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How to Enter the Facebook 30 Second Video Contest for a $500 Visa Card

• Make a 30 second clip of you using the lemon cream cleanser showing the effectiveness and how it is healthy and eco-friendly.
• Download your 30 second clip to any service such as YouTube, Google Video or Viddler. Link to this video on our Facebook fan page.
• Become a ecostore USA Facebook Fan and provide the link to your video.
• One winner will be chosen by the ecostore USA team based on creativity, uniqueness, and effective use of the product.  
• Video Contest begins June 16th and ends June 29th, 2009
• All Entries MUST Fill out our online entry form, see below form.

What the Winner Receives

• A $500 Visa Card
• A link to the ecostore USA website and blog to the winner’s blog, video or both.
• A link to the winner’s video, blog or both that will be used for a coupon at coupon.com to promote the lemon cream cleanser at Meijer stores.

 About the Lemon Cream Cleanser

 Ecomommas will rave about the versatility of the Lemon Cream Cleanser. Using only plant-based ingredients including Lemon Verbena oil, it can be used everywhere from the bathroom to the stainless on your stovetop. (12.7 fluid ounces)
Ingredients
•    Water
•    Calcium carbonate (chalk)
•    Plant based anionic surfactants
•    Plant based glycerine
•    Plant base thickener
•    Xanthum gum
•    Lemon verbena oil (lemon variant only)

Official Rules and Details

# You must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident to enter and win. ecostore USA employees, contractors, or grantees and their immediate family members are not eligible to participate.
# Entrants must complete the contest entry form (lets see it) and provide valid contact information.
# Entries will be judged by the ecostore team on the basis of creativity and originality, quality, technical accuracy, and content of the message. ecostore USA reserves the right to not select a winner if none of the entries received are judged to be high quality based on the above criteria.
# The video must be your own original creation. No copyrighted music, video, or images may be used in the video. All participants in the video agree and consent to the ecostore terms of this contest and the ecostore and its ownership are under no obligation to compensate any body for any submission unless its chosen as the winner.
# Your video must not infringe on any third party rights.
# Videos previously produced for compensation are not eligible.
# The winner must provide a copy of the original video file to ecostore USA and sign a consent agreement to claim their prize.
# By submitting a video to this contest, you grant ecostore USA a royalty-free license to copy, distribute, modify, display and perform publicly and otherwise use, and authorize others to use, your video for any educational purpose throughout the world and in any media. 
# ecostore USA reserves the right to make your video available to the general public from its Web site and to distribute it to watershed groups and any other organizations interested in showing it for educational purposes, including, but not limited to, on Internet sites, at conferences and events, on television, and other media outlets.
# ecostore USA will disqualify any entries it deems to contain offensive, immoral or illegal material.
# ecostore USA will request a written consent form for each person starring in the video and written release of the above information.
# You must be a ecostore USA Facebook fan and adhere to Facebook's policies and rules.
# Entrants must agree to these terms and conditions.
# ecostore USA Lemon Cream Cleanser must be used in the content of the video.

Official Entry Form

Please fill this out after or prior to submitting your link to the video on Facebook to be eligible for the $500 Visa Gift Card.

Being an Eco-Friendly Dad

As a dad and father of three lovely children I understand the importance of keeping our earth clean for future generations.  I have not always been an eco-friendly dad but I did start about two years ago. 

It all began when my youngest daughter was born.  My wife and I were discussing the advantages and disadvantages of cloth diapering and decided cloth diapering was for us.  The biggest advantage of cloth diapering to us was the number of disposable diapers that we would be able to keep out of landfills.  I am not sure how many diapers children go thru before they are potty trained but any reduction is a great thing.  Cloth diapering lead me to start looking at how my family and I could make a difference and be more eco-friendly and earth conscience. 

In the last two years we have become very big advocates of recycling glass, cans, paper and cardboard.  We also like to pick our own fruits and vegetables from local farms in our area to keep pollution from products being shipped across the country down to a minimum.  All of the light bulbs in my house are energy efficient and when we are not in a room it is a must for all light to be turned off in order to conserve energy.  These are just small things that I do in order to try to make a difference. 

 

I think sometimes people take earth for granted but it is everyone’s job to do their part to keep it clean and beautiful for future generations.

 

Stop by and visit us sometime.  There’s a link on the Blog Roll or just click http://www.pbandsmellysdad.com/ if you want to stop by right now. 

Green Breeze Event

ecostore USA had a booth in downtown Birmingham, MI on Saturday, June 6 at their first Green Breeze event.

More than 40 eco-minded vendors were invited to share their green businesses with the community.  For two weeks I had been studying the weather hoping for a great day.

The day was perfect and we were able to share ecostore with many people. It is always fun to hear the thoughts and comments of the "greeen" shopper.  So many of you had seen Malcolm Rands on television or in the paper during Earth Month.  Everyone loves Ecoman!

What I found to be intriguing were the amount of fellas who stopped by the booth.

At first I thought that it was just my adorable babysitter who was drawing all the attention (she will kill me for this) but listening to the guys discuss their eco thoughts I realized that we had not been giving the men their due. 

