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Earth Day Freebies + 24-Hour Green Giveaway

by Tara Kuczykowski on April 22, 2009 · 217 comments

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Earth Day Freebies
I've rounded up the hottest freebies for Earth Day, plus I've got one special quick giveaway!

Disney Store – Take 3 plastic water bottles into any Disney Store and receive a FREE reusable water bottle!
(Thanks, A Thrifty Mom!)

PBS Kids Go! – Check out PBS Kids Go! for special Earth Day and Earth Month programming and eco-focused online content. What a great way to get the kids involved too!

Aveeno – Be one of the first 1,000 to register and receive a limited edition Aveeno Envirosax reusable organic cotton bags and a sample of the new Aveeno Nourish+ Hair Care Collection shampoo and conditioner!
(Thanks, Saving With Shellie!)

Reynolds Wrap – Don't forget to print your rebate for a FREE Reynolds Wrap recycled aluminum foil!

Kroger – Design your own reusable shopping tote and get a credit on your Kroger store loyalty card to pick up a FREE reusable shopping bag on your next trip!

Walgreens – Present this coupon to your cashier to get 15% off eligible store items and 20% off Walgreens brand items plus a FREE reusable shopping tote!
(Thanks, Cincinnati Cents!)

brita-water-pitcher And now for a quick green giveaway! Up for grabs is one 3-Quart Brita Water Pitcher (ARV $30) courtesy of Walmart.

Just leave a comment with your best green tip for Earth Day. For a bonus entry, tweet your tip on Twitter using hashtag #11MOMSGREEN, and then come back and leave a second comment letting me know you did so!

Note: Tips submitted may be used on Walmart.com.

This giveaway ends at 11:59 p.m. PST on Wednesday, April 22nd. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Good luck!

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1 Veronica L. April 22, 2009 at 10:14 am: my best tip which also includes teaching my children about saving water is that we leave a bucket outside on our back patio so it will catch the rain water which we use to water our flowers & garden. My kids love helping out and along the way it teaches them to be conservative with what we have :)
2 Anantha April 22, 2009 at 10:15 am: We have been using steel bottle(klean kanteen) for water. Water is cold and no BPA problem with plastic bottle and it is good for the environment.Reuse Reduce Recycle.
3 melissam April 22, 2009 at 10:16 am: We shop local and organic when possible!
4 Nicky April 22, 2009 at 10:18 am: Boil your water don't buy it. Saves money and no waste with the plastic bottles. I've been doing that for years.
5 Sandra April 22, 2009 at 10:19 am: I reuse the plastic tv dinner tray. Just wash them, then you can use them to make at home dinners for later in the week. Take leftovers put them in the tray, wrap with Reynolds wrap and then put note on it to tell you what is in it and freeze. Save money and recycle at the same time.
6 Michelle April 22, 2009 at 10:22 am: All of our lightbulbs are energy-saving. Enter me!
7 Chelle April 22, 2009 at 10:35 am: Oh how I would love to have this to take to school. The water there is just nasty.

Yesterday, I just started hanging my clothes out to dry outside. When the clothes were directly in the sun, they dried faster than if put in my dryer and I saved money to boot.

I'm going green!

Chelle´s last blog post..Happy Easter!
8 Andrea April 22, 2009 at 10:39 am: We try not to use throw away plates, cups or silverware. Thanks for the chance.
9 Kimberly April 22, 2009 at 10:40 am: I love re-usable shopping bags! I have bought a few from WalMart and gathered a few freebies. I use them for grocery shopping and library books.
10 Sarah Marturano April 22, 2009 at 10:48 am: Teach your kids (by showing them) to turn off the lights when they leave a room! This is my husband and I's biggest mantra! We also quit using paper towels and paper plates-it saves a lot of money and the environment!

