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Healthy Changes: One A Week

Reprinted from LOHAS, the following information by Patty James includes small suggestions for big change…  Fifty-two simple ways to be healthier… One a week?  Sounds doable…  Here’s to our health – salud, y’all!
According to an annual survey, over 100 million people at the beginning of each year vow to make improvements to their life, most [...]

Priti Manicures at Green in BKLYN

Since Green in BKLYN has opened, I’ve become obsessed with the Priti nail polishes that we carry in the shop.  Priti is the name of the company.  Very pretty is how said nail polishes appear on one’s fingers & toes.
Priti nail polishes contain no toluene, formaldahyde or BDPs.  Their extraordinary soy polish remover moisturizes [...]

Green Brooklyn… Green City Workshops

The Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC) is sponsoring a full day eco-friendly fair in our neighborhood!
Green Brooklyn… Green City Fair & Symposium will be held on Thursday, September 24, 11:30pm-6:00pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street).
The free event, sponsored by CENYC, includes information from local experts about the many ways [...]

Small (Easy) Steps to Living Green

Green in BKLYN was started with the intention of making a green (or greener) lifestyle convenient, easy & fun.  As a one-stop shop for a greener home & life, each of our products is natural, organic, sustainable or recycled.  So, if there’s something you like in our shop & you take it home with you, [...]

Supporting Local Businesses

This morning one of our dear customers wrote about The 3/50 Project on her blog & included Green in BKLYN as one of the three independently owned stores she miss most if they/we were gone…
First, thank you to Lissa for including us in her blog, To the Nines, and for introducing us to The 3/50 [...]

One-Earth.com Launches May 16th

Just met a groovy guy named Steve Matt who’s launching a new website this week.
The site is One-Earth.com & does what we planned on doing in the store… Create a card catalog of green resources.

However, while we planned to have folks fill out library cards with local green resources & put the cards in our [...]