Eco Daddys rock!  And guess what?  Many of them are even doing the laundry.  They are also actively involved in the discussions about using safer products for their family and for the planet. This is a new family dynamic that is going on around the country. 

And we certainly approve.

I thought that the timing was perfect with Father's Day around the corner to do an Eco Daddy Giveaway on our Facebook page.

I am also inviting Dads to send in their thoughts to us and share with us your Family Eco Action Plan.

And please welcome the thoughts of our first Dad Guest Blogger.

ecostore USA Mommy BlogHer Giveaway

Mother's Day is May 10, 2009 and ecostore USA loves mom bloggers. We're well aware that many mom bloggers are going to BlogHer 09' in Chicago and would love some financial support to help defer the cost of the conference(travel isn't cheap). In honor of mother's day 2009 we'd have given away a $250 sponsorship to one "mommy BlogHer" attending BlogHer 09' in Chicago this July*. A sponsorship that helps defer the cost of the trip and can be used however the mom blogger would like (travel, ticket reimbursement, towards lodging, food, etc). In consideration of the ecostore USA sponsorship are requesting the winning mom blogger to do the following:

1)Tweet about winning the sponsorship from @ecostoreusa
2)Include a post referencing ecostore USA's support for their trip to BlogHer sometime before July 2009 with a link to ecostore USA Facebook page and Twitter page as well as homepage.
3)Provide a giveaway to their readers asking their readers to join ecostore USA on Facebook and Twitter
4)Share ecostore USA products at BlogHer with friends (provide them with samples, soap, etc)
5)Do not accept sponsorship from other personal care or cleaning product companies.

The winning Mom Blogger was drawn randomly:

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Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2009-05-11 12:11:08 UTC

Congrats to comment number 2: 

http://mommosttraveled.com/
We'll be sure to follow this mommy on Twitter so we hope you do too! http://twitter.com/MomMostTraveled

Haven't tried our products? Just visit our website and learn more about our entire product line and what we have to offer. Hopefully you've used our products and want to say No Nasty Chemicals™ along with us but if you've haven't... take advantage of our Free shipping on orders over $25 and $2 off coupon through the end of May at Meijer.

*The giveaway was for one $250 check made to one mom blogger confirming her attendance to BlogHer 09' in Chicago.

Save $2 at Meijer on EcoStore USA Products Thru May 28, 2009

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Thank You Video Bloggers!

Continually the team here at ecostore USA are thanking their lucky stars for the wonderful mom bloggers, Facebook fans and Twitter followers. We really believe in having positive relationships, educating on what it means to go green and do good things for the environment.

Thank you to the following bloggers who did some live video blogging at Meijer stores this last Saturday. We believe you really captured what the consumer wants and how they feel about having safe cleaning products. With Mother's Day coming up we want to say thanks to the mom bloggers and so please stay tuned for a fabulous and exciting giveaway involving BlogHer!

Green and Gracious:

Blessed Tree House:

Dexter's Super Savvy Mommy:

Worm Juice

A worm farm for composting and all the details from Malcom Rands. Did you know that worm juice is the best fertilizer ever? Our very own Ecoman really knows his green stuff.

Facebook Giveaway to say No Nasty Chemicals(TM)!!!! Winners Drawn!

 

Shout it out: No Nasty Chemicals ™

Congrats to our winners over at our Facebook Page:

Joanna you have won the baby care basket (fan number 51) and Hattie (fan number 26) you have won the safe cleaning basket! Woot! Woot! We have sent you a message! Thanks for your support.

Earth Day for all of us here at ecostore USA is everyday. In honor of the special given day of April 22nd being named “Earth Day” we would like to giveaway a basket of baby care products and a basket of home care products. Say No Nasty Chemicals ™ with our products and you could win.

All you have to do is become a Facebook Fan and leave us a note on our wall telling us why you’re ready to say No Nasty Chemicals ™! We love our Facebook Fans and believe in adding value to our community by posting unique content, sharing ideas, giving deals and incentives and listening to what our Fans have to say.

Two Facebook fans will be drawn on April 22, 2009 in honor of Earth Day. All Facebook Fans are given a number and randomly drawn using Random.org.

Already a Facebook Fan? Give us tweet out and let others know about how they can become a Facebook Fan and win!

Connect With Us

We're all about tweeting, being on Facebook and making YouTube videos. Have you seen some of our recent articles about us keeping up to date with the mom bloggers and using social media to connect? The Detroit News recently did a great piece and then we were equally flattered by Paul Smith's article in the Ecopreneurist about us cutting through the "green static with social media". We love connecting with people and listening to the consumer and we know the consumer wants to be listened to.

We know you have question about how to reduce your carbon footprint, what is a "green" cleaner and how can you do your part to help the environment. Maybe you want to know more about us and we hope you do. We want to tell you more and have you meet the founder, "EcoMan" and connect with him this month. So come on out and meet Malcom Rands at our Meijer Tweetups where we'll be giving away t-shirts and free coloring books to the kids. Tell your friends and connect with us. The full schedule can be found here but also at our Facebook event page.

Here's how we hope you connect with us on a regular basis:

 

ECOMAN

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