Green Day 4

Tip: Plant a Tree

I remember in school a couple years we were given trees to plant...if you're kid brings home a tree plant it...if you live somewhere where you can't...find a big pot to keep it in.
This year Shaklee has a goal to plant 1billion trees around the world!!! I'm very happy to say I will be a part of that!  I'll be planting one in our yard!  I love weeping cherry trees and would love to plant one of them.



I just love this photo of the CEO of Shaklee planting trees for his A Million Trees. A Million Dreams™, environmental campaign that raised awareness of global climate change and initiates efforts to plant trees in North America and Africa which in 2009 Shaklee commemorated the planting of the 1 millionth tree, a culmination of a three year campaign with program Ambassador and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.


Trees breath life back into our atmosphere.  They are a home to birds, and animals, they provide natural shade (I know you can go inside or put up an umbrella or whatever but it's not the same as sitting under a tree and enjoying some lemonade), they also filter polloution from the air and prevent soil loss.  Plant a tree this year with your kids

Movie: FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Here's another great family movie about how important trees are.  Again my husband picked out this movie because he watched it as a kid and still loves it (now that I've seen it I love it too)  If you haven't seen it pick it up and watch it tonight with your family, if you have seen it be sure to share it with your kids as well :)

Person: Roger Barnett

Since I've already put a photo of him up I figured now is a great time to share about Roger.  He is the CEO of Shaklee.  He spent $20million researching Shaklee to make sure they were the greenest company he could find before he then bought it!  Since he took over he's invested even more of his money into research and development and international expansion and improving the compensation plan!
So where did Roger come from that he had 20million to spend doing research??  You might know the name of two of the other companies that he was the CEO of...arcade inc and beauty.com.  When Roger's son became sick and developed Asthma with no family history of breathing issues Roger and his wife began doing research on why he was sick.  (I shared this in The Truth about our Cleaning Products) Once he found Shaklee he then invested money and wanted to know how green they were and everything about the company.  We're very glad he did his homework and loved the company so much that he decided to buy it! We love have the World Economic Forum selected "Global Leader for Tomorrow" as the guy in charge.

Green Day 2

Green Tip:  Eat less meat.

I read this in a book last week and found it interesting although I don't remember the name of the book I remember how it said that by eating 2-4pounds less of red meat we would be saving as much water as if we didn't shower everyday for a year!  Wow since I do like to shower a bit on the longer side that's a great way to save water so we've started doing this!  Then today I learned that there are a lot more reasons we need to take in less red meat to help the environment, like saving gas, money, grain, water, and greenhouse gas.
I don't have any issues with cutting my meat intake.  I love fruit, veggies, and grains.  My family however does not feel the same way, they are all big meat eaters but I've been very lucky in that my husband has jumped on board and agreed to go vegetarian at least one meal a week.  And we have also quit drinking cows milk and found that we love Blue Diamond Almond Coconut Milk better than dairy milk and that it has more calcium.  Also Dark Chocolate Almond milk is the best chocolate milk I've ever had!!
I plan on this summer going meatless 2 times a week.

A look at what's in my fridge now...since we couldn't find the Blue Diamond milk that we like so much

Green video: Wall-E

This is a great movie the whole family is sure to love.  My husband probably watches it more than my 3year old daughter!  There are a few messages in this cartoon: we need to take care of our planet, we are going to start running out of places to put our trash and have to reduce how much we are putting in landfills, we are lazy people and have learned how to become helpless and that we can change.  Let us hope that in 100 years this our planet is still beautiful and that this movie is still just fiction.

Green Person: Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee

Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee founded a wonderful company that was created with nature in mind.  The company he started has lead the way in many health and environmental ways.
"Follow the laws of nature and you'll never go wrong." -Dr Forrest C Shaklee
Here is a list of just some of the environmental heritage of Dr. Forrest Shaklee:

1956   Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee founds a company based on Living in Harmony with Nature® that is committed to developing products to improve the health of people and the planet. 

1970s   Shaklee introduces one of the first biodegradable laundry detergents that contains no phosphates, nitrates, or borates. 

1987 Shaklee is selected by Jacques Cousteau and the Cousteau Society to provide environmentally friendly 

cleaning products for use onboard their research vessels, the Calypso and Alcyone. 

1989 Shaklee helps build schools and health clinics and plants more than 1 million trees in Asia through a partnership with the American Himalayan Foundation, an organization chaired by Sir Edmund Hillary

2009 Shaklee commemorates the planting of the 1 millionth tree, a culmination of a three year campaign, “A Million Trees. A Million Dreams, with program Ambassador and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

2009 Shaklee is honored with a Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in recognition of its commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation’s voluntary green power market. 

On my facebook page I'm going to keep posting 1 green fact about Shaklee everyday so like it and learn more about this great company Dr. Forrest Shaklee started!!

To learn more about Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee check out these links: youtube, The-Shaklee-Name-History-ebook, The-Shaklee-Story

Thank you Dr. Forrest Shaklee for founding this great company with such a strong foundation that is bonded with nature.

Thank you makers of Wall-E for creating a movie to make kids and parents aware of where our world is headed if we don't change!