Re-use take-out containers, dairy tubs, mason jars, or other hard sided containers to contain loose, delicate produce, such as strawberries, cherry tomatoes, plums and apricots. These containers will protect the produce from spilling or being bruised during the ride home. The Swarthmore Farmers Market no longer offers plastic bags at check-out. Bringing your own containers reduces the number of single-use bags used to contain loose produce. You can also bring your saved produce bags from the grocery store to hold larger items such as apples, cucumbers, and potatoes.
Bring hard sided containers, such as a dairy tub, to the Farmers Market to carry home strawberries and other loose, delicate produce without using a plastic bag.
Re-use take-out containers, dairy tubs, mason jars, or other hard sided containers to contain loose, delicate produce, such as strawberries, cherry tomatoes, plums and apricots. These containers will protect the produce from spilling or being bruised during the ride home. The Swarthmore Farmers Market no longer offers plastic bags at check-out. Bringing your own containers reduces the number of single-use bags used to contain loose produce. You can also bring your saved produce bags from the grocery store to hold larger items such as apples, cucumbers, and potatoes. Even though it’s one of the cleaner marketing channels, email has a carbon footprint, so start unsubscribing from unwanted listservs and unread newsletters.
It is easier to hit delete than it is to unsubscribe from an unwanted listserv or newsletter, but if you can get into the habit of unsubscribing as you go, not only will your inbox be leaner, but so will your carbon footprint. Every newsletter generates around 10 grams of CO2, and only around 10% of newsletters are ever opened. Read more here: https://www.mailjet.com/blog/email-best-practices/email-carbon-footprint/ Staying at 55 miles per hour or under on the highway vastly improves your fuel efficiency. If you drive a car on the highway, know that for every 5 miles per hour above 55 that you go, you reduce your fuel efficiency by 10 percent. This has to do with wind resistance. Read more here: https://narpro.com/blog/why-do-we-drive-55mph/# Photo by Susan O'Donnell Reduce the products you put directly on your skin and hair that stay for long periods of time since many contain harmful and unregulated chemicals. In recent years, an increasing number of reports have raised concerns about many of the products we use on our hair and skin, which are notoriously under regulated. These include skin lighteners, anti-aging creams, hair dyes, straighteners, soaps and shampoos. Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/well/live/personal-care-products-chemicals.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20230302&instance_id=86624&nl=from-the-times®i_id=37066032&segment_id=126680&te=1&user_id=e5da2361139c7166bd33e528440ac3a6 Photo by Susan O'Donnell |
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