This giveaway is now over. The winner is kathy dunaway. Congrats!

Did you know if every person lowered their use of paper towels by one roll, we would save 544,000 trees? Isn’t that crazy? When you are cooking out this summer, make sure you are lowering your carbon footprint by doing some easy things like using products from myEarth360.  They have some great products that will help save the world for your children.

First, they have their VerTerra Eco-Friendly Party-Ready Plates.  These are 6” x 6” disposable plates created from fallen palm leaves, gathered and pressed into distinctive shapes. They also use fair wage labor and sustainable production methods.  My kids were unable to break these, no matter how hard they tried (and they did).  I also think it is very cool that these are microwave, oven, and refrigerator safe.

To be honest, I have to admit that I am impressed with the Aspenware Biodegradable Wood Utensils.  Not only are they biodegradable, but they are made from birch and aspen (and if you watch enough Discovery channel, you will know that these are the hardwoods that are ordinarily burnt or left to rot during regular industrial logging).

Lastly, I tried out the SKOY Cloth.  This is an absorbent and biodegradable multi-use cloth.  The SKOY cloth will replace your sponge, wash cloth, and paper towels.  One of these clothes will save you 15 rolls of paper towel.  That’s a lot of money you’ll save (for my frugal readers!).  It is made from cotton and wood pulp cellulose.  Best of all, the SKOY cloth can be cleaned in either your dishwasher or your washer/dryer!    Another cool way to clean it is popping it in your microwave (wet, of course) for 1-2 minutes.  My cloth has definitely gotten a workout with messes Will and Madison makes.

I’m all for making the world a better place for my kids and the myEarth360 products definitely do that. I can only recommend you try some out for yourself which I have arranged for one lucky winner to do!  One lucky winner will get to try out one SKOY cloth, a4pc. set of cutlery, and dishes!  Here’s what you need to do:

Leave a comment on this post. Check out the myEarth360site and tell me what else you’d love to try off the site.

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This is another new show on the Discovery Channel. I am not sure, but I think somebody did some market research and thought we need more shows about/in Alaska. Unfortunately, I have to disagree. I love Discovery Channel — I hate this show.  Honestly, I feel like I am watching Survivor.  If I wanted to watch that, I would tune into regular TV.  When I do find something interesting in the show, the people on it start whining again and ruin the moment.  I just find that The Alaskan Experiment annoys me more than anything.  I don’t find it interesting enough to keep my attention.  (If you haven’t seen the show, it is about a couple of teams that get dropped off in different parts of Alaska and they have to brave it on their own out there for 30 days).

Have you seen this show?  What do you think?

Do you like the creepy crawlies? I don’t, so really don’t know why I watch the Verminators on the Discovery Channel. However, even though I cringe the entire time I am watching this, I am addicted. Basically, the people from Isotech go around and take care of pests for people. You would cringe too if you could see some of the houses they go into. The worst had to be the one that had roaches running in the crib. Some of these are so bad that I don’t think an air purifier would save them. Another interesting episode involves them moving a stove, and you can see about an inch and half of cockroaches. I am getting the creepy crawlier just thinking about it. Even though it grosses me out, I love this show, and you should go check it out!

This was an awesome show we caught tonight on The History Channel. The city they featured tonight was Chicago. Some of the things they went over we already knew (like they split the first atom under a football field here). However, we learned about an underground railroad that use to deliver goods to the department stores in the 20’s. They even showed us how that tunnel was built. Now, since I am not from here originally, it makes sense I did not know a lot of things they showed us. However, Bill has lived here all his life, and he learned a ton of new information too! We are Discovery Channel freaks, but I think we have found another channel we are going to start watching regularly.

They check out different cities each week that have a world underneath the streets. I highly recommend setting up your Tivo to tape!

How Its Made is a show on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel. It is show that all ages can watch and they show you how things are made. You can see everything from cheap glasses to candy canes. I have to admit that the candy cane show was one of the coolest. They didn’t make it they way I though they would. It starts off as huge chunks (like 100 lb. chunks of candy). I find it interesting to learn how everyday items (and some not so everyday items) are made. Madison even enjoys this show!