Clean up your Act with Bill Harley — and Oasis CDs

Multiple Grammy-award-winning musician and storyteller Bill Harley has teamed up with Oasis to help teach kids healthy habits this flu season. His latest effort is a singalong/public service announcement titled “Wash Your Hands (lávate las manos).” Bill first wrote the song for the Paul Cuffee School in Providence, R.I. The neighboring Massachusetts Department of Health then worked the (ahem) infectious tune into school programs around their state. At that point Oasis got involved, donating 1,000 CDs in our Green Forestry Practices packaging to help get the music and story to media outlets and schools nationwide. Happily, NPR picked up the story and the coverage has been excellent (including a feature on “All Things Considered”) — and timely. As the parenting site Common Sense Media writes: What parent isn’t sick and tired of hearing the phrase “H1N1” at every turn? Just imagine how your kids feel about constant reminders at home and school to “Wash your hands!” Well, now you can just push play on the CD player and let singer, songwriter, and storyteller extraordinaire Bill Harley do the reminding this time. In his latest single, “Wash Your Hands,” Harley works his usual stroke of story-singing genius to help kids fight the bug this flu season and all year-round. Have something you want to get out to the world, in a beautiful eco-friendly package? Click here to get a sample pack of all of Oasis’ eco-packages in the mail. From the classic Digipak to our handsome wallets, from the simplicity of CDs in sleeves to the revolutionary Potato Tray (a natural farm product that is biodegradable and compostable) and BottleTray (each order of 1,000 saves 400 discarded water bottles from ending up in a landfill or incinerator) – Oasis continues to be a pioneer in our industry, particularly when it comes to environmental practices and packaging. Remember, lávate las manos, and have a healthy holiday season!

Micah Solomon President and Founder Oasis Disc Manufacturing

P.S. Did you know that many of the leading-edge environmental packages in the market originated here at Oasis? See them for yourself! Click here for our complete eco-packaging “care package” — FREE.

Janis Ian chooses Oasis Green Forestry Digipaks — Now available with 100% recycled trays

When Grammy winning singer and songwriter Janis Ian’s autobiography was due to come out on Penguin Books, she called me up because she wanted to release a companion greatest hits CD collection. And she wanted to go over her best packaging options.

The two of us zeroed in quickly on something other than the plastic jewel cases she had used earlier in her career. “This time around, I really wanted the packaging to be special — it’s not every year you get to release an autobiography and a CD that goes with it! I was also trying to keep it eco-friendly, but still affordable.”

Considering several options, we ended up with a double-CD Digipak. Because, really, what a Digipak says is “premium.” That you have invested in what it takes to give your audience a top-quality product. Janis’ other interest — environmental friendliness — is also addressed in Oasis Digipaks. We have 100% Green Forestry Practices certification for the board stock we use, and use 100% recycled plastic for the trays (up to 100% post-consumer, depending on the tray option you chose).

I hope you’ll let us send you an eco-packaging sample kit (click here or on the link below my signature) if you are planning a CD or DVD project.  Sample kits do not include CDs and are only shippable within the U.S. presently, for which I apologize.  Thanks so much for your interest!

Micah Solomon

President and Founder
Oasis Disc Manufacturing