Artisan World Market

I was searching for online car insurance and came across a popular trend in the travel industry, that is, travel with the environment in mind.

Sure enough, you love traveling. But isn’t it even nicer if your travel experience is fair, responsible and eco friendly? This would mean traveling with the environment in mind, respecting nature and Mother Earth, people and culture, doing things that will benefit the local community.

To being your eco friendly travel, pick travel itineraries that offer you the chance to explore a country in a fresh and new way. You can start by choosing greener transport options and staying in unusual places. Find out the lesser-known festivalsso that you can have an unique perspective on a country. There is a good range of eco friendly hotels to suit all travellers and most budgets. Located in some of the most beautiful and unusual corners of the world, these hotels are unique, filled with character and they all practice responsible tourism.

It may seem like an odd trend but eversince the eco living movement has been launched in a big way, my favourite organic shop has decided to stop using plastic bags. I wasn’t too pleased at first cos I would be doing my usual shopping without carrying my own recycled or reusable bags. Many customers won’t pleased too but the organic shop owners continue to advocate a green living practice in their business.

I guess I have to thank the organic shop for standing firm in their advocacy for being environmental friendly and since, I have started bringing my own reusable bag to shops and stores. Living a more sustainable, environmentally friendly lifestyle is possible if we want to play our part in a green environment. You can do your part when you BRING YOUR OWN BAG when shopping, turn your lights out, turn your heat down, do more walking instead of driving, use hand painted posters instead of digital signage.

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As more people are becoming more supportive of the eco living movement, more mothers are also paying special attention to choosing organic clothing for their little ones. I only started taking a look at organic cotton, eco friendly baby clothing and natural cotton clothing after becoming a mom myself.

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When I was searching for family friendly accommodation in Hong Kong, I came across lots of attractive options. For me, a spacious room is essential to ensure that our little active one will have lots of space to move around since Hong Kong hotel rooms are known for being small. But if you are willing to pay a little more, you can still get a fairly spacious room of around 35 sq m and above. The standard Hong Kong hotel room size will be around 25 sqm so if you don’t mind the little squeeze, it is still ok.

A friend of mine was sharing with me about her find in laughlin hotels and I was asking her to check out the artistic Luxe Manor Boutique Hotel HOng Kong in Tsimsatsui. Decorated with lots of unique interiors and chic furnishings, the Luxe Manor hotel draws upon a surreal blend of Asian, post-Modern and European design. What’s nice is that wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel and there is an on-site fitness center housing cardiovascular and weight-training equipment. So if you are after a real artistic cum boutique hotel with very psychedelic furnishings and styles, the Luxe Manor may be one accommodation lodging to check out. Don’t forget to snap pictures of the artistic furnishings in the hotel room.

I had a all girls gathering last week and it was great to meet some of my old schoolmates during the session. One of them was talking about her weight loss stories and what she did with Leptovox while I was sharing with them the wonderful finds I had in online jewelry shopping.

Citrine and carnelian choker, ‘Chrysanthemum Trio’ Layers of delicate citrine petals form chrysanthemums centered with carnelian. The beautiful trio poses on a choker with Busarin’s hallmark styling. Faceted crystals and glittering beads complement the natural gemstones.

When it comes to online jewelry shopping, I won’t hesitate to highlight the artisan works at Novica.com. From gemstones to handmade fine jewelry, you can find all kinds of artisan works - handcrafted rugs, handpainted vases…etc. These handmade jewelry are crafted with dedication and skillful hands by artists from all over the world. Whether it’s wedding jewelry or just a keepsake jewelry, you can find all kinds of handmade jewelry in Novica.com. Shop to experience for yourself the artisan handiworks of these talented artists.

I’ve so taken by those new mini computers in the marketplace lately. With all the cool features and performance, I guess there is no need to worry about memory cards at all. What’s nice is that I can tuck the light little mini notebook into my handbag and I can whip it out anywhere and anytime I want. I’m not sure if this is eco friendly enough but I sure hope that someone will invent an eco friendly laptop in time to come. This will be the dream of every eco living individual and fan out there!

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As our world becomes more and more filled with plastic waste, unused pesticides and herbicides, many tea lovers have come to the conclusion that organic tea is not only the safest tea you can buy but that it might even be the tastiest. I started noticing that after being reading that women who are seeking acne treatment are turning to organic teas for wellness remedy.

Organic tea begins with soil that can be considered ‘organic’ itself. Soil quality has a great deal to do with the foods we eat and drink, whether it be meat products, produce or products like tea, which are harvested from tea plants grown in the soil. Purchasing 100% organic tea signifies to the buyer that the tea they are drinking is not laced with pesticides or other chemicals. Non-organic tea, given that the leaves are routinely sprayed with pesticides, may contain trace chemicals that are not healthy for anyone to drink.

For the last one year, I have been a mineral makeup user and I love it for the fact that it gives me a natural coverage and most importantly, it doesn’t clog my pores! Personally I have tested on many mineral makeup brands and some mineral makeup foundation powder does work better than others.

If you are a mineral makeup user you would notice that most of the mineral makeup are sold in jars and plastic containers with no ‘proper’ branding except for a few like Bare Escentuals, Laura Mercier, Purity Mineral foundation…etc. A friend who works in a used cisco company was telling me about her pleasant experience with mineral makeup and how it has helped with her sensitive skin complexion. If you would like to find out more about how mineral makeup can bring out the best in your makeup beauty regime, check out Purity Mineral Foundation, Mineral All-Over-Glow and Finishing Powder — visit mineralscience.com

Creating a eco friendly home requires efforts and dedication. If you like it, it calls for dedication too. Since I have a little child at home, I prefer to use non toxic cleaning agents and natural cleaning products whenever possible. Sometimes they can cost a little more but if you learn more about what is inside the cleaning agents on the supermarket shelves, you should think twice about exposing your children to them. Even when it comes to choosing self storage, I make it a point to choose eco friendly ones that can be recycled and restored.

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When you have a little one at home, you need to keep away any home decorating item that has buttons and knobs, where possible. I speak this from experience. Since my little boy started to make his way on his feet, toddling around, we had replaced more than five alarm clocks in the bedroom and a couple of remote controls at the TV console.

Just the other day, hubby was looking at a few cool wind up radios and I had to warn him of our little destroyer in the house. While we love to receive eco friendly gifts, we love to give eco friendly gifts too! In two months time, christmas shopping will begin and it’s going to be a fun and busy time at home again. This year, I hope to choose some eco friendly gifts for my family and friends and I’m sure online eco shopping is the way to go. Till then, I’ll be posting more eco friendly gifts in the next few posts… look out!