Perch! is where modern sensibility meets sleek design. Perch! products are designed and handmade in Brooklyn, New York, using low impact materials and processes and non-toxic finishes. Perch! creates contemporary objects like the Basket Bowl featured in the Olive & Myrtle store.
The Basket Bowl is perky and pretty. You can use it to hold your favorite things or as a fancy planter.
In addition to the Basket Bowl, Olive & Myrtle features many other quirky Perch! creations. Have fun!
Americans use 50 million tons of paper per year, consuming over 850 million trees. The facts are: making recycled paper from waste paper- rather than making new paper- saves trees, uses 30-70 percent less energy, 50 percent less water, and reduces water related air pollution by 95 percent and water pollution by 35 percent.
Individuals participating in a recycling program provides savings to the environment and to the public. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, using recycled paper to make 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 360 gallons of water and 60 pounds of air pollutants. If everyone in the United States recycled 10 percent of their newspapers, 25 million trees would be saved each year.
Olive & Myrtle features 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper products from Ecojot. Ecojot uses acid- and chlorine-free paper and board. All inks and glues are vegetable based and therefore biodegradable.
Shop recycled paper notebooks, recycled paper sketchbooks and recycled paper notecards in the Ecojot boutique at Olive & Myrtle.
Haba produces natural wooden toys for infants and toddlers. These wood toys made from managed forests in Germany and are stained with non-toxic water based colors. Haba toys are produced and designed by European designers that encompass both fabric, plush and wooden materials. Each wooden toy is lovingly designed to provide an educational, inviting end result with multi-play values.
Haba received Best Toys of the Year recognition from the TODAY Show Toy Test and has been featured in national magazines such as Child, American Baby, Baby Talk, Fit Pregnancy, Parenting, Parents and Working Mother.
To find a Haba toy for someone you know, shop here.
The Hape team consists of just 45 employees who all have a passion for creating eco-friendly toys. As a company, they combine imaginative toy designs with high-quality bamboo materials that naturally develop the abilities of children.
HaPe’s focus is on developing creative, extraordinary product designs that offer new possibilities for creative, imaginative play.
HaPe was one of the first toy companies to receive the ISO 9001 Quality Management and ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certificates.
Olive & Myrtle carries many HaPe bamboo toys including bamboo domino game and Colora bamboo magnet game. A full selection of Hape bamboo toys can be found here.
An estimated 100 billion plastic bags are used in the United States every year. Worldwide, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used. While these plastic bags are recyclable, less than 3 percent of them actually are. The rest end up in landfills, oceans or as litter.
In landfills, plastic bags sit for about 1,000 years before decomposing and release toxic chemicals into the soil during decomposition. In oceans, plastic debris was found in almost 75 percent of dead sea turtles.
Using eco-friendly, reusable shopping bags will lessen our demand for plastic bags, therefore reducing the production of them and the associated pollution.
Aside from the environmental benefits, reusable bags can be helpful in your lifestyle.
-Reusable shopping bags can carry at least twice as much as most standard plastic bags.
-Reusable bags are easier to carry, usually having long, soft handles that are easy on the hands and shoulders.
-Many bags are made from environmentally friendly fabric, such as recycled or organic cotton and are non-toxic and non-allergenic.
-Additionally, reusable eco-friendly bags are washable.
To find exclusive reusable bag designs that are made from 100 percent recycled cotton and machine washable, check out Olive & Myrtle’s bags and totes section.
Jade, Jungle, Pine, or Sea…What is your favorite shade of green? Is it on Olive & Myrtle’s “Shades of Green” 100% recycled tote bag?
This machine washable bag is produced by EcoBags, founded in 1989. They produce environmentally and socially responsible bags that are SKAL certified, being made from 100% post-industrial cotton scrap and printed with water-based inks. It is exclusively sold at Olive & Myrtle.
To view all of Olive & Myrtle’s recycled cotton tote bags, check out their bags and totes section.
Looking for a new set of grilling tools? Olive & Myrtle has what you’re looking for with the Verde Recycled Stainless Steel Grilling utensils by Outset.
The 6-piece Verde Grilling tool set features a spatula, fork, locking tongs, brush, flex griddle spatula, and a locking claw tong. All feature recycled stainless steel construction and farm-raised bamboo handles. Outset created it this way to be the premier eco-friendly line of sustainable grilling tools. The entire line is 100 percent sustainable, including the packaging.
For more fun during playtime, Lana offers warm, huggable, organic cotton stuffed animals that any child would love. From Dragon to Donkey, to Anteater, you can find any character to kindle your grandchild, niece, or sons’ imagination. These adorable stuffed animals will bring a smile to their face and relief in your heart knowing that Lana’s stuffed animals are made in Europe with 100% organic cotton without harmful dyes, bleaches, or formaldehyde, and stuffed with pure wool. Search all the organic cotton stuffed animals by Lana at Olive & Myrtle.
Mio founders, Isaac and Jaime Salm, established Mio as a design company dedicated to creating the most sustainable and innovative design experiences in the market. As brothers, they share the same passion for combining business rigor with environmentally and socially progressive design. The functionality of the Beehive, Wobowl, and Swoop, were designed to strategically harness the most eco-intelligent aspects of conventional manufacturing. The 100% wool design was carefully matched for optimal efficiency and environmental benefits that adhere to Mio’s social responsibility. The diversity in contour and curve of the Mio pieces offers you the sculptural aesthetic to make a stylish visual statement in any nook or tabletop.
Summer has arrived and with it comes the traditional past time of grilling. Many people have been trying to help the environment by living a green lifestyle. Grilling is no exception and Olive & Myrtle has found a few tips for you to green up your BBQ’s.
While charcoal and wood grills have maintained the popular choice due to the taste that many say it gives the food, it is not the most eco-friendly way to grill. Charcoal and wood burns tiny soot particles that pollute the air and can worsen chronic heart and lung problems. In addition, charcoal ash cannot be reused. While wood ash can be used in your garden as fertilizer, charcoal ash is dangerous to plants and should just be disposed of.
The best grill to use is a gas grill. Natural gas is the cleanest and most energy efficient way to barbecue and more environmentally friendly than using electricity. Electric grills have the highest GHG (greenhouse gases) footprint while gas grills are fueled from petroleum and natural gas.
If you usually throw away your vegetable peels after grilling try composting them and the using them for your garden.
If you are in need of a new set of grilling tools, check out the Verde Recycled Stainless Steel 4 piece set or Verde Recycled Stainless Steel 6 piece grilling set. Happy BBQ’s!
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