Sarah Marturano´s last blog post..Juicy Juice Review and Giveaway
11 Alison Scudder April 22, 2009 at 10:49 am: I am going to do an organic garden this year. I just paid $.99 for a cucumber!!! That is just crazy!! Wish I could have a year round garden but maybe in the future I will get a greenhouse. Thanks for the giveaway.
12 Aundrea April 22, 2009 at 10:52 am: We've stopped using disposable dinner-ware whenever possible. This not only cuts down on waste, it cuts down on spending!
13 Kris April 22, 2009 at 10:55 am: My best tip is to teach your children to recycle, reuse and reduce their carbon footprint by watching YOU!
14 Jenni April 22, 2009 at 10:57 am: We use reusable shopping bags, the compact lightbulbs, turn lights off when not in the room, do not use throw-away dinnerware, and grow all of our own produce (when it's the correct season, of course!)
We try to be as eco-friendly as possible, and it saves us a little green in both aspects.
Thanks for another great giveaway.
15 Jessica April 22, 2009 at 10:57 am: I use reusable shopping totes, plant a garden every year, hang my clothes outside, use reusable diapers, and much more; anything to save Mother Earth!!!!!!!!!!
16 Kristen April 22, 2009 at 10:58 am: I use the plastic bags that my groceries are bagged in as my garbage bags at home.
17 Jackie April 22, 2009 at 11:07 am: I always have a purse with me when I shop, so if the item I bought fits in my purse, I let the store keep its bag. It always gives me a little lift to see one less bag wasted!
18 Christie April 22, 2009 at 11:13 am: I use the paoer left over from printing coupons after cutting them as paper for my shopping list,

we use filtered water,

recycle yogurt Diego cups as snack cups for my boys. they also like to use them for water play.

thanks for the giveaway contest

christie
19 Risa Gutierrez April 22, 2009 at 11:20 am: My earth dayt ip is to recycle
20 Risa Gutierrez April 22, 2009 at 11:21 am: I added a earth day comment to my twitter
gutibaby
21 Nancy April 22, 2009 at 11:22 am: Reuse foil. It wipes off and good for another use.
22 Courtney April 22, 2009 at 11:25 am: My family gets creative with leftover meals several times a week as well as having one "no-cook" meal a wweek. It saves on energy, time and money, as well as eliminates the waste of food.
23 Kate April 22, 2009 at 11:36 am: Get the kids to recycle their juice boxes at school. It is amazing how many can be saved each week!
24 Kate April 22, 2009 at 11:37 am: We are giving up paper towels!
25 mary k April 22, 2009 at 11:41 am: Visit and make purchases at local farmer's market. My kids love it as an outing too!
26 Mandy April 22, 2009 at 11:44 am: We always use reusable water bottles instead of bottled water from the store.
27 mary k April 22, 2009 at 11:45 am: We reuse paper grocery sacks for craft paper, wrapping paper, and so many other things!
28 Kasey April 22, 2009 at 11:47 am: My favorite tip is just to look for a way to make do with something that makes less of an impact - really consider each thing I use or buy and ask if I could do it a better way.
29 Elena April 22, 2009 at 12:07 pm: Buying a water faucet filter was the best thing i could have done. I now longer need to buy plastic water bottles. saves ALOT of money too. I am a water freak...thats all i really drink so this would be an awsome win.
30 Ohio Mom April 22, 2009 at 12:15 pm: Give your kids baths in the same bath water, at the same time to save water! Save the earth!
31 kristen emma April 22, 2009 at 12:20 pm: grow your own veggies....even if you dont have a lot of land...you can grow maters in pots on a terrace or patio. I have a little patch of land that i grow maters, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, squash, spices, peppers and this year i may try to grow a couple stalks of corn..not sure yet but may try. Worth a shot. This year i am also putting sunflowers in around parts of the house intead of the traditional flowers that only last the summer. this way we get the seeds and can have a blast teaching the kids about all the veggies and sunflowers. Also for produce we cant grow I plan on going to our weekly farmers market on Tuesdays to buy all my produce. Getting back to the basics and having so much fun teaching the kids as well.

