Press
GenGreen Honors PK for Environmental Stewardship
GenGreen is a fantastic green social networking site. And GenGreen apparently has great taste too, as it selected named PK a New Green Leader in recognition of our "outstanding efforts in green business practice" and for our "promotion of sustainable living through [our] products and [our] contribution to community and green efforts." Thanks, GenGreen!
PK Cleans Up
Green and Clean Mom was smart to notice that PK makes eco-friendly party favors that are just the thing for your kid's Green Birthday Party. She writes, "they have party boxes that are recyclable and teach an environmental lesson. If your party has a wilderness theme, takes place at a park, pond, camp ground, beach or even a pool...the party boxes are sure to be a perfect fit." We thank her for the plug! And we want to point out that we offer a bunch of great green party ideas too.
PK Goes Purple (and Stays Green)
The Purple Book made PK an official selection in its newly released Purple Green Guide, available now in bookstores. The Purple Book calls itself the "definitive guide to exceptional online shopping," and it's new green edition features the best eco-friendly online shopping businesses. We're so pleased, we're blushing purple!
PK Is Just Ducky
PK was listed in Terri Hall-Jackson's article "Safe Bath Time Fun" on the Care2 Greenliving blog as a source of eco-friendly bathtime fun. Hall-Jackson examines the problems with traditional bath toys, especially the presence of phthalates. It's a good article and even includes green ways to clean bath goo off bath toys.
Green Moms Find Us
Online site Green Mom Finds stumbled upon our Love Peace T and proclaimed their love. The poor reviewing Mom wrote, "With a high-energy toddler to chase after, I often feel like peace is the last thing I’ll ever have in my house. Peace on earth may actually come sooner." We hope peace comes to earth and to her! Thanks, Green Moms!
We Get a Kick out of Kiwi!
Kiwi Magazine gave a shout to PK by featuring our new book A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids and our recycled fleece St. Helen's hat in its December "Ultimate Green Holiday Gift Guide." The Gift Guide comes with a key to greenness. A product is keyed as educational, sustainable, fair trade, promoting fitness, charitable, handmade, recycled, safe/nontoxic, and/or organic. One thing Kiwi forgot to mention is that not only is Hot Planet educational; it's also recycled and fair trade. But we like the attention regardless. And we like the magazine (it's got substance)!
Working Mothers Take Note
The November green issue of Working Mother featured Oros, our organic cotton baby mountain goat, our squeezable organic bunny, and everyone's favorite Hugg-a-Planet. The two spreads were pretty cute, and we send kudos to Working Mother for putting together an entire issue devoted to green parenting.
PK Is Ecofabulous
Ecofabulous in its Back to School in Eco-Fabulous Style feature higlighted PK: "This fall check out Progressive Kids tee-shirts, screen-printed with water and vegetable-based dyes on Skal-certified organic cotton. We especially like the one that has an image of the Earth and reads 'mine (don't mess).'" We think you're fabulous too Ecofabulous, and thanks fornoticing Kids' Rock: "If your child is feeling as inspired by this gear as we are, they can log on to Kid's Rock and get involved with other Progressive Kids."
PK Is an Organic Pick
CindyW, one of the co-founders of organicpicks.com, a new organic product ratings and information site, featured us on the organicpicks blog. She was pleased to have found PK as a source for baby shower gifts that are "more interesting alternatives" and longer lasting (because babies grow out of some things so quickly) than traditional shower gifts. (Just so you know, she picked growth charts and surfer dudes to give her latest expecting friend.) CindyW also suggested that we add a Gift Ideas section to our site. Consider it done: Look on our What's New page for a list of ideas for different occasions. CindyW praised our order turnaround rate, our minimalist and eco-friendly packaging, and our party boxes. Thanks for the nod, Cindy, and right back at you!
Free the Trees for Earth Day
On April 21, ProgressiveKid co-sponsored an Earth Day ivy pull with green businesses Fair Trade Sports, Island Health Foods, and Pioneer Organics and with environmental group Green Voices for Bainbridge Island. Participants cut ivy from nearly 100 trees along the Bainbridge Island's Fairy Dell Trail. Thanks for helping, everyone!
PK's Wish Comes True
We recently added the eWish gift registry service to our offerings. Read all about it.
ProgressiveKid.com Adds Web-Based Gift Registry Service Powered By eWish.com
Bainbridge Island, WA. February 22, 2007. ProgressiveKid.com, (http://www.progressivekid.com) an online retailer of planet-friendly gifts and products, has added to its offerings a new and improved gift registry service. The new service enables customers easily to set up their registries, personalize them, add gifts, and monitor purchases.
