Comments on: Extra Credit http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/ The Official Whole Foods Market Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:51:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mira Barbir http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 Mira Barbir Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:21:09 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1072 Cut down on all the unsolicited marketing that is mailed to you. Not only will you save some trees, you will also create a more peaceful home and mind by cutting down on clutter. Here are three steps we can all take. First, go to the Direct Marketing Association website and ask to be removed from their marketing members' mail and e-mail lists. This is a free service. Second, call the organizations that send you the neighborhood coupon books and ask to be removed from their lists. Third, call individual catalogue companies and other unsolicited companies, and ask to be removed from their lists. This is easy and effective, and has dramatically reduced the amount of mail I receive. Cut down on all the unsolicited marketing that is mailed to you. Not only will you save some trees, you will also create a more peaceful home and mind by cutting down on clutter. Here are three steps we can all take. First, go to the Direct Marketing Association website and ask to be removed from their marketing members’ mail and e-mail lists. This is a free service. Second, call the organizations that send you the neighborhood coupon books and ask to be removed from their lists. Third, call individual catalogue companies and other unsolicited companies, and ask to be removed from their lists. This is easy and effective, and has dramatically reduced the amount of mail I receive.

]]> By: Mira Barbir http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Mira Barbir Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:15:45 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1073 We all live busy lives, and eat out from time to time. Instead of using and throwing away the plastic carry out containers and flatware that comes with carry out food, consider bringing your own containers and flatware with you. I carry a plastic spoon and fork with me in my bag. I use it to eat my carry out food. When done, I put it back in a bag or napkin. Then, I wash it at home, and reuse again and again. I also bring my own plastic carry out containers to my favorite restaurants. I then take leftovers home in that container. If I'm ordering a carry out, I ask them to place the food in my container. With both ideas, think about all the plastic you will not be using, and all the landfill space you will not be adding to! We all live busy lives, and eat out from time to time. Instead of using and throwing away the plastic carry out containers and flatware that comes with carry out food, consider bringing your own containers and flatware with you. I carry a plastic spoon and fork with me in my bag. I use it to eat my carry out food. When done, I put it back in a bag or napkin. Then, I wash it at home, and reuse again and again. I also bring my own plastic carry out containers to my favorite restaurants. I then take leftovers home in that container. If I’m ordering a carry out, I ask them to place the food in my container. With both ideas, think about all the plastic you will not be using, and all the landfill space you will not be adding to!

]]> By: Crystal http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Crystal Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:21:06 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1069 I have 3 very young children, but I am constantly using "green" language: recycle, organic, donate, energy, etc. I hope that by hearing and watching me model a more eco-friendly lifestyle, my children will easily learn to do the same and continue when they are adults. I have 3 very young children, but I am constantly using “green” language: recycle, organic, donate, energy, etc. I hope that by hearing and watching me model a more eco-friendly lifestyle, my children will easily learn to do the same and continue when they are adults.

]]> By: Frank Ferrara http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Frank Ferrara Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:56:30 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1066 To help cut down on mail I receive I have gone paperless for all of my statements (bank, credit card, electric bill, etc.). Not only does this cut down on the amount of mail I get, but the amount of paper I have to shred and recycle. CD's and movies that I don't want anymore I bring to a local shop that buys them back. These unwanted CD's and movies do not wind up in the garbage and landfills. I also have a credit card that earns points so Brighter Planet can fund renewable energy projects. Every 1,000 pts. I earn funds 1 ton of carbon offsets. To help cut down on mail I receive I have gone paperless for all of my statements (bank, credit card, electric bill, etc.). Not only does this cut down on the amount of mail I get, but the amount of paper I have to shred and recycle. CD’s and movies that I don’t want anymore I bring to a local shop that buys them back. These unwanted CD’s and movies do not wind up in the garbage and landfills. I also have a credit card that earns points so Brighter Planet can fund renewable energy projects. Every 1,000 pts. I earn funds 1 ton of carbon offsets.

