TerraCycle at Port Authority

I never thought I'd consider Port Authority a shopping destination, but things are about to change: TerraCycle has opened a popup store in Port Authority. This is so many kinds of awesome. First of all, it's an actual retail location where you can browse a bunch of TerraCycle products all in one place. Second, they'll give you discounts if you bring in materials to upcycle. Third, this may motivate some of us to be not just barely-in-the-nick-of-time, but early for our buses just so that we'll have some time to browse!


Good find, Julie!


-Kaitlen

Green Products (for Fewer Greenbacks)

Not sure how she found it, but Angela discovered this green supplies site, which is currently having a 50% off sale (code: 50off) until December 31. In addition to all the usual stuff (CFLs, composting systems), they sell an assortment of Green Samplers and Green Home Starter Kits, any of which would make great (read: thoughtful/useful) gifts.


At the risk of sounding like a used-car (used-planet?) salesman, act fast while the sale's still going! At half off, you can get 96 rolls of recycled toilet paper for about $34, plus shipping. Now that's cost- and eco-conscious.


-Kaitlen

Stop Recyling. Start Repairing

Recycling is a good thing, it has become such an ubiquitous act that many of us do it automatically whether at home or at work. But if we think back to the past before the concept of recycling, and when the ease of replacing an everyday used item by buying a new one existed, a culture of 'repair' was very much part of our daily lives.

There is much to be said about our personal relationships with the things we own and use everyday. The above is an image designed for the group Platform 21, a collective whose manifesto reflects on the merits and lost beauty of a time when our possessions stayed with us for many years. The group is out with workshops, lectures and an exhibition as a means to get their message across.

-Andy

The Green Awards

The cover page of The L Magazine caught my eye this morning; it said, in bold letters on a vivid green background, The Green Awards. Inside was a decent little list of the greatest and greenest spots in NYC.

As an added bonus, The L Magazine website also features a really interesting article about the trend toward eco-friendly burial. It's not something most people think about, but...well, it does happen to everyone sooner or later.

So as to not end on such a morbid note, here's a picture of what has to be one of the world's cutest baby bunnies.

-Kaitlen

Meat Free Monday

If going meatless every weekday is too much of a commitment (or not practical, for whatever reason), why don't you participate in Meat Free Monday instead? It's a campaign led by Paul McCartney (and his famously vegetarian daughter, designer Stella). Or, if Mondays are bad for you (they're not great for those of us who have weekly Monday marketing meetings!), go for Tofu Tuesday. Or Healthy Humpday. You get the picture. (And yeah, I'm making these up as I go.)

Sure, cutting meat out of your diet only one day a week won't have the same impact as abstaining every weekday, but it's a start. And it does add up.

Thanks for the suggestion, Angela!

-Kaitlen

Challenge: Meat-Free Weekdays

How's this for a challenge? Per TreeHugger's suggestion, try eliminating meat from your weekday diet. If enough of us went weekday-vegetarian, we could reduce climate change mitigation costs by up to 70 percent. That's worth saving meat for the weekends, isn't it? Also, in this economy, think of all the money you'd save by not buying meat most days!

-Kaitlen