Sustain A Baby Blog Ecotain – WIN with Eco Party Box

Every culture in the world celebrates important life milestones.

Whether is be a child’s first birthday party, bar mitzvah, initiation ceremony, wedding or even funeral, we humans are naturally social and there’s not many of us who would pass on a good party.

In our modern culture, parties are typified by good food, company, decorations, entertainment and gifts. They tend to be wasteful affairs, with decorations, tableware, food packaging, drink containers and gift wrap ending up in the rubbish bin (and local landfill) shortly afterwards.

But it doesn’t need to be this way.

Living an eco-friendly life doesn’t mean being a party pooper. Sure, it may mean you look for more creative ways to entertain and take a little more onboard yourself, but you can still have an ecoceptionalTM time without trashing the planet.

On the blog this month we’ll share some of our best tips for ecotaining but in the meantime we’re inviting you to join the “Let Me Ecotain You” June Sustainababy Eco Challenge for your chance to WIN an Eco Party Box $100 gift voucher.

Eco Party Box is a South Australian-owned family-run business which offers a comprehensive range of eco-friendly party products. In their online store you can source everything you need for your eco party including biodegradable plates, cups and cutlery, decorations, party bag fillers, party stationery and party boxes.

I had the pleasure of meeting Eco Party Box founder Tina several years ago and was immediately taken by her passion for fun without compromising the environment.

If you are keen to do the “Let me Ecotain You” June Eco Challenge this is what you’ll need to do:

Request to join our closed Sustainababy Monthly Eco Challenge Facebook Group here. In this group you’ll meet heaps of other like-minded ecoceptionalTM mums doing the eco challenges who can support you along the way.
For the month of June make a concerted effort to choose entertaining options that minimise their impact on the environment. This could be as simple as making your own dips when ecotaining and gifting experiences rather than presents, or hosting an eco-friendly party that generates minimal waste.
If you’d like to be in the running for the $100 Eco Party Box gift voucher, you will need to tell us how you ecotained your friends and family throughout June.
You can either do this by:

(1) creating a video and posting the link on our Facebook page,
(2) blogging about the Sustainababy June “Let Me Ecotain You” Eco Challenge on your personal or business Blog (and posting the link to our Facebook page)
OR
(3) emailing a short summary of your journey (500 words maximum) and supporting photographs with subject line “June Eco Challenge” to info@sustainababy.com.au before 5pm AEST Tuesday 8th July. Please ensure your summary is grammatically correct as the winning summary will be published word for word on the Sustainababy Blog.

The winner will be contacted by email and their summary will be published on our blog no later than 5pm AEDST Wednesday 9th June 2014. Our June Eco Challenge is open to Australian and International residents.