Jay G.'s Profile
"Reconnecting"
Member since July, 2007
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8 reviews
4 useful ratings
1 listing added
2 friends
Location
Berkeley
My affiliations
SustainLane
Last great book or movie
The Jerk
My Dream Product
An ipod that is cradle to cradle
How we'll get around in 20 years...
Much more localized
Offline, find me...
With my little boy
My heroes
Ben Franklin
My non-green guilty pleasure
Flying around the world.
Go Gorilla!
Okay, I admit, I'm the creator of Gorilla in the Greenhouse. But I also happen to like it. Just to show you that I'm only kind of biased, I'm giving it four stars. I will give it five stars when we see hundreds of kids inspired to go into their local stores and help to promote reusable bags, like the kids at www.kidsforacoolerplanet.com have done, all by themselves. Or to gather their neighborhood's used plastic bags and create a plastic bag ball to inform fellow students and parents about how much waste was created in just one year of normal everyday life...back in the days before the kids took action!
We're really excited to make more shows...but even more excited to inspire real action on the ground. This is what we're beginning to do at www.greengorilla.com.
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Works well but watch out for the critters
I've been using the Garden Gourmet for a few years now and it works great. I'm still just learning what the right mix is to keep the soil rich (living in the Bay Area we don't get the hot sun as much) but with a blend of leaves and cardboard it's doing the trick. If you're just getting your start I think that composting is the single best educational experience I've had.
Extra plus is that somehow I got some nice red worms that made their way in, that I took out and put in my new worm composter! I'm sold.
Thing is, I've had some issues with critters, probably mice or rats, paying a visit to my little castle of composting, so I've had to put a mesh cover that I place between the top and the base. No more critters!
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Great for Kids
Whenever we travel or my two year old Izzy goes off with his manny (read: Jedi trainer, once a week) for the day, we always pack To-Go Ware. That way we can make him both cold and warm food and the little man can get nourished. I'm a big fan of To-Go Ware, many of their products are made by WEAVE, an income generation project on the Thai-Burma border. I've have also been using their bamboo utensils for years.
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To spray or not to spray?
I enjoyed my drink. Now I'm definitely not a connoisseur, I had to even spell check connoisseur, my high-end drinks usually come from Scotland. But 360 was nice and smooth.
I like the packaging and intention around production, it gives a good feeling to the drink. But here's the rub: if you're touting sustainability, why not go all the way? I mean the first question I'm going to ask, the question I don't think I should have to ask, with all the green-ness to the package design and website, is why not go organic? When I think food or drink I'm not really thinking carbon footprint or offsets. I'm thinking, what's going into my body.
So take the next step folks, go organic. Otherwise it kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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Smells frickin good
Seriously I'm not such a diverse hand soap user, I prefer Dr. Bronner's normally and buy it in bulk. But we had this soap at work and I'd actually look forward to using it. I don't really know how clean it gets my hands but the scent is so nice. It's like the natural version of the inside of Junior Mints smell. This is probably what Junior Mints was going for. Where's that organic, though?
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Perhaps I'm a pushover
You know, I swooped into a meeting and there is was, the mojita lime drink. Poured myself a glass, tossed it down, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. Sure, the mint might taste a bit boiled. But for a moment I did feel my feet begin to stir, as if I was hearing the music in Habana Vieja. Besides, in Havana you might get an occaisional soggy mint anyway.
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Livity Hats
Okay I have to say I'm completely a posterchild for Livity. I wear their hats (not more than one at a time) and I love the hip bag too. I recommend adding a feather to the hat and a good mug and notebook to the bag.
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Izzy loves it
Okay I think it's great but my little boy Izzy loves Straus plain. Sometimes he likes it with raisins, but he eats gobs of it straight up with a spoon. One suggestion, though, what about going with the glass container like you do for your milk? I go crazy with plastic containers.
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Karin L. says:
After a few years of dumping all our green waste in a compost bin made of 4 recycled pallettes and chicken wire (to keep the chihuahuas out), we finally took it apart, got all the beautiful composted material out, turned... more »
Jenn A. says:
Karin - that sounds like a great result! I hope you'll post some pictures of your garden! more »
Karin L. says:
I hope I remember to.... (post garden photos that is!) more »