Under the Sink Makeover Contest
July 22, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Green Living
The Under the Sink Makeover Contest sounds like a beauty deal, but really, it’s a new green-minded contest sponsored by Seventh Generation. Seventh Generation is asking you which of your pals needs an under the sink makeover and why.
According to a recent Seventh Generation survey…
- “More than half of U.S. adults (58%) don’t always check the labels of cleaning products to determine if they contain ingredients that are harmful to their health.
- Sixty-seven percent (67%) of adults believe that companies are required to disclose all of the chemical ingredients contained in their products, which isn’t true.
- One third (33%) of parents believe the kitchen is potentially the most harmful area to their children, while some did not believe any room in their home is harmful to children (16%).
- Surprisingly, 70 percent of adults with kids under the age of six years that live in their household store their household cleaning products/solutions under the sink.”
The Seventh Generation survey actually had better results that the March 2008 Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) survey in honor of National Poison Prevention Week. In that survey over 80% of people felt that cleaners were safe. That’s shocking. Still, so long as anyone thinks that conventional cleaners are safe the numbers are still too high. Because of the survey Seventh Generation is guessing that you know someone whose under the sink cabinet is a toxic wasteland. This makeover is a chance for you to help detox a friend’s home AND win an eco-spa getaway to New York City for both of you!
It’s easy to enter…
- Head to the Under the Sink Makeover contest site.
- Tell Seventh Generation why your friend needs the makeover, in 250 words or less. Note: makeover nomination cannot be for self or family members.
- Take a picture of what’s under your friend’s sink. Then upload your picture
One lucky grand prize winner will receive a package that includes:
- An in-home consultation for your friend with Dr. Alan Greene, a practicing pediatrician and specialist in green living (for the friend, but the winner can come too!)
- A one-year supply of Seventh Generation products (worth approx. $350) (for the winner AND friend)
- A trip to New York City for the winner AND friend, complete with: Round-Trip airfare to New York, a one-night stay at the W New York -Times Square hotel, a day of pampering at Manhattan’s Green Spa that will include a Body Polish, Wellness Massage, Ocean Vegan Spa Manicure/Pedicure, and a one hour make-up application and lesson.
Four other finalists and their friends will receive a Seventh Generation Living Home Starter Kit containing a variety of home-cleaning products for their own under the kitchen sink makeover, in addition to a luxurious Lavera home spa kit containing Lavera’s customer favorite BODY SPA shower gel, body scrub and bath salts, and premium LAVERÉ Anti-Aging body lotion to pamper themselves.
Enter today and get a friend on his or her way to a greener cleaning experience.
