{"id":6323,"date":"2010-03-25T18:54:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T00:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2010-03-25T18:54:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T00:54:32","slug":"blogathon-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/blogathon-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready to Get Our Blogathon On&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5966\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/02\/290728565_3f817004e6.jpg\" alt=\"dancing rabbit ecovillage\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/290728565_3f817004e6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/290728565_3f817004e6-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m getting my things together in order to make an early start for <a href=\"http:\/\/dancingrabbit.org\">Dancing Rabbit<\/a> tomorrow&#8230; want to get checked in to the <a href=\"http:\/\/milkweedmercantile.com\/\">Milkweed Mercantile<\/a>, and then get a nap in, before firing up the laptop at 4 to start the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/sustainablog-pedal-powered-blogathon\/\">blogathon<\/a>. All of us on this end are really excited&#8230; this should be a great time.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you&#8217;ll be joining us, of course, and we hope you&#8217;ll be joining in the discussion. It ought to be lively&#8230; and, of course, contributing a comment enters you in a drawing for a number of prizes we&#8217;ve got lined up. I&#8217;m really grateful to the following companies and solopreneurs for helping us out with the blogathon with a prize donation:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Becky Stiepe<\/strong> will be blogging with us from her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glueandglitter.com\/main\/\">blog<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/glueandglitter.com\/\">Glue &amp; Glitter<\/a>; she&#8217;s also offered one of her hand-made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/glueandglitter?section_id=6066958\">cup gloves<\/a> to a lucky winner. If your name gets chosen for this prize, you&#8217;ll get to pick which one you want&#8230; and she&#8217;s got some beauties. Make sure to visit, and check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/glueandglitter?section_id=5124608\">lunch kits<\/a> and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/glueandglitter?section_id=5124608\">cupcaprons<\/a>&#8221; also&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecolibris.net\"><strong>Eco-Libris<\/strong><\/a> are also multiple contributors: they&#8217;ll be <a href=\"http:\/\/ecolibris.blogspot.com\/\">blogging<\/a>, and they&#8217;ve offered ten of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecolibris.net\/sales.asp?trees=10&amp;x=39&amp;y=24\">book offsets<\/a> to one lucky winner. Eco-Libris plants trees to offset our book-buying habits; the winner will get ten of their stickers that show that books have been &#8220;balanced out.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alison Kerr<\/strong> is our third blogger\/prize contributor. She&#8217;ll be posting at Loving Nature&#8217;s Garden, her blog about <a href=\"http:\/\/lovingnaturesgarden.com\/\">nature, gardening and sustainability<\/a>, and giving three children&#8217;s books to one winner from her store <a href=\"http:\/\/greatfunbooks.com\/best-books-kids.shtml\">Great Fun Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I just got the package in the mail today from our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guayaki.com\/\"><strong>Guayaki Yerba Mate<\/strong><\/a>, and they went all out with a prize package that contains numerous beverage samples, t-shirts, and a wreath gourd gift pack. I tried some yerba mate the last time I was up at Dancing Rabbit&#8230; tasty, and definitely wakes you up!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laundry Tree<\/strong> has offered a starter pack of its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laundrytree.com\">Soap Nuts<\/a>, which are actually the fruit of a tree found primarily in the Himalayas. Turns out this is the one fruit you want to get on your clothes (at least in the washing machine)&#8230; and they&#8217;re organic, biodegradable, and even low-sudsing.<\/li>\n<li>One of our blog contributors, Mike Lieberman, introduced me to the kind folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritvoyage.com\/\"><strong>Spirit Voyage<\/strong><\/a>, a company that specializes in the recording and sale of sacred chant music. They&#8217;re giving away an MP3 copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritvoyage.com\/yoga\/Liberation%27s-Door\/Snatam-Kaur\/CDS-002000.aspx\"><em>Liberation&#8217;s Door<\/em><\/a>, an album by one of their most popular artist, Snatam Kaur.<\/li>\n<li>And, finally, the folks at eco-friendly fashion retailer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreenloop.com\/\"><strong>The Green Loop<\/strong><\/a> have told me a package is on the way&#8230; but kept the contents a surprise. It&#8217;ll definitely be in style, whatever it is&#8230; If you&#8217;re into green fashion, they&#8217;ve got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreenloop.com\/Eco_Fashion_Sale_s\/494.htm?utm_source=main_click&amp;utm_medium=home_page&amp;utm_campaign=2010_spring_clearance\">a big sale<\/a> going on, so check it out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re so grateful for these prize contributions&#8230; and wish you the best luck in the drawing. 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