Thanks for the opportunity to win this great prize.

krisemma at msn dot com
32 Sharon April 22, 2009 at 12:23 pm: I have been saving my 1/2 gallon milk jugs for a few weeks. I cut them off and use them to grow my plants in that I started from seed. I have tomato plants that will be ready to move to my organic garden as soon as the weather is right. (I can also use the cut-off tops as funnels)

searcher7105 at gmail dot com
33 kristen emma April 22, 2009 at 12:26 pm: i typed a long entry but got a 408 error and think it was lost and now the kids are up...ack...so in short we plan to grow our veggies like maters, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, peppers, spices, mint, possibly corn (fingers crossed..this one is new for me), squash, pumpkins etc...and plant sunflowers instead of the ones that only last the summer. We are also only going to buy our produce from the once a week farmers market they have in town. We are going to have a blast this summer with the kids and teaching this year. We dont have a lot of land, but you dont need a lot of land..a few plants here and there, a few pots here and there, a little water and a lot of love is all you need!

thanks for the chanceto win this great giveaway!

krisemma at msn dot com
34 Chrysa April 22, 2009 at 12:29 pm: I reuse return envelopes that come in junk mail. Just cut a piece of scrap paper to fit over the pre-printed address. If there is a bar code at the bottom of the envelope, make sure to black it out or it will confuse the post office!

Chrysa´s last blog post..100 Rayovac AAA Batteries for $8.99
35 Amanda April 22, 2009 at 12:35 pm: I love using chemical free cleaning products! and soy candles...mmm
smell good!
awkern@cinci.rr.com
36 Lori April 22, 2009 at 12:39 pm: We just started changing our light bulbs over to the environmentally friendly kind.
37 JW April 22, 2009 at 12:40 pm: I don't accept store bags whenever I can just carry items out myself!
38 Wendy April 22, 2009 at 12:41 pm: I have started washing all my clothes in cold water. I also plant a veggie garden.

Wendy´s last blog post..Emily enjoying a Spring Evening!
39 Leilani April 22, 2009 at 12:48 pm: Compost food you don't eat instead of wasting!
40 Kate April 22, 2009 at 12:49 pm: Plant something with your kids!! We planted Veggies and herbs for Earth Day. A home garden is a great way to go green, and a great thing to get kids involved in!
41 Kate M. April 22, 2009 at 12:52 pm: Get the kids involved in Planting a home garden!! We planted Veggies and Herbs for EarthDay! Save the Earth, get AMAZING tasting veggies, and have fun with the kids!!
42 Julie G April 22, 2009 at 12:58 pm: Keeping my fingers crossed, I would love one of these.
43 KJ April 22, 2009 at 1:13 pm: I bathe my toddlers at the same time to conserve water, I use canvas reusable shopping bags, I use cold water for my laundry, I use glasses to drink my filtered water from not bottles. I have wanted a New Brita pitcher for a while, my parents had one when lived at home. Thank you
44 DebbieLynne (On The Banks of Stony Creek) April 22, 2009 at 1:27 pm: We only wash clothing in cold water.

I no longer buy bottled water.

I use totes for my shopping purchases.

I dry clothes by the sun & wind on the line when possible.

Thanks!

DebbieLynne (On The Banks of Stony Creek)´s last blog post..Monday again…
45 Rebecca April 22, 2009 at 1:33 pm: I'm all about the cloth diapers! These days they're just so easy.
46 Rebecca April 22, 2009 at 1:36 pm: I'm all about the cloth diapers! These days they're just so easy.

I also reuse plastic bags, etc.
47 Nancy April 22, 2009 at 1:47 pm: The whole recycle concept isn't very big here in Nevada so when I teach my coupon classes I also teach people how they can recycle their papers.
48 Madeleine Kolar April 22, 2009 at 1:53 pm: I use used dryer softener sheets, rewet them and clean bathroom fixtures. Leave them dry and dust woodwork. Don't clean floor with them as they will become slippery. I got conused and left this hint on Walmarts page. I don't know how to twitter. Hope I put this in the right place.
49 Christa April 22, 2009 at 2:13 pm: We try to be GREEN whenever possible. We do the reuseable totes, reuse printer paper on both sides for directions and coupon printing, we have 2 rain barrels to collect rain water to water the garden, open the blinds in the winter to help warm the house, take old socks to make into wrags, run appliances such as washer at night to use less energy, use washable containers instead of throwaways, buy in quantity and divy up into snackable portions, use CFL bulbs, etc.
50 Marcie April 22, 2009 at 2:37 pm: Reuse baby wipe containers for crayons, markers, toy cars, etc!