Comments on: Got some Eco-Tips to Share?

By: Laura Stubbington

Laura Stubbington — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:32:09 +0000

I save baby food jars to use as spice bottles. Spices in bulk at whole foods are inexpensive. I let my older child decorate them. They also make great gifts.

By: Olaf

Olaf — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:52:08 +0000

Tres Bien Pierre! Your gift bags sound splendid. I have several Whole Foods bags myself and they are very handsome. The personalized hankerchiefs are such a thoughtful gift, your friends and family are lucky to have you. I never gave thought to reusable toiletries, how intriguing. I love this website and I love Whole Foods. You are all my friends!

-Olaf

By: Pierre

Pierre — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:38:42 +0000

Last holiday season I gave my friends and family more environmentally friendly gifts. I bought them all green (literally and figuratively, ha-ha) handerchiefs with their initials embroidered on them. And rather than wrapping them in wasteful paper that would eventually clog our landfills, I put each of them in a reusable grocery bag, a Whole Foods one naturally. With the handerchiefs I enclosed a sheet of recycled paper which said, “use me instead of disposable tissues”, along with other tips on how to be a more evironmentally responsible person. Needless to say they were a BIG hit. I plan on giving my partner’s nephew the same gift for his graduation next month, I hope he doesn’t read this in advance of his big day.

Pierre

By: Pierre

Pierre — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:27:28 +0000

I read an article which alerted me to the fact that so called “soft” toilet paper is one of the most harmful biproducts of humans. After reading this, my partner and I decided to start using reusable bath tissues. We made them ourselves out of some old white t-shirts. Now I know it may sound gross, but if you think about it, this is no different than using a cloth diaper on a baby. Disposable diapers were thrust upon the human race in the 1950’s, before then, I am pretty sure babies got along just fine with cloth.

Pierre

By: Barb

Barb — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:36:44 +0000

Hey Kent…Why don’t you just buy your own R/O unit for your home…you can convert your own water that you already pay for into R/O water w/out having to go out & get it…save some time & money (& frustation at your store)just look into it and never worry again

By: k

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:10:29 +0000

We made some simple lifestyle changes, one of the simplest being where we sleep. We have a colonial, but found that the bedroom, which is over the garage, was much colder in the winter and hotter in the summer than the rest of the house– by up to 6 degrees. We discovered that by moving the mattress downstairs to the formal dining room (which we weren’t using as a formal dining room anyway), we could turn the heat down to 61 degrees in the winter and we could avoid running the air conditioning altogether, except occasionally on really hot nights and sometimes during our daughter’s nap time. It might be slightly unconventional, but it works for us and it’s saved us money as utility rates have gone up.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:42:14 +0000

Speaking of dryer sheets, I always bought plastic air fresheners for my closets and replaced them once a month. I saw something on another website that said to use scented dryer sheets instead of air fresheners to freshen your closets. I tried it and it worked! I feel better not having to ad all those plastic containers to the landfills.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:58:40 +0000

I reuse every glass jar to store left-overs, rice, nuts and dried fruit instead of using plastic.

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:20:52 +0000

One of your green tips is to refill containers with filtered water instead of buying bottled water.

I used to do this at the Georgetown Whole Foods Market in Washington, DC, that is until they removed the filtered water machine for a store renovation. Although the store manager and staff reassured me that the filtered water machine would be reinstalled after the renovation, it wasn’t.

Lead, pharmaceuticals and perchlorate have been detected in our drinking water. The water treatment facility is operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.

What can we do to get a filtered water machine at either the P Street, Georgetown, Tenleytown or Bethesda store?

The reverse osmosis filtered water made a delicious herbal tea.

It would be even better if your kitchens used filtered water for cooking. Please don’t tell me you are using the water provided by the Army Corps of Engineers.

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:08:00 +0000

One of your green suggestions is to refill water containers with fitlered water instead of buying bottled water.

I used to do this at the Whole Foods Market Georgetown store in Washington, DC, until they removed the filtered water machine when the store was renovated.

Although the staff reassured me several times that the filtered water machine would be reinstalled, it wasn’t.

The reverse osmosis filtered water makes a delicious tea. It is amazing how one can taste the difference.

Where is the nearest Whole Foods Market filtered water machine?

Kent