Contest Ends: December 18, 2008 11:59 PM PST

Giveaway: Organic, three piece gift set  by Cotton Monkey (bib,burp cloth, and quick errand diaper bag), Zah Organics Hawthorne T-Shirt ( 3m-4T), Zah Organics Coco Pants (3m-4T), go natural baby’s organic cotton wash cloth sets (2 sets= 6 washcloths), Debra Lynn Dadd’s new book Really Green, and one go natural baby fair trade, grass gathering basket.

Winner’s Choice: The winner will be able to select the style of the Cotton Monkey three -piece set (7 to choose from) and the size and color of the Hawthorne T-Shirt (3 colors) and Coco Pants.  

Value: $147.00

Number of Winners: 1

Giveaway Sponsor: Itsy Bitsy Baby Boutique’s goal is to match your personality, style and budget with the highest quality baby products available. We are a friendly, service-oriented, online, family business offering an extensive inventory of Bamboo, Organics, 100% Pima Cotton clothing and eco-friendly products for Newborns to Toddlers.

We also carry a variety of baby gifts from Child to Cherish and others: educational toys, potty training products, swaddling blankets, nursing shawls, hand crocheted hats and hair bows to match our outfits, Sophie and JeJe Teethers, booties and socks for infants and toddlers, and so much more. Most of our items are in stock and can be shipped during the work week within twenty-four hours of receiving the orders.

Enter By: Please visit our sponsor Itsy Bitsy Baby Boutique and tell us what  you like best and why (your answer must original, not copying other posts). Post your answer in our comments section. Please note we moderate comments so they do not appear immediately : )

** Please be sure to visit our giveaway section to enter all of our giveaways. We choose a winner, via random.org. Please see our rules page.

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If you woke up this morning with more health than illness…you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation … you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest,torture, or death…you are more blessed than three billion people in the world. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep…you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace … you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.If your parents are still alive and still married … you are very rare, even in the United States and Canada. 

50% of the world’s population are malnourished. 

80% live in substandard housing.

67% cannot read.

24% have no access to electricity

7% have access to the internet

1% has a college education

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful…you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more. –Brother David Steindl-Rast

For a history of Thanksgiving, click here.

Go Natural Baby™ manufactures our products under certified fair labor practices or we make them in the U.S. We do not want our name on anything unless we know that the people involved in making the garments (field workers,sewers, factory workers) are being paid a fair living wage, have a clean and safe work environment, and that no one under the age of 18 years old is making any of our garments. Fair trade garments are significantly more expensive than non-fair trade garments to manufacture, but we think it’s worth it. For those interested in exploring fair trade in more depth, click here. 

Because of our commitment to fair trade, we are supporting International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2008. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) turns 60 on this day.

The promise of this declaration is “Dignity and justice for all of us”. Know Your Rights 2008 also has a Children’s Corner with information, a video and a quiz. Human Rights Day is celebrated all around the world, and for a glimpse of celebrations in American cities, click here.

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has a lot more information about human rights. Much of the time it is easy to forget the suffering of others, especially those we do not directly come into contact with. Can we be truly happy when we ignore the suffering of others? Without compassion for all beings, how deeply can we love those we care about?

Here are three of my favorite quotes about human rights:

This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century — solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others. –Elie Wiesel

Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. –Paulo Freire

I think it would be a good idea. –Gandhi when asked what he thought of Western civilization

 Dale Borglum, Go Natural Baby blog editor, dad, Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project.

Contest Ends: December 14, 2008 11:59 PM PST

Giveaway: Winners’ choice of either the Pooka Tee for Girls, or Save it for Me Girls Tee, or Pooka Tee for Boys, or Save it for me Boys Tee. All t-shirts are organic cotton and available in sizes 5/6,7/8,9/10, and 11/12.  Winners’ choose the size and style. 

Value: $28.00

Number of winners: 2

Pooka brand eco-fashion for kids, was created by single mompreneur, Andrea Higham and her elementary school children, Bailey & Mairen.  Pooka is founded on the concept that style and sustainability don’t need to be mutually exclusive.  Their first line of organic cotton tees quintessentially captures the uncompromising style and creativity of childhood.  Many of the tees were actually designed by 10 year old, Bailey and 8 year old, Mairen. With a commitment to people and their planet, Pooka is providing a great resource for clothing that is not only good for the environment, but actually looks great too!

Pooka organic tees are:super-soft 100% Organic Cotton, tagless (no itchy tag),  hand dyed with low-impact dyes,  phthalate and pvc free screen-printed,made (sweat-shop free) in the USA!

NEW news:  Ragazzi Clothing Company (company behind Pooka brand) just won top 10 Home Based Business Competition in the “Greenest” category on Startup Nation.

Enter By: Please visit our sponsor Pooka brand and tell us what t-shirt design you like best and why (your answer must original, not copying other posts). Post your answer in our comments section. Please note we moderate comments so they do not appear immediately : )

** Please be sure to visit our giveaway section to enter all of our giveaways. We choose a winner, via random.org. Please see our rules page.

Extra Entries: 

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2 blog about this giveaway! Be sure to leave 2 separate comments with the link to your posting.

Thank you and good luck to you all!