Ideal Bite announces its call for nominees for the first-ever Ideal Bite’s Best in Green (B.I.G.) Awards – an awards program that will annually recognize those companies, products and services that are true leaders and innovators in the green space. Winners of the 2008 B.I.G. Awards will be announced at Ideal Bite’s B.I.G. Awards Party in November 2008 in New York City.

With more and more products “going green”, consumers are left to wonder if what they are using is really as environmentally friendly and healthy as it claims to be. Ideal Bite’s 275,000 subscribers (aka “Biters”) have come to rely on Ideal Bite for its objective, expert advice on practical and fun ways to align their eco-friendly values with their everyday decisions, from buying paraben-free cosmetics to selecting the best organic wine.

Ideal Bite’s B.I.G. Awards will consist of seven categories including: Home, Health & Beauty, Style, Food, Fun, Everyday/Living and Next in Green. Nominees will be selected from the thousands of products, companies and services that make up Ideal Bite’s database of expert tips. Companies that have not yet been tipped on Ideal Bite but would like to be eligible for a 2008 Best in Green Award can submit themselves for consideration at [www.idealbite.com/bigawards].

Ideal Bite’s 275,000 subscribers will vote for the Next in Green recipient, a category designed to recognize an individual doing extraordinary things in the community on behalf of a healthier planet. The Ideal Bite editorial staff will select the nominees.

Guidelines for eligibility for Ideal Bite’s B.I.G. Awards include the following requirements be adhered to by companies, products and/or services:

• Environmentally responsible and sustainable
• High quality, durable and long-lasting
• Local, organic, and non-synthetic
• Reasonably priced
• Aesthetically pleasing (including minimal packaging)
• Socially responsible (fair-trade sourcing, charitable, not tested on animals)
• Made in North America
• Not marketed using greenwashing techniques