A.M. Greenlist: Cindy Crawford says BYOB
>> Similar to the Brita + Nalgene's FilterForGood campaign, the filter company has teamed up with Cindy Crawford to launch Thirsty For Change. Cindy wants you to bring your own reusable bottle -- including a Sigg bottle of her own design, from which all proceeds will go toward Children’s Safe Drinking Water, a program that seeks to provide clean drinking water to impoverished children around the world.
>> Visiting the San Diego Zoo or Monterey Bay Aquarium? Both spots now have eco-friendly plush stuffed animals to take home as souvenirs. Get your panda or polar bear, with a soy exterior and kapok (a sustainable rain forest crop) stuffing.
>> Enviro-conscious pescatarians: Here's an interview with Taras Grescoe, author of "Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood." I'm happy to know my farmers' market mussels appear to've been a good choice.
>> Sugar-cane ethanol can harm rainforests and encourage unfair labor, say economics, environment, and fair labor experts in letters to the New York Times after the newspaper ran a column praising sugar-cane ethanol.
>> Room 367, an eco-biz networking event for twenty- and thirtysomethings, happens tomorrow night at the A&D Museum. RSVP now to socialize over drinks and appetizers with like-minded young environmentalists.
>> Public Metro meetings about the subway to the sea and other traffic-busting alternatives for the Westside begin today. Be there, or plan to be at one of the other three upcoming meetings.
We just dumped our 6 old Nalgene bottles into the recycling bin today after finding out they leach toxic plastic chemicals into our water - and here we thought we were doing a good deed by using them!!
Guess it's time to go metal... any word on which is better: aluminum or stainless steel?
Posted by: SurferGirl | May 08, 2008 at 09:58 AM