Green is The Word, Act XXIX

Mighty Good Friday!

Can’t cha smell that smell?!

With the intoxicating scent of jasmine wafting through
our neighborhood this spring, the High Priest has been
wishing for the same in an eco kind of way for His
notoriously favorite room- the restroom.

For those who leave their “scent” in His sanctuary,
EcoTimber is now featuring a spray that offers some
ecological benefit, as well as comfort for the next
visitor.

The manufacturer, SC Johnson, was one of the first
manufacturers in Michigan to use wind power,
approximately 31.5 million kilowatt hours annually.
This is enough energy to power 46 percent of the
company’s Bay City operations. To get a better
perspective, the energy saved is comparable to the
energy needed to supply 1800 average homes a year,
and the CO2 reduction is equivalent to taking almost
3000 cars off of the road annually.

They’ve also developed the Greenlist process to help
their scientists

in choosing raw materials that are more biodegradeable
and have a better environmental or health profile.
Reformulating Windex glass cleaner with Greenlist
removed 1.8 million pounds of VOC’s AND increased the
cleaning power by 30 percent!

And within the United States, they recycle 93% of all
solid waste from manufacturing including paper,
corrugate, plastic, glass and steel materials.

Last, but not least, a recent addition became one of
the first LEED-registered new construction buildings
in Wisconsin.


Praise be to the Almighty.......stinker.

Curtis
High Priest of Green

Re: Green is The Word, Act XXVIII

nice!
LB

Very nice!
DF

Green is The Word, Act XXVIII

It’s Good Friday!

The U.S. military is the single largest consumer of
energy in the world. To put this in perspective,
Nigeria, with a population of more than 140 million,
consumes as much energy as the U.S. military.

Anyways, speaking of waste.....

"Made from waste, packaged from waste."

This is how the High Priest would describe the
company, TerraCycle, from Trenton, New Jersey. The
company’s flagship product, TerraCycle Plant Food, is
an all-natural, all- organic, “goof-proof” liquid
plant food made from worm poop and packaged in reused
soda bottles!

They’ve also partnered with OfficeMax, bringing a new
line of green office products to OfficeMax customers,
including pencil cases made from discarded containers
of Capri Sun juice pouches.

Another program they offer involves finding uses for
objects that used to be considered waste. Having
teamed up with companies like Nabisco, Clif Bar, and
Stonyfield Farm, TerraCycle enables almost any
organization to collect specific “waste” products such
as cookie wrappers, energy bar wrappers, yogurt cups,
and bottles. After signing up, they mail out prepaid
boxes to be filled with a specific number of the
specified product. For each unit received,a donation
is made to the charity of your choice.

So support TerraCycle and get wasted!

Oh, and don’t forget to celebrate Armed Forces Day
tomorrow!


Praise be to the Almighty arms that hug!

Curtis
High Priest of Green

Green is The Word, Act XXVII

Good Friday, Good Friday!

This past winter with a big winter storm system headed
towards Cincinnati, we asked our mother if she had any
food stocked in case she couldn’t get to the store.
Her reply?

“I’ve got chocolate and chicken soup.”

She may not have the memory she used to have, but she
knows what she likes.  And she put chocolate BEFORE
the chicken soup!

The High Priest, having been brought up on........
chocolate.........has some green advice and abundant 
experience on the subject.

Forced and child labor remain problems on both
chocolate and sugar plantations, but three brands—
Ithaca Fine Chocolate's Art Bar, Sweet Earth Organics
and Theo Chocolate—combine fair-trade certified cocoa
AND sugar in their organic chocolates.
Even America's favorite chocolate brand, Hershey's,
has added sustainable chocolate to their product line
with the recent acquisition of Dagoba, which uses
fair-trade certified cacao and coffee beans.

http://ithacafinechocolates.stores.yahoo.net/
http://www.sweetearthchocolates.com/
http://www.theochocolate.com/
http://www.dagobachocolate.com/

So stock up now, before the next storm hits!
And don’t forget about your mother this Sunday,
even if she forgot....


Praise be to the Almighty and stockpiled cacao bean!

Curtis
High Priest of Green

Re: Green is The Word, Act XXVI

nice one!! more of these - great practical idea for
re-using (always better then recycling).
well done O Priest!
LB

For anyone that has kids....Go into the woods and find
some really cool leaves (this was especially nice back
east after the fall leaves changed beautiful colors).
Press them in between the wax paper, cover with a
paper towel and iron. You now have a beautiful piece
of art for your walls/fridge forever.
MS

Re: Green is The Word, Act XXV

Amen!
BR

...fyi... All plates and plastic utensils were
recycled. The "clear" plastic wine and water glasses
were washed and will be used again. Consider that
next time you drink from plastic at my home...
Look for the lipstick traces.
MS

I stand corrected. But I do wonder if the plates and
plastic utensils can be recycled if they have food
particles on them. Usually that's a "no-no" with the
recyclers.
I'll be sure not to wear my lipstick next time.
Thanks for the correction.
High Priest

I've also heard that the 'biodegradable' utensils
actually take a long, long time to biodegrade in a
landfill.
DH

Depends on what you consider a long time. In a
commercial composting facility, it may take
approximately 1 year. In a home composting system,
you can double that. That seems like a long time, but
compared to plastic utensils........ not bad.
High Priest

Composting facilities are different than land fills
though. Landfills are often anaerobic and nothing
even rots in there ...Not that we shouldn't use
biodegradable utensils anyway.
LB

Green is The Word, Act XXVI

It’s another happy Good Friday!

And it happens to be my sister’s birthday!
So to honor the lovely Barbara Joanne, I’m going to
share a little tip she shared with me.

Any cereal lovers out there? 
What do you do with that bag inside the box?
Here’s what...

Save it and cut it up to use instead of buying new wax
paper. Or as the High Priest does, don’t bother
cutting it up and use it for packing your over-sized
lunchtime sandwich. Sure, it’s not like the zip
lock-style, but it gets the job done and it’s free.
And free is better!!

And of course, the bag can be re-used many times.

Praise be to the Almighty big sister!

Curtis
High Priest of Green