]]> By: JAD http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 JAD Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:54:21 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1062 Does anyone have any suggestions to completely replace Aluminum Foil? I actually only purchase one roll a year for basically covering a casserole dish in the oven that doesn't need browning...but I hate to use it!! Any other tips out there? (in other words, to prevent liquid from drying up while baking or browning things too fast) Thanks in Advance? Does anyone have any suggestions to completely replace Aluminum Foil? I actually only purchase one roll a year for basically covering a casserole dish in the oven that doesn’t need browning…but I hate to use it!! Any other tips out there? (in other words, to prevent liquid from drying up while baking or browning things too fast)
Thanks in Advance?

]]> By: siu moy http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 siu moy Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:19:02 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1052 Save those bags for the next shopping trip. I like to save my grocery shopping bags and keep them in my car where they're always ready to be reused at the next grocery shopping trip. This keeps the bags from piling up in the kitchen as well as trying to be a earthfriendly. Save those bags for the next shopping trip. I like to save my grocery shopping bags and keep them in my car where they’re always ready to be reused at the next grocery shopping trip. This keeps the bags from piling up in the kitchen as well as trying to be a earthfriendly.

]]> By: Jean http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Jean Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:16:38 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1051 A favorite wellness "tip" - I like to buy a pack of 7th Generation Baby Wipes and add various essential oils (lavender + orange for example) and keep this in my car for handwiping! SO wonderful! Probably would be nice for babies and children as well ... A favorite wellness “tip” – I like to buy a pack of 7th Generation Baby Wipes and add various essential oils (lavender + orange for example) and keep this in my car for handwiping! SO wonderful!

Probably would be nice for babies and children as well …

]]> By: Michele Finn http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Michele Finn Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:03:48 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1050 EVERY LITTLE BIT ADDS UP! I plan ahead when I'm going to use my oven. If I'm baking a homemade pizza I will also bake potatoes for hashbrowns in the morning or sweet potatoes for lunch the next day. Also I have started recycling all cardboard and paper that comes into the house if it can't be reused. Even tags off of clothing! EVERY LITTLE BIT ADDS UP!
I plan ahead when I’m going to use my oven. If I’m baking a homemade pizza I will also bake potatoes for hashbrowns in the morning or sweet potatoes for lunch the next day. Also I have started recycling all cardboard and paper that comes into the house if it can’t be reused. Even tags off of clothing!

]]> By: Marie Millard http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Marie Millard Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:35:40 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1049 I wash out the plastic trays that meats come wrapped in, then try to think of ways to use them again. I use them as small serving trays, or make crafts with them. I wash out the plastic trays that meats come wrapped in, then try to think of ways to use them again. I use them as small serving trays, or make crafts with them.

]]> By: Dale Litvany http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2007/09/extra-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 Dale Litvany Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:57:12 +0000 http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/wholegreen/2007/09/11/extra-credit/#comment-1048 Glass jars make wonderful storage containers. Any size jar with a screw on type lid can be hung under a shelf by piercing senter of the lid with an icepick, and attaching it with a small screw to the under side of a shelf. Screw on the jar, and it hangs in the same spot. Unscrew the jar, remove the amount of contents desired, and replace. This is perfect for bulk grains, fruits, nuts, and other dry items. They are easy to find time after time, always in the same spot. I use glass mayonnaise jars. Baby food jars are great for spices and dried herbs. Glass jars are more difficult to find, plastic jars will work. Glass jars make wonderful storage containers. Any size jar with a screw on type lid can be hung under a shelf by piercing senter of the lid with an icepick, and attaching it with a small screw to the under side of a shelf. Screw on the jar, and it hangs in the same spot. Unscrew the jar, remove the amount of contents desired, and replace. This is perfect for bulk grains, fruits, nuts, and other dry items. They are easy to find time after time, always in the same spot. I use glass mayonnaise jars. Baby food jars are great for spices and dried herbs. Glass jars are more difficult to find, plastic jars will work.

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