A twice-weekly sharing of eco-shwag.
Today’s giveaway’s a 100% bamboo T-shirt from CertainTees, a super green tee company based in Chicago.
First, the tee: It’s size small with a V-neck, and looks like the pic to the left except it’s green (right).
CertainTees are made with bamboo grown and turned into thread in China, shipped by boat, then woven and sewn in the US. Then the tees are custom printed — with water-based, low impact dyes — by Lee Tracy, who’s started the company in her quest to change the world.
At $54 before shipping, the tshirts aren’t cheap. This, however, is partly because CertainTees has chosen NOT to externalize so many of the costs of doing business like most companies do. For ex, CertainTees offsets all the CO2 emissions from operating its business via Native Energy. Shipping packaging’s recycled and recyclable, and contains no plastics.
Moreover, $5 from each women’s tee goes to The Voices and Faces project. Each T-shirt also comes with a cotton shopping tote — made in India and soon to be certified organic — and a cute bookmark with a hemp cord that doubles as clothing tag.
You can check out CertainTees on the web or at a couple Chicago stores.
To win the T-shirt: Comment or email by Friday; drawing happens Saturday. US only.
I’d like to add my name to the drawing, please! This is a great shirt. I love it.
Comment by adriana — May 23, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
Me too! What a cute t-shirt!
Comment by FRANCES — May 23, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
Cute! Could you add my name to the drawing? Thanks!
Comment by Jennifer — May 23, 2007 @ 6:52 pm
Cute shirt!! Great mission!! I wanna be included in the drawing also
Comment by Yasmine — May 23, 2007 @ 7:11 pm
Count me in…figured I would try one more time!! Thanks green LA girl.
Question: Do you get these cool giveaways donated? Just curious.
Comment by Lara — May 23, 2007 @ 8:12 pm
bamboo is a great fabric. add me please :)
Comment by vanessa — May 23, 2007 @ 9:23 pm
Please include me too. Thanks!
Comment by Leslie — May 23, 2007 @ 9:46 pm
I’d like to be added to the drawing, too. Thanks!
Comment by Jessica — May 23, 2007 @ 9:57 pm
Toss my name into the bag, thanks!
Comment by Joseph Massey — May 24, 2007 @ 1:43 am
Put me in (it’s for my wife).
Comment by don hosek — May 24, 2007 @ 6:57 am
I love that this shirt is bamboo. We have a program, called Walls2Canvas, that is youth driven and our goal is purchase silk screen equipment for them because they already do murals, canvas pieces, and paint directly on shirts, back packs, hats, etc.
I’d love to have them get bamboo shirts to paint on!
Comment by Sydney B — May 24, 2007 @ 8:39 am
Love the shirt, love your site!
Comment by Ann — May 24, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Please, please add me to the drawing! What a super cool t-shirt!
Comment by Giselle — May 24, 2007 @ 11:22 am
I want a bamboo shirt!
thanks for entering me in the contest.
Comment by liz — May 25, 2007 @ 2:45 am
Count me in.
Comment by Caitlin — May 25, 2007 @ 10:32 am
adriana’s the lucky winner of this bamboo tshirt :) Thanks to everyone who entered –
Comment by Siel — May 27, 2007 @ 10:49 am