We first reported on the conceptual design of the Bel-Air living air filter back in 2007, and now everyone may breathe a little easier because it came to fruition as the ANDREA Air Filter and went on the market this week! The stylish air purifier, invented by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur with Harvard professor David Edward elevates common houseplants to heroic status as they eliminate noxious chemicals that pollute indoor air. Visit Inhabitots to see precisely how the ANDREA Air Filter works!

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We’ve been in love with eco kids outfitter Oeuf for many years now, and they’ve just unveiled their cutest morsel yet: an adorable collection of baby animal hats and booties that let your tot discover his inner ‘Wild Thing‘. Available in green dino-style, cuddly white bear, and grey wolf style, these toasty 100% Alpaca wool hat-and-boot outfits make perfect green Halloween costumes, but are also great for just playing make-believe around the house. In a bout of impeccable timing, Oeuf just released this new product right before the release of the ‘Where the Wild Things Are‘ movie this week, and we couldn’t be more excited to get into the spirit of this cherished children’s book and dress our little Inhabitots up as Wild Things. Go Oeuf!

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TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO ENTER THE ECO CUTEY COMPETITION!

Creating a more sustainable future starts with today’s tots, which is why Inhabitots is currently running an adorable Eco-Cutey contest to show off the cutest kids that give a hoot about the environment! If you know an adorable eco-tot that deserves the prize, enter TODAY for a chance to be featured on Inhabitots and Inhabitat, and receive an Inhabitat shirt and a $50 gift certificate to the Inhabitat Shop. The deadline is tonight at 12 midnight EST, so submit pictures of your eco-cutey today!

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CALLING ALL TOTS THAT GIVE A HOOT!

Is there an eco-cutey in your life that deserves some blog love and attention? If so, enter them in to the Inhabitots Eco-Cutey contest!
There have been so many adorable entries submitted thus far that we are extending the deadline to Monday, June 15, 2009 at 12 midnight EST! If you know an adorable eco-tot that deserves the prize, enter TODAY for a chance to be featured on Inhabitots and Inhabitat, and receive an Inhabitat shirt and a $50 gift certificate to the Inhabitat Shop.

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Inhabitots, Inhabitat’s sibling site bringing you the best in green design for the next generation, is having an eco-cutey photo contest this week! If you have the cutest eco-tot on the whole planet, enter TODAY for a chance to be featured on Inhabitots and Inhabitat, and receive an Inhabitat shirt and a $50 gift certificate to the Inhabitat Shop.

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Some really great designs for kids are debuting at this year’s BKLYN Designs, like this toyChaise by Iglooplay. We think parents will appreciate it even more than the kids though, because of its storage capacity and multiple uses. It’s perfect to play on top of, use as a desk, or lean back and rest on, while the large storage compartment and two drawers provide ample storage space. On top of that, the toyChaise is made from sustainable harvested birch with kid friendly “slow-closing hinges.” But don’t worry, these beautiful benches aren’t just made for kids, Iglooplay also makes adult sized furniture too.

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With their cute and cozy Hug-Me Sweater and Squeeze-Me Mittens, New York eco children’s outfitter Oeuf encourages cuddling during the cold winter season. While the Hug-Me Sweater features two mittens sewn like pockets into the front to keep little ones’ hands warm, the Squeeze-Me Mittens encourage hand-holding by offering an adult-sized mitten with a a tiny little mitten sewn into the palm for your child’s hand to slip in. Both are made of 100% alpaca wool and both of these adorable items are now available through the Inhabitat Shop.

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Now that the weather is getting chilly, it’s the perfect time to make like a bear and cuddle your little ones up in cozy hats made for hibernating. The organic cotton baby bear ear hat shown above (modeled by our resident InhabiTOT Petey) is hand-crocheted by NY eco fashion designer Amy Mohlenhoff from design collective Ekovaruhuset. It is such a simple idea to add little bear ears to a baby bonnet, and yet so cute! Amy crochets baby bonnets when she’s not designing stylish women’s eco cocktail dresses, and her baby accessories are every bit as unique and inspired as her women’s wear.

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If you’ve been following Inhabitat at all, you probably know that we have a collection of eco-chic clothes for men and women. Most recently we’ve added some cute owly baby tees and onesies to our collection for all the little Inhabitots out there. Now, in the spirit of holiday giving, we are GIVING AWAY FIVE adorable ‘Habby’ baby tees over on our baby website Inhabitots, to the first five people who sign up with our newsletter. Want one? Pop over to Inhabitots to find out how to snag one of these cuties before they are all gone.

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Looking for that special green gift this holiday season that won’t break the bank? Look no further than Inhabitat’s fabulous collection of eco-friendly kids and adults tees. With styles ranging from seriously supercutey (for kids) to sustainably chic (for adults), Inhabitat has the hottest eco styles for the whole family. All of our tees are 100% organic cotton and printed with non-toxic, water-based inks. Every purchase of an Inhabitat tee goes to supporting our organization, and allows us to continue to do our work in green design journalism that you’ve come to know us for.

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Consider the fact that disposable diapers make up the third-largest consumer item dumped in landfills and take 500 years to decompose. Clearly there is a environmental problem waiting to be solved in the design of diapers. Now gDiapers have presented a solution – the world’s first flushable, compostable diaper! Their cute eco baby bottom-toppers are the first diapers to merge the convenience of disposables with the sustainability of cloth diapers. Our own eco-mama Jill Fehrenbacher has been testing GDiapers out on her little Inhabitot, and she has lots to report. Head over to Inhabitots for an in-depth review >

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