Tag: Toys - Page 4
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Teddylux Recycled Cashmere Soft Toys
Abandon not all ye moth-eaten and shrunken cashmere sweaters—designer Brooke Serson Cernonok of Teddylux can sprout an entire menagerie from your castoffs.
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Planet Pixies: Organic Soft Dolls for the Environment
Looks like Tinkerbell isn't the only pixie on a mission to protect the environment.
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Wishbone Bike Grows With Kids
The Wishbone Bike evolves from a tricycle to a bike to a bigger bike- usable by a child from one to five years old. Try and get that out of a typical kids toy.It's from New Zealand's Wishbone Design Studio. They say:
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Chicago Company Offers Bike Delivery of Sex Toys...Women Best Customers
See, necessity really is the mother of invention...sort of. Anthony Mikrut got the idea for his small business the Kinky Llama at 3 a.m. one night/morning, when his girlfriend (he says) got a hankering for some sex aids. What they soon found
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New Great Looking Design Store in Buenos Aires Features Green: Fabro
Even though initiatives that embrace green design concepts continue to grow in Buenos Aires (remember we had our very own Sustainable Festival last year), the economic limitations and the fact
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The Roots of Change: Turkey's Only Organic Trade Show
Sometimes it's easy to forget how far the environmental movement in the U.S. and Europe has come in a relatively short time -- from fringe fixation to mainstream concern. Perhaps the beginnings of this process looked like the 8th Ecology Istanbul Fair.
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CES 2009: The 6-in-One Solar Toy Kit
This boarders on plasti-crap. I admit it right away. But the fact that it shows off solar energy to kids means it deserves a mention. Plus, there's a cool Transformers aspect to it. It's part of the solar-powered toys at
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Handmade Toys And Clothing: Threatened With Extinction Under US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), as passed by the US Congress in August, 2008, inadvertently threatens to take many handmade toys and children's clothing items off the market. According to the
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Rent-A-Toy Offers Solutions for Frugal Green Parents
We just talked about libraries experiencing a booming business thanks to the recession. And it looks like the crummy economy could lend a helping hand to another business - toy rental.
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One in Three Toys on Shelf Found To Be Toxic
It turns out that researchers tested more than 1,500
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Ideal Bite Introduces Mama Bite: Easy Tips For Greening Motherhood
Ideal Bite serves up free, bite-size daily tips for liven' green with a side of personality. Now the company is introducing Mama Bite to help new and seasoned moms in their plight to keep it green. Read on to find out how the Web site
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The Thanksgiving Challenge, DIY Dog Toys and Tasty Quinoa Cakes
:: Foodies, rejoice! Get inspired to host a local, organic Thanksgiving feast with the help of Alice Waters, Dan Barber and Mario Batali.
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Kuma Bears by Ross Menuez
Designer Ross Menuez reinvents a childhood classic with his Kuma Bears, a series of psychedelically patterned teddies so vibrant that the Grateful Dead Bears pale in comparison. Made from 100 percent organic cotton canvas and
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Etsy Handmade Challenge Award Winners
Etsy, the website that features all things handmade to buy and sell by artists and artisans, held a contest to pick web readers' favourite choices of handmade children's items in seven different categories. These were: toys, eco-friendly, furniture,
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"Rubber" Duckies Deployed to Track Glacier Movements
This story seems to be one of those you couldn't make up even if you tried. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has dropped 90 rubber ducks into the ice of the Jakobshavn Greenland glacier in an attempt to study why
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Maggie's Organics Workers Monkey Around
Taking creativity and sustainability to the next level, workers in Maggie's Organics new worker-owned coop are now using "less than perfect" leftovers from the solid cotton crew-top organic socks manufactured there to
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Head Lice: The Latest Superbug to Become Resistant to Pesticides
While drug companies continue to say its not happening, school nurses around the country are saying more and more parents are at a loss for solutions, reports MSNBC. One nurse even reported a parent, whose child has been
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Etsy Handmade Kids Challenge
Etsy is holding a contest to pick web readers' favourite choices of handmade children's items in seven different categories: furniture, toys, eco-friendly, art, home decor, clothes and accessories. All are made for children by independent designers.
