December 4, 2009
ECO CHILD€™S PLAY
Green Products: From Fatherhood to Wooden Blocks
5 Green Products: From Fatherhood to Wooden Blocks
We've been getting a lot of wonderful feed back from the comments on our Green Toy
Giveaway: Classic Wooden Rocking Boat and Stairs by Natural Pod. Many readers have
shared they like to learn about eco-friendly products, such as natural cleaning products
and toys. Honest, authentic product reviews have always been part of Eco Child's Play;
however, my own personal interests lie with reporting newsworthy information about
how changes in our environment affect our kids and what we can do to mitigate it.
I don't want product reviews to dominate Eco Child's Play, nor do I want them to appear
as advertisements. Thus, I've decided to do a weekly series featuring five product
reviews. Each review will be based on the manufacturers green claims, my own family's
experiences, and ultimately whether or not I would purchase this product with my own
money. I am quite frugal, so this will be hard recommendation to earn, as you will see
from the reviews below.
Given the FTC's new guidelines on product reviews, I will be sure to disclose any product
sample that was given to my family. Sometimes I will review products purchased
personally or gifts. Please be assured that I will never promise to write a positive review
in exchange for a product. Although I don't like to be negative, if a product is
greenwashing or simply worthless in my opinion, I will let you know as I always have
from the inception of Eco Child's Play.
5 Green Product Reviews
2. CitiBlocs
These plank style blocks have won many awards. They are made from New
Zealand pine in Vietnam, although I am not sure how sustainably it is harvested.
My children have always loved blocks, as they promote open-ended play.
CitiBlocs remind me of Kapla blocks and Hape's Contina
bamboo colored blocks.
Building with Citiblocs is all about making connections.
Connections to ourselves and to the world around us. It is
about learning naturally. With Citiblocs children can
create the fantastic worlds from their imaginations or
from the environment that surrounds them.
