Grassroots collected a few ideas to endure the winter whiteout whether you like to build a snowman or rather cozy up by the fireplace.

A sure sign that Halloween has passed us by – the sight of dozens of carved, soggy, perhaps squirrel-chewed Jack O’ Lanterns sitting on the curb. Nearly half of all U.S. households carve a pumpkin every year (at least one!). That’s a lot of waste if even some of us just toss them in the garbage. Read on to find out 10 creative ways to recycle that pumpkin.

“Footprint”, a green section of the National Post recently featured Magenta from Grassroots who spoke about how she cut back on her beauty products. Magenta believes that using the magnificent Dr. Bronner’s soap (which we at Grassroots all love and cherish) and some sweet almond oil is enough to maintain healthy, moisturized skin head to toe.

Contest runs from Aug. 15 – Sept. 15, 2010

Here is your chance to win a natural art gift set from Grassroots & ClementineArt and all you have to do to win is draw!

What you win:
This natural gift set includes; ClementineArt crayons, dough, glue, markers and paint.

This is money they could be using to buy more land elsewhere. They have been approached by a large, multi-national oil company with an offer to purchase the land – and they are considering the offer. They are considering the offer because the money they would receive would allow them to purchase other large tracts of ecologically sensitive land in other parts of the U.S.

The Story of Stuff takes you on a provocative tour of our consumer-driven culture. From resource extraction to iPod incineration, exposing the real costs of our use-it and lose-it approach to stuff.

Get involved, be active – contact companies – ask questions, give them feedback. If you have decided to use your dollars to vote for a company, you are, indirectly, a partner. Take ownership, talk to companies about their products, their ingredients, etc.

I always maintain that an educated consumer is a green consumer. Once you are aware of the issues, you are compelled to make the environmental choice. So at Grassroots I have always focused on training my staff, not just about the products, but about the issues behind the products.