Urban Baby has some great Mother’s Day gifts including books, bags, and jewellery.

They have also just released the Gaia Organic Cotton winter 2008 range which includes a number of new designs such as:

• long sleeve tops
• leggings
• long sleeve bodysuits

View the New Collection

Eco Friendly Gifts for Mum

Organic cotton baby clothes make a great gift for a new mum but there are other gifts she is sure to appreciate. Eco friendly gifts include:

• Stuffit Stowaway Backpack
• Stuffit Stowaway Carry Bags

These are reusable bags great for doing the shopping or carrying around baby things.

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If you are not sure what to get a new mother, then you may wish to get her a gift voucher and let her choose her own gift.

A short video showing that eco fashion doesn’t have to be bland.

Eco-fashion designer Kate D’Arcy introduces her collection Toggery by Kate D’Arcy. She presents the Fall 08 line, talks about her inspirations, and her go-green philosophy for the modern fashionista.

Toggery by Kate D’Arcy from Style House PR on Vimeo.

If you live in or around York in WA, or plan of visiting York (it’s not far from Perth), you may be interested to know of a new farmers market which they plan on opening in the near future.

For the moment, they are looking for prospective stall holders, as per this email (reprinted with permission):

We are seeking expressions of interest from producers for a New Farmers Market to be held in York WA.

York is the oldest inland settlement in WA and predates the 
colonisation of South Australia, Victoria and Queensland.

With thousands of Perth visitors and tourists every weekend, it is the perfect country location for farmers and growers to sell their produce direct to the public.

We are putting together a list of prospective stall holders, to invite to the inaugural market, to be held in the near future.

If you are interested we would love to hear from you.

John Saville-Wright
York Farmers Market
chats [at] highway1 [dot] com [dot] au
T 08 9641 1255

So if you are interested or would like further information, please contact John.

Organic Earth is an Australian company producing organic skin care products which are available for sale online. Here is a little about Organic Earth from their website:

We do not use other companies base products. All our products are handmade with quality ingredients, our formulas are our own and we make our own successful creations from scratch.

No artificial or harsh chemicals or preservatives. No perfumes or fragrances added. Free from sodium laurel sulphate.

Organic Earth

Their product range includes:

• body brushes
• body lotions
• body butters
• skin cleansers
• soap
• eye cream
• moisturisers
• scrubs
• exfoliants

The products are organic which means the ingredients are produced without the use of synthetic fertilisers and or pesticides. They also use certified organic oils.

I love these kinds of hand made products but personally I would prefer to see an ingredients list before purchasing from them. Oh, and I’d really love it if they got rid of the music from their site Other than that, their range looks great. I’d love to hear from anyone who has tried their products.

Visit Organic Earth for more information about their organic skin care products.

Neco is an eco friendly store selling a wide range of products to help you reduce your impact on the environment. They are currently having a back to school (or back to work) promotion so you can start 2008 off in an eco friendly manner.

Products to look out for include:

• recycled pens, pencils and highlighters
• sustainable notepads
• recycled paper diaries
• recycled folders
• recycled erasers

They stock plenty of other items which might be of interest such as:

• eco lighting
• eco friendly cleaning products
• safe pest control products
• composting items
• rainwater tanks
• solar power
• water saving products

They have a lot of fantastic products and now is a great time to buy as they have free delivery for orders over $100.

Visit Neco - The Eco Superstore for more information.

As always, Thexton is a having an Australia Day sale starting this Friday, 25th January until Monday 28th January. Three is 15% off everything so now is the time to stock up on all your favourite organic products.

Organic products available from Thexton include:

• organic skin care
• organic hair care
• organic vitamins
• organic chocolate
• eco friendly cleaning products

Don’t forget to enter to code AUSTDAY in the voucher box in the confirm and pay page.

Visit Thexton for more information.

I have been looking for a natural and organic sunscreen for quite some time and Soleo Organics seems to have the perfect product. Here is what they have to say about their sunscreen:

SE Formula™: made using ONLY natural and organic ingredients, according to Naturopathic principles for holistic health and well-being.

A healthy choice:

• NO chemical UV-absorbers
• NO synthetic preservatives
• NO titanium dioxide
• NO benzoates
• NO petrochemicals
• NO artificial fragrances

Organic Sunscreen

Here is a list of ingredients found in their natural sunscreens:

• grapeseed oil
• macadamia oil
• green tea extract
• roman chamomile extract
• sunflower oil
• capric/caprylic triglycerides (plant oil derived)
• beeswax
• theobroma butter
• candelilla wax
• lecithin
• vegetable oils
• cucumber extract
• tocopheryl acetate (Vitamin E)
• zinc oxide

Soleo Organics organic sunscreens are available from pharmacies, health stores, and certain beauty salons. Buy Soleo sunscreen online at Thexton.

You can design your own organic cotton t-shirts at Custom Your Shirt, an Australian printing company based in New South Wales. You just upload your design, choose the product you want to print on, and place your order. Products available for printing include:

• Australian made organic t-shirts
• Regular cotton t-shirts
• Polo shirts
• Hoodies
• Aprons
• Mouse Pads
• Mugs

I love this kind of website where you can easily design your own products or gifts. It’s very similar to Cafe Press which I’ve used a number of times before.  The benefit of Custom Your Shirt is that they have a larger range of organic t-shirts and they are made of Australian organic cotton. Here’s what the have to say about their organic cotton t-shirts:

Grown in Australia organically and with no irrigation. Certified organic (ACO 10305ic). This certified organic cotton are farmed without the use of pesticides,  genetically modified seed or synthetic fertilizers.  The soil is built up over the years to retain moisture and fungus enabling the organic cotton to prosper on a dry land (non irrigated) farm.

The other environmental benefit is that transportation is reduced when purchasing from an Australian company. I’m pleased to see a local company doing this kind of thing.

Visit their site to make your own Australian made organic t-shirts.

Urban Baby is an online shop providing a wide range of items for you and your baby. They are currently having their annual Summer Sale with items between 20% and 60% off the regular price.

The sale covers:

• Fashion
• Homewares
• Toys
• and more…

Items on sale include the Gaia organic cotton clothing range.

Visit Urban Baby now as stocks are limited.