Echotopia Farmers Market Stall in Baltimore

Echotopia Farmers Market Stall in Baltimore

Echotopia Re-Use Jars          #ZeroWaste 

Echotopia Re-Use Jars          #ZeroWaste 

Echotopia Re-fill Station                   #TrashFree

Echotopia Re-fill Station                   #TrashFree

Upcycled Containers               #CommonSense

Upcycled Containers               #CommonSense

Echotopia Seed Rounds       #BuildBiodiversity

Echotopia Seed Rounds       #BuildBiodiversity

Lavender Laundry Line           #MyGardenHerbs

Lavender Laundry Line           #MyGardenHerbs

Together, We Can Clean  It Up!

Visit Facebook page HERE for our market schedule in Baltimore, Maryland, in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

See our 2015 fundraising video HERE.

See 2015 farmers market photos HERE

Echotopia products:

Lavender, Sage & Rosemary Laundry Powder.  Works in all washing machines, top loading and HE side loading. Put directly in the drum.. 

Lemon Thyme Scouring Scrub. For kitchen and bath surfaces such as sinks, stove tops, tile and grout. Degreaser and multi-purpose surface cleaner. 

Hint of Mint Hand Scrub.  Exfoliating and moisturizing hand cleaner. Removes tough odors and stubborn stains, even from cuticles and nails. Ideal for cooks, farmers, gardeners, mechanics, painters, cobblers, crafters and people who fish.

Echotopia waste-free natural cleaning products are aromatherapeutic and are locally manufectured by hand in small batches. They are sold at Baltimore farmers' markets and area shops year round.

Echotopia products are highly concentrated, so a little bit lasts a long while.

At markets, customers can 1) bring their own containers, 2) use our upcycled containers when in stock, 3) buy Echotopia re-use glass jars or canvas bags, 4) then return for refills, paying only for the powders..

An Echotopia purchase is an investment in body, home, community, earth with immediate, positive impact.  Our products promote health, are biodegradable, and don't contain deadly chemicals. We honor business partners with fair payment. Our containers are made regionally or elsewhere in the U.S. Our child-friendly cleaners get the job done, and are mixed locally and ethically from our small garden and from natural ingredients.

Echotopia implements cleaner, greener practices.  We use salvaged, compostable or recyclable materials at every opportunity, including our manufacturing process and shipping. Our work space uses 100% wind power offsets. Echotopia reduces public and environmental health costs of hand and household cleaning because we strive to be petroleum and plastic-free in our packaging and ingredients. Echotopia products and accessories don't contain nasty chemicals that harm our precious waterways. Our reuse containers do not become plastic, toxic waste destined for landfill, incinerators, or fragile natural settings like parks, trees, and rivers. Echotopia will implement non-fossil fuel transportation at our earliest opportunity.

Echotopia partners with our customers to create local wildflower habitats through another unique product, our Echotopia Seed Rounds, homemade 3" old paper discs embedded with native flower seeds.  In our first year of business, our customers planted dozens of Echotopia Seed Rounds. By the summer of 2017, the results are encouraging: multiplying wildlife gardens that are feeding embattled bees, birds, butterflies and others in our shared, delicate food chain. Thus, Echotopia has created a business structure designed to promote ecosystem education and restoration, one micro-habitat at a time. Our effort is an ongoing invitation to customers: to join us in honoring life's interdependence, patiently through the seasons, in the glorious Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Echotopia is a new economy, community based,  import replacement, social enterprise for every one. We gladly offer our fragrant, unique, planet-loving products and manufacturing methods to our customers. Like a melodic echo, Echotopia is music to our ears.  

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Echotopia Zero Waste Natural Cleaning Products

 

Lavender, Sage & Rosemary Laundry Powder

Soothing, calming scent, works in all washing machines, Contains natural cleaners, not dangerous chemicals, phosphates or fragrances, Safe for kids and sensitive skin.

Lavender,Sage & Rosemary Laundry Powder

Hint of Mint Hand Scrub

Fresh, enlivening smell, eliminates stains and odors, is exfoliating & moisturizing. Use after fishing, gardening, cooking, painting, mechanics and more. Hole in lid for easy sprinkling.

Hint of Mint Hand Scrub

Hint of Mint Hand Scrub

Lemon Thyme Scouring Scrub

Delightful clean aroma, has disinfectant properties. Is good for kitchen & bath surfaces such as sinks, stove tops and tiles. Daisy sprinkle lid for easy pouring.

Lemon Thyme Scouring Scrub

Seed Rounds for Planting

Homemade artisan labels have a comforting, woodsy scent from drying in the Sun, and are made with old paper & native wildflower seeds from local gardens.

