Part 2 in a series: Green food and Green home gifts

By Gabrielle Pantera

Eosgame Leaves board game for eco-friendly

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 5/11/2009 – Last time we looked at a collection of Green fashion, health and beauty gifts prepared for such eco-conscious celebrities as Ellen DeGeneres, Kathy Griffin, Tina Fey, Bette Midler, Pink and Sting. Let’s take a deeper look into Green gifts from the Distinctive Assets celebrity Earth Day gift bag.

Green Game

Eosgame brings game night back in a big way. Leaves is a new board game where players answer questions about the environment and people in history who are inspirational.

www.eosgame.com

Green Food

Awaken Savor, Inc. takes spices from around the world and combines them to add flavor to meals without salt, MSG, gluten or preservatives. Awaken Savor offers vegetarian seasonings, salad blends and rubs for meat. There can be from 16 to 27 different spices and herbs in each reusable metal container of spices.

www.awakensavor.com/

Biotta offers many delicious juices. Breakfast Juice can kick-start your morning when rushed with no time for breakfast. The energy drink is made from fruit juices and is lightly carbonated. It has guarana bean, a natural form of caffeine several times as strong as the coffee bean. Get wired naturally. Biotta’s Vegetable Juice Cocktail is made from freshly gathered organic vegetables.

http://blog.biottajuices.com

Boku superfood is a powder for smoothies. The founder of Boku created superfood as a natural alternative to having her son take Ritalin. Life bars are for on the go. And to wash up afterwards, the Boku Exfoliant bar.

www.bokusuperfood.com

Crofters Organic offers fruit spreads, conserves and jellies. Their fruit spears come in Organic Apricot, Black current, wild blackberry, wild blueberry, raspberry and strawberry.

www.croftersorganic.com

Earthlust stainless steel water bottles are for cold beverages. They feature nature-related designs on the outside of each bottle. They come in three sizes.

www.earthlust.com

Freshology’s nourishing meals are used by stars like Lil’ Kim, and Dancing with the Stars contestants Mario Lopez, Stacy Kiebler and Cameron Mathison. And Dancing with the Stars host Samantha Harris uses Freshology. Only available in California.

www.freshology.com

The myEarth360 reusable water bottles designed by Lynn Hasselberger display the mantra: I Count for My Earth. It inspires children to reuse bottles, not have them in the landfills. Wildlife images like the polar bear make it fun for kids to be eco-friendly. Hasselberger developed the I Count for myEARTH program to promote green, eco-conscious lifestyle that kids can get involved in. Launched in 2008, the program promotes reusing water bottles and school supplies.

www.myearth360.com

PUR water reduces pharmaceuticals in drinking water, part of the safe drinking water program for children program. You can add flavors of grape, strawberry, peach, raspberry, or lemon.

www.purwater.com

Rain Organics vodka is distilled from organic white corn from the Fizzle Flats farm in Yale, Illinois. Rain Organics vodka has won multiple gold medals, winning against Grey Goose, Belvedere, Stolichnaya, Absolut and Three Olives for the best super-premium vodka at the World Beverage Championships.

www.greatvodka.com

SolMaté organic sparkling maté beverage is a natural beverage to give energy without too much caffeine.

www.drinksolmate.com

Tetra Pak makes packaging that is convenience, easy opening, and green. Changing the way water and food is packaged to keep the planet Green.

www.tetrapak.com

True Natural Taste organic white mustard comes in six different flavors: Organic Creamy White, Organic Stoneground Dijon, Organic Hearty Horseradish, Organic Pure Honey, Organic Smooth Jalapeno, Organic Sweet & Spicy, and Atomic Horseradish Extra Hot. Great in sandwiches or egg salad.

www.truenaturaltaste.com

Vita-Mix is more then a blender. This versatile machine can go from juicing, to making ice cream, to cooking soup right in the Vita-Mix.

www.vitamix.com

Green Home

520-nm makes bags of 100% recycled plastic bottles. The name of 520-nm, comes from the wavelength of green light. The lightweight bag is very durable and can hold bulky food as well lighter weight foods from a jaunt to the market. Plastic bag is wash and dryable and won’t shrink. Use an environmentally-friendly reusable plastic bag. 520-nm is a member of 1% for The Planet.

www.520-nm.com

CoolCorC the cork cup sleeve replaces disposable coffee or tea sleeves when the cup is too hot. Cork is reusable and better for the environment. A natural insulator and it’s been used in freezers.

www.coolcorc.com

Well Davnee wanted the perfect blanket, so she created it from scratch using faux fur.Furry, cool, comfy, versatile, and fun. Foot and neck accessory to keep snuggly warm all over.

www.davanee.com

InnovAsians is a trading company creating awareness of clean technology. The items they manufacture include Yoga wear, kitchen towels, organic cushions, chair pads, organic bedding, organic table cloths, kitchen sets, organic curtains. biodegradable corn starch products for hotels and spas, spa wear robes, towels, and climate neutral tee shirts that are 100% organic.

www.innovasians.com

You want your kids to be more eco friendly and Kids Konserve has the perfect thing. Send your kids to school with their lunch in and waste-free lunch kit. Includes the bag, stainless steel thermos, two stainless steel food containers, and food kozy and cloth napkin. You can even customize the stainless steel bottle.

http://www.kidskonserve.com/

Lollypop Publishing offers Hope and the Magic Martian, written by Helen Moore and illustrated by Louise Rouse. The story is about Hope who meets a Martian boy and discovers why Earth’s polar caps are melting. This story tells how Hope can prevent more damage to the Earth.

www.lollypoppublishing.co.uk

Method cleaning supplies are made with naturally derived surfactants that absorb dirt rather than chemically degrading it. They also look pretty on the counter.

www.methodhome.com

Rojeti offers the Hanging Laundry Bag for taking items to the dry cleaner and for delicates, too.

www.rojeti.com

Solatube bring natural light to the home affordably with the tubular skylight. Optical technology captures sunlight on the roof, transfers through the tubing and diffuses the light in the building interior. Daylight systems use optics to disperse daylight into dark spaces.

www.solatube.com

Robyn O’Brian’s book, The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About It describes how the America government has deregulated the American food industry and the consequences. More chemicals are in food then ever while other countries are tightening their regulations. Find out what you can do about it.

www.robynobrien.com

Next in the Hollywood Goes Green series: Green pets.