Four Seasons is one of the biggest independent produce wholesalers in the US and they have announced that starting Earth Day, April 22, 2007, all of their produce trays will be compostable.

Susanna writes: I have been using a new skin care line that I have fallen in love with. The company that makes the line is based in Australia. They have made great strides to invest in the environment. Not only are all their products Certified Organic, but they enlist outside help to make their company's "carbon footprint" neutral. They use wind energy to run their manufacturing plant. They are in the process of developing petrol free plastic packaging. They also plant trees every year to offset their pollution (i.e. UPS trucks that deliver their goods).

Tired of that toxic feeling you have when returning from a holiday? You eat organically at home, sleep on organic sheets, live the eco life, so why settle for less when you're away? If you want to keep up your standards while on vacation check out these organic places to stay all over the globe and perhaps you'll return home feeling healthy and pure.

Ann Terry writes about her effort to avoid petroleum in lip gloss and her discovery of some organic cosmetics. She concludes "you don’t have to be a granola eating, Birkenstock wearing, tie dye sporting hippie to appreciate organic products." Does anyone really fear that organic shampoo will make them smell funny?

Read emagazine's great roundup of green futons running from $115 to $1395.

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What's in a $1395 futon you wonder? "Lifekind Products' wool avoids chemicals even while the sheep are wearing it. The pastures are pesticide-free and farmers do not feed the sheep antibiotics, says Walt Bader. The Grass Valley, Calif., company... runs the only bedding factory that is certified organic by an independent third party, Bader says. He compares organic claims to pregnancy: You can't be a little bit organic."

For those who can't or don't want to use the original (uncertified) organic milk for babies, Similac has introduce the first organic baby formula. It goes for around $28 dollars a can.