2009 August | Inhabitots

We Celebrate Our 1st Birthday TODAY!!!!

by Beth Shea, 08/05/09

We’re thrilled to announce that Inhabitots is turning ONE today! Our baby blog is starting to grow up! We are so excited to be celebrating this milestone… we’re nostalgic about the journey we’ve taken thus far… and we look forward to many more fun filled years of bringing the latest and greatest in eco design for kids and babies. Please join us in taking a look back at Inhabitots’ TOP FIVE MOST POPULAR STORIES of all time… and find out what our biggest eco birthday wish is!

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Giant Sharpener Desk Tidy Gets Kids Organized for the School Year

by Jasmin Malik Chua, 08/04/09

Few things signal the end of summer and the beginning of the slow plod back to the classroom more than the sight and smell of freshly sharpened pencils. Slip your tyke a gentle reminder to start gearing up for school with Suck UK’s Giant Sharpener Desk Tidy, which keeps pencils, pens, and assorted academic paraphernalia in one place. With curved, serrated sides, a metal “sharpener” middle, and a cone-shaped hollow, this sustainably produced desk organizer looks just like the real deal, except it sharpens your desk’s appearance, not your pencils.

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NEW! Goodbyn Lunchbox is a Back-To-School Must-Have!

by Desmond Williams, 08/04/09

The brand new, cute, hip, Goodbyn lunchbox saves the earth one school lunch at a time. This BPA and Phthalate-free lunch system eliminates the need for plastic baggies, disposable drink boxes or pouches, and multiple Tupperware containers. It’s “a better lunchbox, reinvented for kids, parents, and our planet.” Read on to see why we’re sending our kids back to school with this stellar sidekick.

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Dig In with the Secret Seed Society’s Interactive Food Adventure

by Jasmin Malik Chua, 08/03/09

Good morning, Seed Agent. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to learn how easy it is to grow your own food. The Secret Seed Society will show you how with its series of adventure packs, each of which contains an illustrated storybook about the inhabitants of Seed City, certified-organic seeds, growing instructions, and a recipe so that kids can follow their food from plant to plate. The first pack even includes a compostable plastic membership card made from corn, not oil. Don’t forget to sign up to receive top-secret growing, cooking, and exploring assignments via email.

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Artists Design Kid Kustoms Tricycle Fenders for Charity

We raved about Kid Kustoms Roddler stroller which brilliantly converts into a tricycle, and now we’re equally impressed with the work of over 50 commissioned artists: “the world’s best hot rod pin stripers, street artists, illustrators, air brushers, graphic designers, and cartoonists” who created masterpieces out of Kid Kustoms’ Roddler tricycle fenders with their original artwork. The fenders will be auctioned off in a charity auction called ‘Tins for …

DIY: Backyard Hideaway Made from Old Windows

Give old windows a fresh new outlook by turning them into an outdoor hideaway! We spotted this clever upcycling project at Design Sponge and thought building this backyard escape would be the perfect way to round out the summer. A Swedish reader of Design Sponge submitted this project when she was left with a pile of old windows after having new ones installed in her home. What could have been sent to a landfill instead became a unique, inviting backyard dwelling where kids and adults alike may escape a hectic household to read a book, play a game, or sneak a snooze.

Bamboo Sunshine Dollhouse Demonstrates Eco-Friendly Living

Sustainable dollhouses are becoming big business. We’ve seen many a green dollhouse to adore here at Inhabitots, including a downloadable paper dollhouse and a recycled DIY dollhouse! However, the Bamboo Sunshine Dollhouse from Hape International takes the cake when it comes to sustainable living and shaping green, imaginative young minds during dollhouse playtime. Featuring working solar panels and an add-on greenhouse in which a child may grow real plants, this dollhouse gives kids a jumpstart on how to live an eco-friendly lifestyle.

NEW! Boon’s Odd Ducks Float Our Boat

Move over, rubber ducky, there’s a new breed of faux fowl afloat. Meet the Odd Ducks—Bob, Jane, Slim, and Squish—Boon’s hip, vibrant, and thoroughly modern take on that classic bathtime buddy. Like Boon’s other splash-and-play gear, this cheery flock is completely free of PVC, phthalates, and bisphenol-A. Because toxins in the tub? That’s just quackers.

+ Odd Ducks $5.99…

Nature Next Bamboo Booster Seat

In a nice break from traditional plastic booster seats comes the new Safety 1st Nature Next Bamboo Booster. This seat looks and feels better than plastic, made with durable bamboo, and an easy-to-remove tray made with recycled plastic. The seat comes packaged flat to save on shipping emissions (you build it easily with a screwdriver). The booster seat also comes with three …