Engage Green Review and Giveaway!!

*** This giveaway has Closed and the winner has been selected. Congratulations to lucky number #212 Michele P. !! I have emailed you! ***

Featuring the Spanish Green Mosaic Tote

INTRODUCTION:


It is so inspiring to stumble upon a company so dedicated to offering high quality and fashionable products out of earth-friendly materials with environmentally safe production processes that have low or no impact on the planet. Engage Green ..... very cool company ..... very hip products ..... very chic designs ..... A company passionate about educating people about recycling and the surprising designs that can be made from recycled and sustainable materials such as recycled paper, recycled plastic, organic cotton/hemp and cork to create very fashionable stylish items! Engage Green is getting noticed for their commitment to helping our planet and some of their coveted products have been recently featured in the press by People Magazine, Style Watch and Everyday with Rachel Ray Magazine. And, it is my great pleasure to feature them right here on my blog as part of my The Best of Everything For You Fall Fashion and Beauty Blitz and offer a wonderful Giveaway from Engage Green to you all!

Brown Red Tulip Shoulder Bag

About Engage Green

{From the Engage Green Website}

The Company

"Engage Green has an environmental commitment to the Earth and to future generations. We work hard to seek out earth-friendly materials and environmentally safe production processes that have low or no impact on the planet.

Our LOGO represents our commitment to the Earth. A Penguin and a Rooster -- two animals of very different environments living with the consequences of climate changes. It is a metaphor of our times; a Penguin from the glaciers and a Rooster from the land, riding together toward a common project – stop global warming.

Engage Green designs are environmentally friendly as well as fashionable. All our designs are crafted from recycled and sustainable materials. Our current line uses:Woven Recycled Paper, Recycled Plastic (PETE), Organic Cotton/Hemp and Cork

Our Mission

Bag to the Right is Woven Beige Satchel

To create "The Green Cycle" by beginning with the right materials, creating a pleasing design, passing through an eco-manufacturing process and finally ending with conscientious consumers.

To continue searching for new and better ways to lower any negative impact we make on the Earth.

To provide our customers with high quality, fashionable products they will be proud to use and happy to own.

To serve our local community by turning waste into something positive and by spreading information about living green.

Why Recycled Materials?

Recycling is an effective way to conserve our resources, minimize waste, protect our environment and turn consumerism into creative energy. In addition, less water and less energy are required for the production of goods.

The Artist

Bag to the left is Blue Geometric Traveler

Leonor Mendoza, founder and artist of Engage Green, is an award winning artist whose work is part of the Art Museum of the Americas permanent collection in Washington DC. Her sculpture, also made from recycled materials, has been featured in shows around the world. Dozens of private collectors have commissioned her pieces. Born in Venezuela, Ms. Mendoza currently lives in Brooklyn, New York."

Before I move on to the Review and Giveaway I feel it is also important to include here the following about Engage Green:

From the Engage Green Website:

"Engage Green has fostered its eco-friendly mission by donating our designs to many organizations.

Some of these organizations include The Nature Conservancy, The Creative Coalition (President Obama’s Inaugural Gala), The Children of Chernobyl (Children at Heart), New Jersey Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Clarke NYC School, The Little Red Schoolhouse and NYU Stern Social Enterprise Association (SEA).

We’ve also worked with The Brooklyn Museum, Suburban Skye, Prospect Hill PTA (Chic Boutique) and Urban Go Green at the Kalahari building, the first Green Luxury Building in Harlem."

Bag below is the Multicolor Pink Traveler

I highly recommend you visit the "About Us" Section at the Engage Green Website to learn more about this very unique company. You can visit there by clicking HERE

FEATURED PRODUCT AND GIVEAWAY

Spanish Mosaic Lime Green Tote

{From the Engage Green Website}

Recycled Paper Bag. Recycled Plastic Handles. Inside, green cotton lining, zip pocket and mobile holder. Zip closure. Wipe it clean gently with a wet cloth.

Bag Dimensions: 10" x 14.5" x 3" The Handle Length: 9"

Paper - Recycling Facts

1. Less trash in landfills means lower disposal costs and less polution from waste carting, as well as lowering the impact the discarded items themselves would have on the environment.

2. Using recycled paper pulp saves 60% to 70% of the energy used in the manufacturing process compared to using virgin pulp.

3. Recycled paper manufacturing uses up to 55% less water than virgin pulp and helps preserve our forests.

4. Manufacturing with recycled paper reduces air emissions by 74% compared to virgin pulp manufacturing.

My REVIEW: Receiving an item from Engage Green is like receiving a special gift from the Green Earth Fairy God Mother! You know immediately when you open the package that inside is a product that is not mass produced from a factory, but instead expertly crafted from materials that could have ended up in a landfill but instead were recycled into a work of art that can be enjoyed and adorned for a second chance at life! Without hesitation I can say the Spanish Mosaic Lime Green Tote is spectacular in its exotic woven pattern, the functional styling and the meticulous manner with which it is rendered.

I love the functionality of this bag. It is the perfect size for carrying all of your typical necessities that one normally carries in a handbag. The inside compartment is wide open so you really see what is inside, and access your items easily and efficiently. It has a pocket that you can slip your cell phone into as well as a inside zippered compartment for storing keys, lipstick, you know all the things we want to have with us and often need to find easily in a hurry. The inside is lined very nicely with a color coordinating fabric to the outside of the bag that is light in color so it won't hide what you need to find inside when you most need it (dark color linings like black and brown always make finding things in your purse difficult for me).

Right away I noticed the unique way the outside of the bag felt. Rubbing my fingers against the beautifully woven spanish mosiac design felt in a word "unique". I have never experienced what a recycled paper woven fabric felt like before, and it felt organic, natural, crisp, fresh, a really magical feel from such a fabulous bag.

I am so excited that one of my readers will win this very same bag and have the chance to experience the same pleasure from it that I have. Who knew that an eco-friendly handbag created from recycled materials could be so very chic and stylish! I adore this handbag and think it is a wonderful accessory to wear this upcoming Fall Season with so many different types of outfits!

Leonor from Engage Green has generously offered to giveaway one of these very eco-chic Spanish Mosaic Green Totes to one very lucky The Best of Everything For You reader. All she asks is that you take a look at the "About Us" screen at Engage Green and also browse through the recycled paper, recycled plastic, organic cotton/hemp and cork designs. She wants to help educate people about recycling and the surprising designs that can be made from recycled and sustainable materials, as well as have the chance to win a fashionable bag. Leonor has has opened this giveaway up to the USA and Canada., Yay!

TO ENTER GIVEAWAY

To enter this giveaway is easy, just visit Engage Green, browse through their wonderful selection of items, and come back here and leave me a comment with the name of your favorite item AND your email address. That's it!

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The Giveaway will end on Wednesday, September 16th at 11:59 pm. I will select the winner on Thursday, September 17th and email them and I will also post the name of the winner here. I will select the winner using the True Random Number Generator and the winner will have 48 hours to respond back to me.