Carrie Peters is a super sweet gal I met at the Gift Show, who designs a gorgeous line of organic fair-trade bedding called Raksha Bella Organic Textiles. She fell into the business by organically combining what made sense to her. Carrie was a decorative painter for many years and she started to explore eco-paints after getting allergic reactions to standard paint. She started working with non-toxic, no-VOC paints. Then she went back to school for interior design and architecture. Yet she always knew she wanted to work with organic cotton. A trip to India sealed the deal. Here's more on how Carrie's going green in her everyday:
1. three simple ways you've gone greener in your life
grow my own food, solar panels on my house, biodiesel (maybe these aren’t so simple!)
2. last green purchase
organic cotton bedding (smile)
3. one green initiative you'd like to see enacted in your community
Its Berkeley, CA, so that’s a tough one, hmmm.
4. best green gift you've given, received, or coveted
fresh chard from my garden
5. hardest habit to break to be more eco-friendly
giving up eating meat
6. three ways you want to be greener this year
go veggie, grow more veggies, brave riding my bike up here in the Berkeley hills as primary transportation
Next week, I'm doing a special post on organic bedding! Thanks to Carrie for being a part of Green Swap! Don't forget, we have two giveaways running right now! A set of green cleaners from Ecostore and a subscription to Organic Gardening! Leave a comment by Monday and you'll be entered.
{green swap photograph by charlotte jenks lewis}
yesterday's q+a: malcolm of ecostore
tomorrow's q+a: ben jervey of the green apple guide
what's green swap? find out more here
