Earth Rated Products

I thought I was being Green when I made the decision to use gdiapers instead of disposables. (I’m still not convinced that cloth is greener than gdiapers. More cost effective yes, greener, not sure. Different discussion.)

Any hoo… I’ve “discovered” something that’s even greener! I say “discovered” because it’s nothing new. It’s actually been around, well, forever. But, as excited as I am about it, you’d think NASA, or Google, just came up with it last week! I’m in shock, absolutely stunned that I didn’t think of it before. And I can’t believe it’s not discussed in every baby book available - especially the slew of Green Baby books that are being churned out these days.

Are you ready to hear what is positively, absolutely, hands down greener than gdiapers and cloth? The answer may surprise you….

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As of a couple of months ago, Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand came out with dish soap, laundry detergent and a couple of other environmentally friendly products.  In fact, the words “environmentally friendly” appear on the products almost as prominently as the brand name so they must be pretty proud of the themselves for coming out with this enhancement.

While I’m all for the greening of Costco products, especially because of the massive impact they can have on consumers, I’m a little skeptical about how green these products actually are. The Ingredients list on the label is way too vague to be helpful, or to prove one way or another how green they actually are.  Does anyone out there have any information to enlighten us on the ingredients? To what extent is this line actually greener?  

I don’t exactly expect the Kirkland products to be on par with BioKleen, Epic or Ecover, but I would like to know where they stand in relation to these super-green products. 

As I said, I’m all for making the products greener  but I’d still like to know what shade of green.

Went to play Bingo the other night with a few hundred people that actually knew what they were doing. Bingo sure has gotten complicated since the 80s. Honestly, I’m not sure if its because of improved technology, or if people just got bored with the 5-in-a-row garden variety game.

The new games like Kite, Picture Frame, X, L, etc. require a lot more attention than 5-in-a-row and I could barely keep up with looking for the current number being called, much less scan my cards for the winning patterns. Considering that a majority of the players were senior citizens with worse vision and slower hands than mine, it was quite a shock how much faster than me they were at playing each number. Plus, they played the bonus side games that compliment the actual bingo game being played. Don’t ask for more details, I have no idea how the bonus games work. Couldn’t keep up with them!

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