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Hi everyone

As the founder and General Manager of EcoJoe, I appreciate everyone's comments, both positive and negative.

The legend has it that the tradition started in 18th century, when a group of nuns tried to sell their convents by praying to St Joseph and burying St Joseph coins into the ground. As time goes on, the tradition evolved into burying a St Joseph statue.

As a real estate professional (I've been a home stager for 6 years), I found out about the St Joseph tradition/superstition/good luck ritual when one of my clients buried one. As someone that helps homeowners to prep their homes for sale, I see many things that can be reused or properly recycled are just being tossed into landfill, like lumber, flooring, kitchen cabinets, etc. Not to mention we are producing more plastic, burying more plastic into the ground every time someone uses a St Joseph statue as a good luck charm.

Whether you believe it or not, it is still a very popular practice in the real estate community. It is my hope that EcoJoe, as a small token, can serve as a way and icebreaker to jump start the green conversation in the real estate community.

As a stager, I am also very realistic with the home sellers that burying a St Joseph statute cannot replace sound real estate practices like pricing your home well, staging, creating curb appeal for your home, etc.

I welcome any comments or feedbacks you have about our products!

Cheers,
Cindy