Comments on: Environmental Tuesday: A Family Strives for Zero Waste http://blog.designpublic.com/2011/01/04/environmental-tuesday-a-family-strives-for-zero-waste/ Wed, 08 May 2013 18:20:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Becky http://blog.designpublic.com/2011/01/04/environmental-tuesday-a-family-strives-for-zero-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-71253 Becky Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:28:56 +0000 http://blog.designpublic.com/?p=10931#comment-71253 Karyn, I bet that the Whole Foods in Marin County California may be ahead of the curve on this! I think it would be worth bringing it to the manager's attention as well as the higher ups at Whole Foods - they seem to pride themselves on being organic, etc. so I would think if this is viable they'd likely strive to do it. I would also take it up with all the grocery chains. the more requests they get, the more likely they are to do it. Perhaps you could put the local pressure on by writing to the paper or contacting local news venues about wanting to bring your own containers to the grocery store. I could not have agreed with that commenter Stephanie more. It's inspiring and frustrating, isn't it? I like to take the inspiration part from it and put my usual cynacism aside. I especially liked that they tried to give experiences as gifts - like a ski day instead of a bunch of plastic toys. I suppose the cynics could get into the gas it takes to get to the hill, the deforestation of ski trails, blah blah blah... ;) Karyn, I bet that the Whole Foods in Marin County California may be ahead of the curve on this! I think it would be worth bringing it to the manager’s attention as well as the higher ups at Whole Foods – they seem to pride themselves on being organic, etc. so I would think if this is viable they’d likely strive to do it. I would also take it up with all the grocery chains. the more requests they get, the more likely they are to do it. Perhaps you could put the local pressure on by writing to the paper or contacting local news venues about wanting to bring your own containers to the grocery store.

I could not have agreed with that commenter Stephanie more. It’s inspiring and frustrating, isn’t it? I like to take the inspiration part from it and put my usual cynacism aside. I especially liked that they tried to give experiences as gifts – like a ski day instead of a bunch of plastic toys. I suppose the cynics could get into the gas it takes to get to the hill, the deforestation of ski trails, blah blah blah… ;)

]]> By: Karyn Millman http://blog.designpublic.com/2011/01/04/environmental-tuesday-a-family-strives-for-zero-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-71251 Karyn Millman Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:59:31 +0000 http://blog.designpublic.com/?p=10931#comment-71251 Hi Becky, I also read the article from Sunset and felt inspired and confused. I went to my local Whole Foods and asked if I can bring in my own containers to use when buying bulk foods. They said it was not allowed, so how does that family do it? That article left me with lot's of questions. I'm glad I was not the only one. Best, Karyn Hi Becky,
I also read the article from Sunset and felt inspired and confused.

I went to my local Whole Foods and asked if I can bring in my own containers to use when buying bulk foods. They said it was not allowed, so how does that family do it?

That article left me with lot’s of questions. I’m glad I was not the only one.

Best,
Karyn

]]> By: Becky http://blog.designpublic.com/2011/01/04/environmental-tuesday-a-family-strives-for-zero-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-71164 Becky Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:53:17 +0000 http://blog.designpublic.com/?p=10931#comment-71164 Hey thanks you two! Apparently I had cut and pasted Stephanie's quote into the link line - whoopsie! It should be working now. Becky Hey thanks you two! Apparently I had cut and pasted Stephanie’s quote into the link line – whoopsie! It should be working now.

Becky

]]> By: Kat http://blog.designpublic.com/2011/01/04/environmental-tuesday-a-family-strives-for-zero-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-71151 Kat Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:46:25 +0000 http://blog.designpublic.com/?p=10931#comment-71151 The link to the first article doesn't seem to be working. The link to the first article doesn’t seem to be working.

]]> By: srah http://blog.designpublic.com/2011/01/04/environmental-tuesday-a-family-strives-for-zero-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-71150 srah Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:44:49 +0000 http://blog.designpublic.com/?p=10931#comment-71150 Your link is broken, but for others trying to find it, I think this is it: http://www.sunset.com/home/natural-home/zero-waste-home-0111-00418000069984/ Your link is broken, but for others trying to find it, I think this is it: http://www.sunset.com/home/natural-home/zero-waste-home-0111-00418000069984/

]]>