Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 5 Ways to Shop Green for the Cure
by Beth Shea, 10/11/09
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we’ve found five great eco-friendly products that will help you ‘Think Pink’ and shop green to raise awareness and funds for finding a cure for breast cancer. Moms and daughters will delight in these pretty, pink finds!
Fight Like a GRRRL Upcycled Vintage Jean Skirt $35
100% of the proceeds from this adorable upcycled vintage jean skirt will benefit a 25 year old breast cancer patient named Alicia. Made in Etsy shop Freckletree, the designer urges women to “fight like a grrrl” to be strong and triumph over breast cancer. Sized for ages 3-9 months, this skirt may be mini, but the message and love behind it are grandiose.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Pink Tutu $30.99-$39.99
$10 from every purchase of this handmade, classic pink Breast Cancer Awareness Ballerina Tutu will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Made by Etsy shop, Piccolina Designs, this sweet wardrobe staple of every little girl who dreams of being a ballerina is available in sizes newborn to age 8.
Reusable Pink Ribbon Lunch Bags $16
We’re all for reusable lunch gear because it keeps plastic waste out of landfills, and this eco-friendly trio of reusable lunch bags has the added bonus of boasting the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness. One sandwich bag and two snack bags are included in the set which features velcro closures to keep food fresh.
Giggle ‘Think Pink’ Fleece Blanket $50
Giggle’s Think Pink Fleece blanket is made from recycled soda pop bottles! 10% of proceeds from the sales of this double-layered fleece, warm and cozy blanket will be donated to the Young Survival Coalition which unites women with breast cancer age 40 and under.
Cuddly Wrap for the Cure
$5 from the purchase price of this snuggly pink Cuddle Wrap will be donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. This 100% organic cotton, Fair Trade wrap promotes bonding and allows for easy, private nursing sessions with infants.
Why do people feel that it is a good idea to advertise, whatever is being advertised, across the rear-ends of our young girls? Of course this is a good message but sadly marketed in a damaging, unthoughtful way.
When was the last time that you saw a boy/young man/man walk around with something written/stiched on his rear-end? Never (or so rarely that I don’t remember).
This is overt sexualization of young girls for whatever reason is stiched onto their rear-end. I deeply regret that inhabitots, a site that seeks to be a hub of progressive ideas and tools to help in raising your child, has chosen to support this type of practice, the sexualization of prepubescent girls.
I am very disappointed.