Archive for 2008
Press: Kids Today
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Press: This is Green
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Light on Weight and Your Wallet
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Light on Weight and Your Wallet
‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to deck the halls and decorate. To help you get in the festive mood, Way Basics® has partnered with Wall Candy Arts® so you can decorate your zBoards with removable, reusable stickers. Receive a FREE sheet of stickers when you order $50 or more. And as with our furniture, just peel, stick…done!
Also, let us help you get started with that holiday dinner table that’s bound to be loaded with all sorts of culinary delights. This season, we’re having a clearance on all our eco-friendly table runners and placemats, so you can decorate and protect your table while caring about the environment. They’re durable, water-resistant, and easy to clean: just wipe with a damp cloth.
Way Basics has already made things light by using our extra-light zBoards. But this holiday season, we also want to be light on your wallet, so we’re giving everyone 20% off their order! Just enter the code WBNLSU20 Make your holiday season a little brighter and a little greener by using Way Basics products.
House to Home Project
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Way Basics is proud to have contributed our furniture to a non-profit House to Home Project. House to Home Project (H2H) is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide families restarting their lives after a natural disaster with the basic furnishings that makes a house a home. Created by television professionals, H2H will be recycling furniture used in TV and Film Production in addition to generous donations from furniture companies.
In November 2008, during the first Install Week, H2H received 563 pieces of donated furniture and house wares. H2H was able to provide 20 families each with approximately 28 pieces of furniture. H2H was able to provide everything from beds to desks to kitchen tables to over 48 individuals in the New Orleans area.
Please visit www.housetohomeproject.org to learn more and see photos/videos of the project.
Press: Jetson Green
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
PRESS: Daily Candy
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Thank You Thank You
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Thank You Thank You
For many around the nation, Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks. But for our group at Way Basics, it’s more a time for thanking and giving back. And just like you, we want to celebrate it with our family and friends.
So first we want to extend a hand of gratitude to all those who have supported us and our cause by buying our eco-friendly products, emailing us feedback and questions, and taking time to read our monthly newsletter. We know how busy life can get, and we know how easy it is to ignore the environment and go for the cheapest, most accessible product. We thank you for your efforts and try everyday to make our cause worth your time.
Now for the giving. Way Basics is going to be donating 36 pieces of furniture to the House to Home Project (www.housetohomeproject.org), a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide families restarting their lives after a natural disaster with the basic furnishings that makes a house a home. As part of our cause, we would like your help in finding other organizations that can direct us to families in need, who would benefit from assistance with furniture. If you know of any organizations that could help us help them, please forward this email to them.
Everyone on the Way Basics team has a stainless steel bottle and so can you. Check it out in our accessories section or just click on the link to the right. Happy November!
PRESS: Groovy Green
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Press: Simple Finds
Friday, October 24th, 2008
October Email Exclusive
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
October Coupon Code Inside
Greetings from Way Basics!
We’re now into October, and already homes everywhere are decorated with skeletons, jack-o-lanterns, and other Halloween delights. We’re also starting to see flashy costumes or extra-large bags of candy on sale. But one aspect of holidays that we seldom consider is the amount of resources that goes into preparing for a single day. Enormous amounts of plastic and paper are used for wrappers and candy bags, and many trick-or-treaters would cringe at the idea of using the same costume for more than one year.
While it’s good to celebrate and have fun, it’s also important to be conscious of all the trash that’s being produced. Conscious thinking is always the first step to solving any problem. Take a look at these stats on our nation’s trash:
- In 2006, 30 million tons of municipal solid waste (aka garbage), was plastic.
- 14 million tons were in the form of plastic containers and packaging, like bags and wrappers.
- Out of all that plastic waste, we only recycled a mere 7%!
Even with such daunting numbers, plastic is still a relatively small portion of America’s municipal waste.
- Americans also generated 86 million tons of paper waste in 2006.
- Over 40 million tons went directly into landfills and waste incinerators, increasing greenhouse gases and pollution.
So this holiday season, be aware of all the trash you may be producing. While it may be difficult to find alternatives to costumes or candy in bags, one thing you can always do is recycle. At Way Basics, we use the paper that people have recycled to build our zBoards, which are then used to make your own furniture. Here’s a coupon WBNL1008 to get 20% off of your next order, valid until this Halloween!
Make sure to check out our website in the near future. We’ll have some brand new products and ideas as well as some cool contests. Also, tell your friends that when they sign up for our newsletter, they’ll also get 20% off their first order.
