Nova Covington, a fourth generation herbalist, values the Earth and the healing power of plants. Inspired by her young daughter’s health needs, she created an organic alternative to synthetic soap found in traditional baby products. This fueled the creation of safe skincare solutions and the founding of Goddess Garden in 2004. Goddess Garden has the highest organic content sunscreen on the market. This 70% organic natural sunscreen with a 30 SPF can be part of great gifts available at Best Organics and is available in both kids and adult formulas. Goddess Garden chooses certified organic, fair trade, and sustainably sourced ingredients, and scents products with 100% pure essential oils. We invite you to share this great brand by adding Goddess Garden Sunscreen to a summer fun gift and get 20% off through August 15!! Enter code Summer2010 during checkout.

Also of note: The Environmental Working Group just published a guide on how to choose the safest, most effective sunscreens. We are pleased that Goddess Garden is recommended as a safe sunscreen by EWG’s research!

Happy 40th birthday to the University of Colorado Environmental Center, founded on the first Earth Day in April 1970. Today, the center’s eight full-time staff members, 100 part-time student workers and hundreds of volunteers wield their multimillion-dollar budget — raised almost entirely from student fees — to tackle everything from recycling and composting to environmental justice issues and the creation of a campus-wide carbon neutrality plan.

The Denver Zoo, home to 4,000 animals, was recently recognized by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy (CORE) as a Sustainability Champion for its efforts to reduce waste and greenhouse emissions. In 2009 zoo employees logged 156,000 commuter miles using alternative transportation such as public bus, light rail, walking, biking, and carpooling. The zoo diverted about 680 tons of compostable material from the landfill between 2008 and 2009, and recycled 2,600 pounds of electronic waste, 37 tons of commingled recycling, 54 tons of cardboard and 6.25 tons of metal. “We’re a conservation organization,” said Denver Zoo Sustainability Coordinator Jennifer Hale. “Being sustainable just rolls into that mission.”