The new registry is an important addition to ProgressiveKid. A large percentage of PK`s customers visit the site to purchase baby shower gifts for expecting parents and birthday and holiday gifts for babies, toddlers, kids, and teens. PK specializes in gifts that, in the words of co-founder Julie Hall, "support the development of progressive kids."The icons on the site`s home page explain that a progressive kid is one who loves and protects living things, acts on principle, strives to be self-aware, lives healthfully, honors difference, challenges gender roles, and thinks creatively.
PK is a Co-op America green business member, which means the company has "made deep commitments to conducting business in a socially and Environmentally responsible manner" (more at http://www.coopamerica.org/greenbusiness/sealofapproval.cfm). In addition, PK runs a noncommercial site, Kids` Rock (http://www.progressivekid.com/kidsrock/), designed to foster kids` self-awareness and empathy. The company ships internationally and has customers across the country and the globe.
Now customers setting up their gift registries can select gifts easily from among PK`s range of offerings. With a simple click of the mouse, a registrant can add one of PK`s colorful organic cotton onesies, the PK lead-free lunch sack, a cooperative game, a rechargeable nightlight set, or any of the other many fun, positive gifts offered by the retailer. The registry also offers social networking features including a photo album, a guestbook, an RSVP system, and an e-notification system.
Friends and family of the registrant can visit the registry to view the list of gifts and make a purchase on-line or by calling ProgressiveKid directly. Any purchase is automatically removed from the list to eliminate the chance of gift duplication. The registry also keeps track of purchasers` addresses and purchases to make it easy on the registrant when it`s time to send out thank you notes.
Each registrant receives a unique link that leads directly to his or her gift registry. Registrants can send this link to friends and family or post it on a personal website or in another social network. To protect privacy, an optional guest password can be assigned to limit access.
PK co-founder Sarah Lane noted that one reason her company selected eWish was the ease with which the registry service integrated with ProgressiveKid`s custom-built site, providing desirable features for both merchant and registrant. Established eWish merchants have noted that a gift registry is also a great way to get product feedback and inventory information. For example, merchants can see what items get registered the most. In addition, because each registry has an event date, merchants have a pretty good idea when the inventory will be needed.
For a company dedicated to providing excellent customer service, a superior gift registry was an essential but missing component. Lane says, "We couldn`t be happier with eWish. It`s a good match: two companies with a strong customer service focus integrating their strengths." Avery Sim, a PK registrant, agrees: "We loved how easy it was! The notification feature was a plus and letting us know what was purchased and then when it was being shipped. Great choice for PK!"
ProgressiveKid is located at http://www.progressivekid.com or can be reached at contact@progressivekid.com or 1-866-PROGKID (776-4543).
eWish.com is a leading provider of private label gift registry systems for on-line and off-line merchants. Its system can be integrated quickly with a merchant`s retail store, website, or mail order operations.
eWish.com is located in Stamford, Connecticut. Call (203) 274-6025 or visit http://www.eWish.com for more information. Press inquiries or general information can be sent to Peter DiSalvo, VP Marketing, at peterd@eWish.com.
Changing the World
On November 29, UrbanBaby Daily encouraged its large database of readers to make a world of difference by shopping at PK. The editors noticed that PK's "carefully edited selection makes it easy to support a pro-Earth agenda." We agree, and that's why we did it. We're glad they noticed!
In the Room with Elephant
The Autumn isssue of Elephant, the supercool enlightened magazine from Boulder, featured PK in its Ecofashion spread. The little model was wearing our Families Come in All Colors, Shapes, and Sizes long-sleeve toddler T in green.
Vive PK!
Modenfantine, a tres chic kids' fashion site from France, featured us on their home page in September. Among other things, they said, "Our kids will save the planet and we'll show them how as of today with these 100% bio T-shirts, with strong messages and a very art-design look." They singled out our Reading Is Radical, Art Helps U2C, and 100% Organic Baby designs. Pay modenfantine a visit and say, "Allo" from us.
Home Grown
The Bainbridge Review, our very own hometown paper, featured ProgressiveKid in its business section in June in an article titled "Looking Out for the Future of Kids."
We've Been Blogged, Baby
Blogging Baby is a vibrant blog run by several women on everything related to babies and kids and raising them. They blogged us in May.
Buzzing About PK
Our first press appearance, in 2005, was on one of our favorite sites, Bainbridge Buzz, which covers local Island news and larger issues affecting families.
