The Alchemical Nursery Trash Project
February 27, 2009 by Jenny Skates
Zero Waste One Year Later:
February 19, 2009 will mark the one year anniversary of The Alchemical Nursery Project founder Elizabeth Slate’s crazy project to save her trash and stop putting it to the curb – recyclables included.
What got Liz to declare “I pledge to not send one thing to the incinerator/land fill/what have you”?
Last winter on Feb. 19, 2008, while walking past the Rose Garden in Thornden Park, Liz noticed a number of plastic bags stuck on the rose bushes. When she went to pick them up she noticed other bits of garbage: broken plastic cups and packaging, styrofoam, McD’s fry containers, assorted papers and paper towels, a couple beer cans, a plastic water bottle, a cardboard box, even a bunch of partially deflated balloons. It didn’t look pretty.
But the thing that bothered Liz most of all was that although it may have looked bad, it exposed the reality of a throw-away culture where the not so pretty garbage is typically carted away – out of sight and out of mind.
It got Liz to thinking about the subject of waste: where it comes from, where it goes, and how to approach a zero waste ideal as an individual. This contemplation resulted in her decision later that day to begin her project. Read more
Help Sow Seeds of Change. Plant Dreams, Grow Hope.
July 10, 2008 by Laura Ponticello
Laura’s List: Books for Women eco-friendly totes now on sale! Multifunctional and perfectly suited for the farmer’s market, grocery shopping or as a gardening tote. Recycled fibers, royal blue with Laura’s List gal imprint and large enough to handle quite a bit of stuff. Your decision to use this product is one way to help keep our land and its inhabitants of it in prime condition for years to come. A portion of each sale will support the Duk Lost Boys Clinic. -Laura Ponticello, Laura’s List: Books for Women. Read more
