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Women’s World Cup Germany 2011, 26th June - 17th July
Natracare and femaleSOCCER.net Goodies Up for Grabs!
Natracare has teamed up with femaleSOCCER in the run up to the Women's Super League 2011 and the Women's World Cup 2011 to give 10 lucky femaleSOCCER Fans the chance to win some fantastic football prizes and much more!
To be in with a chance to win, send an e-mail to info@natracare.com with your answers for the five questions listed below. The answers can be found on the Natracare SISTERS website. If your answers are correct, you will be put in to a draw to win a Boot bag, a femaleSOCCER t-shirt, a Natracare cotton gym bag containing a fluffy Natracare polar bear, together with some Natracare products, that no girl should go without, PLUS a signed copy of Sarah Outen’s book about her solo row across the Indian Ocean.
All answers to the questions can be found on the Natracare SISTERS website. If you get stuck try using the hints to give you an idea of where to look!
When e-mailing the answers please put Women’s World Cup 2011 as the subject. Good luck!
Competition deadline is 17th July 2011
What are the three R’s associated with the disposing of plastic?
Hint: Go to Wise Up > One Earth > Plastics are forever
What does SLS stand for and why is it bad for our health?
Hint: Go to Wise Up > Wellbeing > Are those bubbles good or bad?
Hemp is an alternative fibre which is used to make eco friendly fabrics. Can you name three other natural fibres?
Hint: Go to Eco Fashion > Is your fabric fab?
With what are most conventional tampons commonly bleached? And what is the harmful by-product of this bleaching process?
Hint: Go to One Earth Action > Feminine hygiene and our environment
Tell us why you think Erin Schrode’s storing is an inspiring one.
Hint: Go to Inspiring Stories. There is no wrong answer here!
The Natracare Ball Gown
A beautiful gown made using 100% organic cotton Natracare products and all upcycled materials.
Many people would think that the Global Organic Textiles Standard (GOTS) only applies to fashion – well surprisingly, GOTS is not just about fashion because Natracare organic cotton tampons and the organic cotton we use in our pads, liners and wipes are also certified organic to this same organic standard. So we thought that Natracare could bring a bit of its own fashion to the catwalk by designing and making this beautiful ball gown made entirely from Natracare products, upcycled Natracare leaflets and flyers and organic cotton nonwoven. You have to agree it is a show stopper! Look out for the dress which may turn up at an eco fashion catwalk near you.
Femine Hygiene: Natracare - Naturally Savvy
The Naturally Savvy Guides discuss a brand of feminine hygiene products that are made from environmentally-friendly, natural materials and are over 95% biodegradable and compostable.
Surfers Against Sewage TV
Surfers Against Sewage was started after a public meeting on the 10th of May 1990, by a group of surfers who were literally sick of surfing in the sewage polluted waters of three local beaches, and equally exasperated by the National Rivers Authorities (now the Environment Agency) and the newly privatised water company’s apathy and disinterest with the problem.
Led by founding member Chris Hines, SAS blitzed the UK’s newswires with hard-hitting actions that saw sandy footprints enter the corridors of political power for the first time. Initial media coverage (a four minute slot on local BBC news) was quickly followed by the first wet-suited and gas-masked ‘hit squad’ demo at South West Water’s exhibition at the Royal Cornwall Show, which involved handing out beach pollution fact sheets to the public.
In the following months, the campaign had spread nationally to other sewage ‘hotspots’ such as Brighton and, with a joint action teaming up with Langland Boardriders concerning the dumping of toxic waste, began to encompass other marine pollution issues apart from sewage.
By the end of the year, just seven months after its inception, SAS had achieved a membership of 2,000 and had gained extensive press, radio, and terrestrial and satellite coverage.
Check out videos here
Green Gorilla
The city’s hooked on “clean, green, mountain energy.” But when KJ helps the gang find out that “clean and green” is actually a massive coal-seeking mechanical worm on its way to remove their favorite mountain, the kids get to work.
www.greengorilla.com