food scraps for the food and yard waste. That being said, I also like beautiful things and sometimes being eco-friendly and wanting things that are beautiful can be a touch combo. Does buying eco-friendly always mean hemp and patchouli? If I am decorating my house, does this mean everything will be used and battered in order to be eco-friendly? I don’t think it does and so started my quest for eco-chic products, real estate, home design, and more.

What is eco-chic? Simply put – it is the combination of environment and modern beauty. It is things that serve a practical need and consider the environment when being produced while allowing one to show their personal style. I have seen it defined more along the lines of trendiness and environment but I beg to differ. I don’t think it is shallow or self-indulgent to want to things to be well-made and beautiful. I don’t want eco-chic things because it affects my social status or because I am looking for personal validation or acceptance. I just believe that I shouldn’t have to sacrifice my personal style or the look of my surroundings in order to be more eco-friendly. I hope you will join me on my quest for all things eco-chic. Please send me you suggestions and comments!

Warmest Regards,
Tracy