Well, it certainly has been a great year for Ecologic Designs. We have traveled thousands of miles, designed many new products and are developing some very cool partnerships - and had a fun time doing so!

I want to thank our people - our most important asset. A year ago, our team was a small, efficient group with a burning passion to grow. Today, we stand tall with a hard working team forging new paths in sustainable operation and manufacture as well as green product design. I can't describe the amazing changes that I've witnessed since our inception. Thanks guys and gals!

We would not be where we are without you. You - the owners of a Green Guru item - are to thank for such a great response to our intiatives and products! You have made 2008 a wonderful experience and I look forward to the excellent possibilities in 2009! Let's make '09 one to remember.

Before I go, I'd like to give a shout out to a couple of the organizations that hooked up a review or entered us into a gift guide this holiday season.

Environmental News Network (ENN) showed Green Guru Gear much respect when they included us in their sweet press release about saving the earth while getting exercise. Not only that but we were in their number one of seven ways to be fit and green - yeah, coolness.

Mother Nature Network (MNN) hooked up a great post for their Cheap and Green Gift Guide. and cool picture of our smaller products. There even may be a coupon code somewhere...

Great stuff! Also want to let you know about a cool energy fair happening in Manitou Springs, CO this January. Old Town Bike Shop is going to raffle off one of our Billboard Small Deluxe Messengers. I'll get you more info when it comes my way!

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Happy Holidays from the Gurus!

The cool guys and gals over at Bike Rumors posted a blog plugging some of our products. If you are in need of bike industry news, be sure to stop and browse their site. Simply tons of great content to keep all your bike fantasies burning bright through these winter months. Speaking of biking through the winter, Ktrak quite possibly has the coolest ski-bike kit in existence. Ktrak photo after the break.

Gritstone Rock Club is hosting the 2008 American Bouldering Series at their Auburn, CA location on December 6th. You have to witness these athletes as they smoothly maneuver through the toughest problems on Gritstone's difficult, natural features.

No fatty jugs for these spider-people, they will face an onslaught of tiny crimpers, slick slopers and the gnarliest of gnarly problems. You will watch, and you will be amazed.

Come down December 6th for this killer event. We have some cool prizes - like our chalk bags - for top ranking folks. Get your Boulder On.

Cool! The Daily Green Guide listed our awesome chalk bag in their Eco-Friendly Gifts for Lovers of the Outdoors gift guide. Thanks!

We are happy to announce that we are the Featured Vendor of the Week during Ellie's Eco Products Grand Opening!

Green Guru's booth will be setup with a whole bunch of great, green gear from Sat 15th through Sun 23rd.

Ellie's Eco Home Products new store is opening right next to the Sunflower Market in Boulder's Village Shopping Center at 2525 Arapahoe Ave.

Come on out. It will be a good time to pickup some of our gear for the holiday season and support one of the coolest startup box stores with which we've done business!

Born in Boulder, the Adventure Film Festival - a really cool nonprofit - will show a variety of awesome films educating and entertaining thousands this weekend.

Come to the Boulder Theater and B Sides Lounge Nov 6-8 for a seriously great time. With films such as Oil + Water, Klunkerz, Get Up Stand Up, Aerialist, and Recycled Life, you are bound to find something that inspires you to the core.

This festival travels the world, showing the coolest films for the benefit of all adventurers. They'll be stopping in Chamonix, France and Santiago, Chile, which are some of the most extreme and beautiful environments for all types of outdoors people. Feel like a little travel? We feel it - let's go!

Green Guru's Reclamation Station will be set up at both B Sides Lounge and the Boulder Theater so drop on by with your old climbing ropes, neoprene wetsuits and bike inner tubes. We'll haul 'em away, and create some really cool products that are built for your daily adventures. See you there!

Check out our group Factory Sale extravaganza with Zeal Optics. Be there to get some great deals on some sweet gear. Check out the map below for a reference. See you there!

Come by Nov 7 12-6 PM and Nov 8 10-4 PM!

We are proud to announce that our Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR) for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has been nominated for two awards: Best 1st Time Report and Best Small Medium Enterprise Report! This is an exciting prospect because we are competing against some of the largest corporations in the world! By quite a bit, we are the smallest company to submit one of these reports. Now it is up to you to vote. Sounds familiar, huh?

Our 2007 CSR received an A+ which is their highest ranking and we are only one of 14 companies in our manufacturing category. Some of our competitors have a tri-fold brochure whereas our report is more of a novel at 42 pages. It details almost every aspect of our business transparency and that is why we have been nominated for these awards.

All you have to do is go to Corporate Register to sign up. Once signed up, go to the awards section and vote for Ecologic Designs in the Best 1st Time and Best SME Report categories.

Thanks for your support in our constant endeavor to not only green our company but the manufacturing industry!

Black Tie - Colorado is holding an auction for the Front Range Waldorf School and we have donated one of our Hemp Messenger Bags to the cause.

Our Reclamation Partner AcuGreen has also contributed a ton (literally, a ton) of their recycled landscaping material to this cause. Talk about a cool company! They have some really great products - play ground surface, landscaping mulch - which are all made from vulcanized rubber tires.

This "Green Auction" will be held on November 8th at the Solterra Retreat in Lakewood, CO. Come on out - tickets are $35 and there will be a lot of fun entertainment as well as a great list of products on the auction list!

"Bioneers is the preeminent international gathering of leading scientific innovators and visionaries who offer practical solutions to the most pressing environmental and social issues of our time."

Ecologic Designs will have a table at this great event. Registration will be held in Eaton Humanities Building on each day of the event. You may receive a discount if attending all three days. Check our the schedule.

Eaton Hall @ CU | Oct 17-19 | $30/day

Yes, Veloswap, yes. Like bikes? Like buying and trading stuff? Well if you are in Denver on Saturday October 25th, then you need to attend this sweet sweet event. Located in the illustrious National Western Complex (MAP), you better arrive early because last year the line was around the block and that's a good thing. It starts at 9AM and doesn't end until 4PM. Come hang with the Gurus in their element.

UPDATE: We have decided to skip this year's Washington DC Green Festival. We'll miss you this year, but will be back for the coming Fests!

Looks like the Road Trip Crew got the go ahead for an East Coast trip early in November. They will be headed to the Washington D.C. Green Festival, which takes place November 8-9 at the D.C. Convention Center. Not that I have to tell you but this is a straight up awesome event!