Category Archives: Green Gifts

Product Giveaway: Clover the Self-Watering Dog Planter

  By Donna DeForbes | October 29, 2012 - 7:30 am | , ,
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I’ve never seen these cute little ceramic animal planters before. Popular in Japan, the Shippon self-watering planter features an animal whose fabric tail soaks up the cup’s water and feeds the plant growing from the animal’s basket. Thanks to Microempowering.org, I have the dog Clover to give away (clover is also the plant that comes with it).   This giveaway has ended. Thank you! Disclosure: Thanks to microempowering.org for providing a Shippon self-watering animal planter. As always, all thoughts and opinions are our own.

Product Review: Melissa and Doug’s Harvest Hop Counting Game

  By Donna DeForbes | October 23, 2012 - 8:46 am | , ,
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So the folks over at Microempowering.org sent me this toy to review. (Microempowering is an organization that empowers community groups, non-profits and social entrepreneurs by helping them implement fiscally and environmentally sustainable projects. Check out their online store, which includes eco-friendly, brainy and sustainable toys.) I thought this Melissa and Doug Press and Spin Game (ages 3+) might be a little young for my newly six-year-old daughter. But when it arrived in the mail, she begged for it. Must have been the poppin’ fun spinner that drew her attention. We like Melissa and Doug. They put out quality toys, mostly made from eco-friendly wood rather than cheap plastic. The Harvest Hop is four card games in one, including versions of Memory and War. Sofie and I are playing the Harvest Hop game in this video below. As you can see, she got pretty excited while playing. I was surprised that … Continue reading →