What could be better for an aspiring green urbanite like yours truly than picking the brain of a Whole Foods' Green Mission Specialist?
I cornered Tristam Coffin at the Urban Green Expo in New York and here are some of the points he shared:
- Shop at Whole Foods. OK I saw this one coming, BUT their commitment to locally-grown organic produce has just literally hit home as they partnered with Gotham Greens (http://gothamgreens.com/), New York's first commercial scale greenhouse farm (and it's in Brooklyn!)
- Re-use Re-use Re-use. Whole Foods will even educate you on which products and packaging are truly compostable and which ones aren't
- Throw away those halogens, as they add heat, aren't efficient and are a potential fire hazard. Instead, Tristam suggests using CFLs and LEDs
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Additionally, Tristam shared Whole Foods' exceptional Green Building initiatives which include a brand new LEED gold-certified building in NYC, PV panels in NJ, and a Fuel Cell - powered site in Fairfield, CT.
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