Who is EcoJoe™?.
The centuries-old practice of burying a statue of St. Joseph in the yard of a house for sale is supposed to enlist the Saint’s aid in finding a buyer. Before Joseph became the patron saint of real estate, he was Jesus’ foster father on earth and taught Jesus the trade of carpentry. He made sure that Jesus was protected and well-housed.
Today, thousands of home sellers and real estate agents continue the tradition of calling upon St. Joseph to help sell their property with successful results. This tradition is about trust, belief and sincerity, not a desire to make more money in a real estate transaction.
Our goal at EcoJoe ™ is to provide a greener alternative to existing plastic St. Joseph products on the real estate market. EcoJoe™ is made with 100% eco-friendly materials. Unlike the plastic St. Joseph products on the market, EcoJoe™ will not poison the earth if left buried. A real Saint would never do that!
(Photo credit: Melissa Marro)
How to Buy EcoJoe™.
About the Product: EcoJoe, Eco-Friendly St. Joseph Statue Home Selling Kit
The centuries-old practice of burying a statue of St. Joseph in the yard of a house for sale is supposed to enlist the Saint’s aid in finding a buyer. Today, thousands of home sellers and real estate agents continue the tradition of calling upon St. Joseph to help sell their property with successful results.
The EcoJoe™ Home Selling Kit is a green alternative to the current St. Joseph products on the market, which are mostly made with plastic. As plastic breaks down, it releases toxin into our eco-system, potentially poisoning our food and water. EcoJoe™ is made with 100% eco-friendly materials that are bio-degradable. If he is left buried in your yard, EcoJoe™ will not poison the earth. A real Saint would never do that!
In addition, our packaging is printed with soy-based ink on 100% post consumer paper, which means no new trees were harmed and no VOCs emitted during printing process.
To purchase your EcoJoe™ Home Selling Kit, click below.
Product Pricing: $14.99
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Other Buying Options:
If you prefer, you can buy EcoJoe™ through Amazon.
Or find EcoJoe™ at one of these fine businesses in the US and Canada.
We offer special pricing for bulk purchases (more than 12 at one time). EcoJoe™ makes a great gift for an office of real estate agents. Please contact us directly for details.
EcoJoe™ might be the perfect addition to your store. Read our wholesale information page to learn more.
We also offer an affiliate program. See EcoJoe Affiliate Program page for all the details.
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Why Not Plastic?.
Plastic, while convenient, is actually costing our economy a lot.
Here are some quick facts courtesy of Greenfeet.net:
* A plastic milk jug takes 1 million years to decompose.
* A plastic cup can take 50 – 80 years to decompose.
* Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every HOUR.
* Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1 million sea creatures every year.
* Burning plastic in an incinerator uses twice as much energy as it takes to recycle it.
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* Americans generate 10.5 million tons of plastic waste a year but recycle only 1 or 2 % of it.
* An estimated 14 billion pounds of trash, much of it plastic is dumped in the world’s oceans every year.
* The worldwide fishing industry dumps an estimated 150,000 tons of plastic into the ocean each year, including packaging, plastic nets, lines, and buoys.
* About 1,200 plastic soft drink and salad dressing containers could carpet the average living room.
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* It takes 1,050 HDPE (#2) milk jugs to make a six-foot plastic lumber park bench.
* Every year we make enough plastic film to shrink-wrap the state of Texas.
* Nearly every piece of plastic EVER made still exists today.
So please, stop drinking bottled waters and bring your own grocery bags to shops. Our *ONLY* goal at EcoJoe™ is to change how real estate industry uses plastic. We strongly believe that even a small change can make a big difference.
So be part of solution today! Join the Plastic Revolution. Reuse, recycle and reduce usage of plastic.
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Additional reading:
Plastic Facts from the 3R Program at Northern Illinois University
Different types of plastic by Life Without Plastic
Consumption Facts by ReusableBags.com
Plastic 101 by Earth911.com
Saving the Planet One Lightbulb, Grocery Bag and Ice Cream Cone at a Time by O Magazine/ Oprah.com
Greenwash of the Week: Biodegradable Plastic Water Bottles by TheGoodHuman.com
Breaking Down Is Hard to Do: How biodegradable is biodegradable plastic? by Slate.com
A collection of plastic related news articles by Digital Journal
*Front page featured photo courtesy of pualv on flickr
Thumbnail photo courtesy of hockadilly on flickr
EcoJoe Gives Back!.
EcoJoe™ gives back to the community and furthers the cause of sustainability by participating in the 1% for the Planet Alliance. Every quarter, we poll our customers and friends and ask them which environmental charity we should support. You can find the poll and other fun EcoJoe™ stuff on our Facebook page. This quarter, our donation went to support Friends of the Urban Forest
Here are some other communities we are involved in and recommend to you:
The 3/50 Project: Think about which 3 independently owned businesses
you’d miss most if they were gone. Stop in and say hello. Pick up a little something that will make someone smile. Your contribution is what keeps those businesses around. If just half the employed U.S. population spent $50 each month in independently owned businesses, their purchases would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue.* Imagine the positive impact if 3/4 of the employed population did that.
Pick 3, spend 50, Save your local economy.
Make Mine A $Million / Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence is the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education and community support for women entrepreneurs seeking to grow micro businesses to million dollar enterprises.
Company-Customer Pact: EcoJoe™places a high value on excellent customer service, and subscribes to the Company-Customer Pact. This pact is a call for shared responsibility between companies and customers, one that promises that both sides will hold up their end of the bargain to change the game. The document provides a way to opt into a set of shared values. We invite you to take a look, and sign on.
