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By celebrating Earth Day in a simple way, you might find that the effort can lead to something you can see yourself doing every day, or at least consistently, if you haven’t already. As a starter, here are seven simple things you can do to contribute to the cause:

1. Plant some flowers, or a tree. Get some flower seeds, or a small tree if you prefer, and plant something in your yard. You’d put a great big smile on Earth’s face.

2. Recycle something. Instead of tossing that finished can of soda or bottled water in just any trash bin, take an extra step and find a recycle bin.

3. Let’s face it, there is litter everywhere. If you see an unsightly display of litter on the streets within your reaches, lend a helping hand. You will be amazed how good it feels.

4. Think you want to do more? Interested in furthering the good cause in your home? Look into composting. For the gardening enthusiast, composting is a wonderful way to use your kitchen scraps as nutrient-rich soil for your garden.

5. Want to do a little shopping today? On your short trips to the local supermarket that you normally drive to can be traveled the same on a bike or by foot. Keeping your car off the road for a bit of exercise is a win/win situation. Or, better yet, a greener alternative is to shop online.

6. And greener still as you shop online is to shop green. Our wood, metal, and glass based furniture and lighting products are made with sustainable features such as recycled and recyclable sources. Whether you’re looking for a floor lamp, dining table, coffee table, or wool rugs, GreenCulture carries a diverse selction of eco-friendly home furnishings.

7. Lastly, spread the word. Socially share your green experience with others on your blog or your twitter.

Happy Earth Day!

Green Crawler, founded by Ryan Lewis with co-founder Jacob Morris, both self-professed evolving “greenies,” will be the next big thing to hit eco-friendly merchants and products on the web. Expected to launch April 13th, 2009, the site will be a valuable resource that connects green companies with like-minded consumers searching for green alternatives to the products they already use.

The idea is quite simple. Unlike sites and services such as PriceGrabber.com and Google Products, Green Crawler is a green-only product database that catalogs a host of products supplied by online merchants in an easy to navigate and search, centralized location. Through their database, online shoppers can browse, buy, and compare specific green products of their choice without having to rummage through a more generalized product database. No longer will it require a consumer to search more in order to find what they are looking for. Green Crawler’s service is geared towards shoppers looking specifically for a niche product.

In striving to become the largest search engine for green products, Green Crawler allows any merchant that carries green alternatives to submit products free of charge, via Google Base formatted data feeds in XML and CSV/TSV files. From beauty and personal care products to household, furniture, and apparel, Green Crawler currently features over a thousand products already listed on their database. And the process of adding your products to the database is as simple as sending your formatted data feeds to info@greencrawler.com.

Green Crawler is a great new business opportunity for merchants to market green niche products and for consumers to find the product they want through a simple to use search engine.