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July 2010
"Happy Anniversary - Let's Celebrate!"

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By popular demand and with new lowered prices, more sizes of tempered drinking glasses, bowls, and plates that are nearly unbreakable. (In store for now, coming online soon)

Also by popular demand, more solar powered devices: totally solar powered LED Lantern and Cell Phone Charger - this works great.

Badger Bug Spray with organic essential oils repels flying pests naturally with essential oils that insects just don't like.

Great for back-to-college!  Rugged and light-weight Fair Trade recycled Rice Bag Laundry Bags & Totes have been selling fast

Organic Cotton Baby Bath Set

Fair Trade recycled Blue Jean Purses

Stainless Steel floating Tea Ball

Happy Anniversary Real Green Goods! It's been 3 years - can you believe it?  So in celebration and coinciding with Concord Market Days, we'll be having a buy 2 get the 3rd FREE sale on several popular items: Klean Kanteens, Zehn Naturals T-Shirts, and more...

Douglas, who has relocated from Rwanda, will be selling his native baskets fresh from a recent shipment, a chance to get your favorite pattern and colors.

Be sure to join us at Real Green Goods during our Open Hours during Concord Market Days for this sale and more. Check out our sale table for even greater discounts!

Concord Market Days & Summer Music Festival, Thur/Fri/Sat July 15-17.

Street vendors, children's creation station, music & dance, and much more...

Main Street Concord

July is the quintessential summer vacation month with the Fourth of July, barbecues, strawberry fests, boating, and going to the beach. Most summer activities center on cooling off and having some fun in the water.

With the Gulf oil spill past Day 77, water seems a bit more precious as the immensity of environmental devastation is realized. For many of us, this disaster is "down there", but it should be a reminder that clean water can disappear at a moment's notice from our own backyard. Our fresh water lakes around the world are drying up.

Daily Mail

Besides giving us great recreational pleasure, water is a necessity for our very existence - providing for the crops we eat and the water we drink.  We need to keep our water clean and sustainable. Drinking regularly from bottled water is not sustainable: it takes five times the water to produce its own single serving. Science confirms that our obsessive water consumption is a bit much and perhaps unnecessary.

"Drink At Least 8 Glasses Of Water A Day" - Really?

The bottom line is: conserve resources. We all really do live down stream. Respect water, use it wisely, and try to keep it clean so that we may all share what it has to offer.

NASA says 2010 was easily the hottest Spring and Jan-May on record.

Climate Progress

New England's stately oaks and hemlocks give way as the region warms. This has already happened in Massachusetts.

Daily Climate

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has sued the FDA because of not acting to ban the use of BPA which continues to expose consumers. The estrogen-mimicking compound leaches from the linings of nearly all canned foods, some plastic containers, and other food wrapping and packaging.

EcoWaste Warns of Toxic School Supplies and to watch out for hidden toxins including PVC and phthalates.

Manila Times

Monsanto has won in the Supreme Court and a ban on genetically modified alfalfa sprouts has been lifted. This is a big deal because alfalfa is a major food source for cattle and other animals, besides humans, and GMO alfalfa will work its way deep into the food system.

Huffington Post

A new solar power plant in Spain is done with mirrors, the first of its kind in Europe. This is very cool and perhaps this technology may spread to the U.S.

BBC-Science

Learn how to control insects naturally by understanding the life cycle of ants and what remedies are effective, developed by The Invisible Gardner. More information is available for purchase at the eBooks at this link.

Organic Data Bank

Make Your Own Natural Pest Control

Check out this site for 49 great water-saving tips.

American Water

Showing July 9-12 at the Red River Theatres on Main Street in Concord, part of the Green Living Series, is an award-winning documentary about the consequences of fresh water becoming so scarce that it may cause wars as certain groups strive to control this dwindling resource.

The discussion night is Monday, July 12.

Red River Theatres