Native Wildflower Seed Round Labels

Echotopia products are sold in Baltimore, MD. See Facebook / Twitter for updates.
For special/online orders, contact: diane@echotopia.org. Find our products at B Willow and Rooster And Hen Store  

32nd Street Farmers' Market

SATURDAYS a.m. Feb 11 & 25, March 11 & 25, April 8 & 22, May 13 & 27, June 10 & 24, July 8 & 15, Sept 9 & 23, October 14 & 28, November 11, December 9, 16, & 23, 2017. 

Baltimore Farmers' Market
SUNDAYS a.m. In 2017, we are here the 2nd and 4th Sundays of most months. PLEASE visit the top of our FACEBOOK page for actual dates. 

 
 

Dear customers, have you planted your EchotopiaSeed Rounds? See our FB album to help identify what's growing. And read on:

Seed Rounds represent our joint effort to offer host plants, and to feed songbirds, hummingbirds, butterflies, honey bees and other pollinators. Did you plant your Seed Round? What germinated? Did you receive new pollinator visitors? Please share your photos on Instagram @echotopiandiane  or email us at info@echotopia.org with "SEED ROUNDS" in subject line. Include your zip code so we can begin to map out our progress. What's in our Seed Rounds: 

Native perennials: Black-eyed Susan, Echinacea (or Purple Cone Flower), Butterfly Weed, Joe Pie Weed, Common Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Aster, Goldenrod, Bee Balm (purple and red). 

Other flowers: Giant Marigold, Giant Zinnea, Evening Primrose (biennial), Lobelia, Purple/Red Clover.

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Customers - thank you for your partnership and effort in Baltimore's unique zero waste and biodiversity-building-business model. Gratitude also to Blue Water Baltimore for pollinator garden workshops. To learn more about why I create and sell Echotopia Seed Rounds, read this Mother Earth News article: The Benefits of Growing Wildflowers 

Sincerely, Diane, Chief Alchemist, Echotopia 

In The News
Maryland Must Not Abandon Zero-Waste Efforts by Echotopia LLC Owner Diane Wittner, Baltimore Sun July 2017
 Home Green Home by Michelle Moncrieffe, Baltimore Magazine October 2015
Baltimore Based Sustainability Start Up Making Change Through Creative Activism by Daniel Stuelpnagel, What Weekly July 2015
Why Choosing Toxic Free Cleaning Products Is a Good Idea by Laurel Peltier, Baltimore Fishbowl June 2015

 

 
Customer Testimonials
"I use Echotopia Lavender, Sage & Rosemary Laundry Detergent and Echotopia Hint of Mint Hand Scrub - gentle and effective!"  D.S., 2017
"I use Echotopia Lemon Thyme Scouring Scrub for my stainless steel kitchen sink and love it!" D.L.O., 2017
"You sent me a jar of Echotopia Hint of Mint Hand Scrub and I put it under the kitchen sink because we did not need it just then. C. pulled it out a week ago and now I don't see how we could possibly live without it, especially after working in the garden. It is fantastic - clean smooth skin after a day of hard labor." Sam, 2016
"I knew this Echotopia Lavender, Sage & Rosemary Laundry Detergent smelled great and was environmentally friendly, but I was not expecting it to work better than products from large-scale producers. When I pulled three items out of the dryer, stains that had been there for months were gone! So to my surprise, doing something that benefits the environment came at no sacrifice of performance. It actually restored clothing I had taken out of my office-wear rotation. It really works!" Betsy, 2015
"Our old, gross tile shower is sparkly white and new again! Thanks, Echotopia Lemon Thyme Scouring Scrub!!!" Krissy, 2015
"Love the Echotopia Hint of Mint Hand Scrub! Need to get more!" Julia, 2015

Zero Waste S/Heroes

Individuals: Curtis (Light St. Church Volunteer), Dr. Joe Adams, David Hart, JA, PW,JT, MW, Artist Diana Spencer, PW, Ashley Hufnagel, Shantonu Kindu, Uncle Bob, Neil Seldman, Cindy Farquhar, Nadine Nola, Rockaway the Dog, Krissy Ventre, Mike Cole, Iletha Jones, Katie Golden, Maria Mendoza, our 600+ customers!

Groups: Free Your Voice Group/Stop the Incinerator, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, New Economy Maryland, Chesapeake Sustainable Business Network, Impact Hub Baltimore, MD Chapter of Sierra Club, BNote Baltimore's Local Currency Association, Baltimore's Rueda de Casino Dance customers! 

 

Contact

For Echotopia inquiries, including special orders, please contact:

info@echotopia.org/410-963-5527