Here in Berkeley it's all about the green (in so many ways) and Hannah and I have enjoyed a particularly environmentally friendly couple of days.
We began on Thursday with a trip into SF - on public transport, of course - to a Net Impact event about environmentally responsible small businesses. It took place in the Galleria Park Hotel, one of the few hostelries in the city to be a certified green business with its 4 Green Eco-leaf rating!
The event was...a little dull but we did eat beforehand in Midi, the hotel's locally sourced organic sustainable restaurant. Judging by the size of their portions, 'sustainable' seems to mean that they can get far more servings out of each vegetable than a normal restaurant. But it was tasty! We did pop to The Cheesecake Factory on the way home...
Then on Friday, Berkeley held PLAYgreen: it's annual eco-experiential lifestyle festival. This was more like it! Free Ben and Jerry's, a swap-two-old-t-shirts-for-one-new-one stand, and plenty more swag from the various exhibitors.
One of the strangest participants was the maker of the Nada-Chair: "the chair that you wear". Made from organic cotton and hemp (of course) it was actually an incredibly comfortable back support thing. We left impressed, educated, and just a little greener than before.
Hannah, dining sustainably (if you ignore degradation to your wallet).
PLAYgreen - popular.
This is the Berkeley Officer Training Corps giving away water bottles to anyone who could do 35 press-ups. I didn't embarrass myself. (Think US Army, think environmental sustainability!)
Sitting down is much more my style. A career as a Nada-Chair model beckons.
Rag and bone. Our old t-shirts are destined to become paper (like at Wookey Hole!) Our new t-shirts are 100% comfortable organic cotton.
