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Give Away Time!
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Wouldn’t you love to be the envy of all your eco-friends at the beach this summer with your own set of the Zoe b first-ever biodegradable beach toys? Just post on Zoe b Organic’s Facebook wall no later than noon PST on August 5, and be sure and say @psibands sent you. A lucky winner will be randomnly selected! (Open to U.S. residents only.)
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Nausea ad nauseum
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Last month, we discussed how Mariah Carey lamented how morning sickness adversely affected her voice. Another diva who battled morning sickness while pregnant is Celine Dion. Her 1996 hit single “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” has a whole new meaning.
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In the Press
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Psi Bands are featured in the July/August issue of SkyWest , the United Express in-flight magazine. With an estimated 3 million readers (and a captive audience!) we are thrilled to help flyers breathe a “psi” of relief.
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Leave No Trace…Nurture Nature
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MOMPRENUER of the month: valerie lecouer and THE FANTASTIC ANTI-PLASTIC BEACH TOUR
As made clear by previous newsletters, we are all about supporting our fellow momprenuers. Valerie Lecouer, founder of Zoë b Organic, is one of those women who has taken the insight she has gained as a mom and applied it to a company that is making a positive impact for us all. Valerie is the inventor of the first ever biodegradable beach toys . To promote her new line, Valerie is leading a caravan down the West Coast with her husband, their 3 young children (ages 8, 7, and 3), another mom and her 6-year-old, a French nanny, and a 5-pound Yorkie Poo named “Rambo”. Over 3 weeks, they are driving a C-Class RV from Seattle to San Diego.
Their Mission?
1. To educate people about the need for minimizing our environmental impact on our beaches.
2. To promote alternatives to the plastic that’s slowly eating away at our planet.
3. To explore the coast, have fun, and not wear shoes very often.
The Zoë b Organic beach toys are made with bioplastic derived from corn sugar and contain absolutely no BPA, phthalates, or  PVC. Their bioplastic fully biodegrades in 2 to 3 years when buried in soil, immersed in water, home composted, or composted in industrial facilities. Ordinary plastic takes up to 500 years to degrade, and even then it only breaks down into tiny particles that are toxic to wildlife and the environment. Zoë b toys are durable and designed to hold up to playing just like ordinary beach toys. All completely made in the good ole USA.
Want to win a set? See the give away offer just to the left!
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recycling on the run
There are ways to be eco-aware even when you are away from home. Sometimes when we travel we tend to throw caution to the wind (“I can eat that. I’m on vacation!” or “Who cares if the kids are still up! We can all sleep in!”) And that’s fine…perhaps even healthy every once in a while. But, just because we are on vacation doesn’t mean we should get lazy about recycling. Check out Celebrate Green where blogger Lynn Cowell offers several tips for easy ways to stay green while traveling.
By the way, we have added many new retailers in recent months, so be sure to check out where to BUY on our website to find a location convenient to you!
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FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE:
A Non-Invasive Cure for Morning Sickness
(June 30, 2011)
Oh, terrible morning (or all-day) sickness! It feels so awful. Why won’t your doctor give you something to help? One word: thalidomide. Ever since, only the ladies with the all-day, nine-month morning sickness get any relief. If you have your garden variety first-trimester sickness, girl, you’re on your own.
Or maybe not. Believe it or not, those acupressure bands (often sold for sea sickness) really do work, on a significant number of people. The bands have nodules on them that bear down on points on your wrist. No worries about hurting the baby, and most users find that their nausea is significantly reduced (worked for me when I was pregnant!).
But traditional acupressure bands are pretty darned ugly: knit bands that look like sweat socks, or like some type of hospital bandage that will make people ask you why you’re wearing them. Psi Bands, in contrast, look like watch bands. No one will notice. No one will ask you about them. You needn’t tell them that the reason you are ill is that every single thing in the world has a smell, and it’s all bad.
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