Fish oils are of course very helpful for skin and itch issues, as well as being very supportive to brain and eye health, and they’re good at helping to fight inflammation. We do try to stock the most sustainable brands we can find, but the truth is that removing great quantities of fish and krill… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Green Tip
Community Solar in Oregon – A win/win for customers and the planet!
GREEN TIP FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING: Sign Up For Community Solar! You too can have solar power, even if you can’t afford to put panels up! Oregon has a wonderful new program that supports the development of solar energy and also saves you money on your utility bills! We know that about 75% of carbon emissions… Read more »
Belated Earth Day Post: Orca Conservation
Happy Earth Day! We had an amazing turnout for Raffle Tickets, raising $1302 for the Orca Conservancy. If you missed the raffle, we’re here to tell you that there are certainly other ways you can help! First, learn more about orcas: If you were designing a t-shirt using artwork representing iconic symbols of the Pacific… Read more »
Which Covid Products Can Be Recycled?
Many of us are using more cleaning and personal protective items these days and it can be confusing which items go in the garbage and which can be recycled. Here’s a quick guide Garbage: Face masks and face shields Used facial tissues and paper towels Plastic gloves All wipes (even those labelled flushable or biodegradable) and wipe bags… Read more »
Exciting Adventures Can Also Support Important Conservation Projects!
We’re coming up on Earth Day this month, and as a Green store, this day is a major holiday for us. I wanted to post something inspirational here on this blog to mark the occasion. I want this day to be a day of celebration, as well as a call for advocacy and action, but… Read more »
Great News: Some Non Curbside Plastics Can Still Be Recycled in Portland!
You might be glad to know that we’ve uncovered some drop off sites for recycling soft plastic in our area! (baggies, produce bags, bread bags, toilet paper wrap, etc). You might remember that China stopped accepting mixed plastics due to contamination issues, and just like that, our ability to recycle many kinds of plastic dried… Read more »
Holiday Recycling Tips & Why Some Items Can’t Go In Recycling:
We generate a lot of waste on Christmas morning, so here are some tips for ways to keep waste in check: Ribbons Are Not Recyclable Pro Tip: Keep a small bag of ribbons you’ve received in the place you store your wrapping paper – they can come in so handy when you need to wrap… Read more »
Jiminy Crickets!
As our world’s population grows, our demand for resources becomes more difficult to sustain. This especially goes for meat production, which requires significant land use, incredible amounts of water and food needed to raise the animals, creates conflict with wildlife concerns, and is responsible for so much pollution, especially surrounding large-scale Confined Animal Feeding Operations…. Read more »
Tips For Reducing Plastic Waste
Part Three of a three-part series – Part one was an announcement about the loss of many kinds of plastic recycling, and what plastics are still able to be recycled. Part Two focuses on why China has recently stopped importing recyclable plastic, and why attempting to force recyclers to take materials we wish they would… Read more »
No More Wishful Recycling!
Part Two in this three-part series: Have you heard that we can no longer recycle many kinds of plastic in the US that we’ve gotten used to being able to recycle? We were so disappointed when we heard the news that China has stopped importing post consumer plastic waste. We try hard as a Green… Read more »