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Double plus use your own bags!

June 21, 2011 By Lindsay Curren

Bag Monster Tour

Back on March 29, when I first started Lindsay's List, I opened my blogging with the topic Just Bag It, calling reusable bags the "duh!" of the conservation lifestyle and movement. It seemed to be stating the obvious, repeating a message often touted among eco-types, greenies and treehuggers the world over. But coming from the communications world, I knew that people have to be hit with a … [Read more...] about Double plus use your own bags!

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Starbucks "Via" doesn't help matters

May 20, 2011 By Lindsay Curren

Lamplighter

I love coffee. I was never one of those folks who started drinking it in childhood, or at college. I actually didn't start drinking it until my mid-thirties, when my then dear friend Amy, a total coffee junkie, got me hooked. In the ten years or so since then I've come to love grinding my own, brewing in a French press, and bypassing all the fancy coffee options for a straight Joe, with a lil' … [Read more...] about Starbucks "Via" doesn't help matters

Filed Under: Businesses Tagged With: business practices, food, waste

Vote with your dollars

March 29, 2011 By Lindsay Curren

Don't get greenwashed

During the past decade or so the "LOHAS" market has grown wildly. LOHAS stands for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. In short it means that more people are making the choice to buy organic, shop at farmer's markets, take yoga and other therapeutic fitness classes, support their local farm-to-fork restaurants and so on. And the majority are women. The Natural Marketing Institute’s most … [Read more...] about Vote with your dollars

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